When Did, Breakfast Dinner And Tea Become Breakfast Lunch And Dinner!

[saintpeter48]

When I was a lad in the 50s it was always breakfast, dinner and tea, and maybe a little something for supper if mum could afford it, but this was not often! When did the change take place, did I miss something, was it voted on in the Houses of Parliament?

[fiction-factory]

It's a regional thing as well so maybe you have moved or it reflects the movement of others

[Islay]

It was always Breakfast lunch tea and dinner for us as I remember speaking to my nana about this when I was a child.

[steg]

It's breakfast, lunch, dinner then tea. I think it's been that way for hundreds of years

[Tilly2]

It's still breakfast, dinner and tea for me, St Peter.

[Prudie]

It's always been breakfast, lunch and dinner for me. You only drink tea. I think it is a combination or regional and class/snobbery related.

[Peter Pedant]

O lordy lordy St Peter !

no its a history thing

You can do an MA in meals and fings ( MA master of arts you know degree thingey)

SOur mmain course and sweet er sweet course on ly came in around the 1680s and meal times were up the creek as well ( Pepys)
People ( MAs to be that is ! ) trawl thro Jane Austen novels to see what they had to say about meals

we definitely have luncheon around midday but at skool they are served by Dinner Ladies so erm Dinner must have been earlier

and did the house of commons vote on it ?
Not they were busy helping to run the country and helping themselves to very large pensions and cheap boo\e at their bar

[RATTER15]

Still is breakfast, dinner and tea for me!

[Peter Pedant]

or ....
when you doing your MA
you could spend your time gazing at pictures past of seventeenth century meals like this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floris_van_Dyck

you need to scroll down

but hey I think you can ask - is that a representation of a meal or is it a picky he has had painted to show how rich he was ?

Dutch were particularly keen on doing banquet scenes apparently

[Old_Geezer]

It's gone in parallel all my life. I was brought up in a Breakfast Dinner And Tea household but my uncle/Aunt used to do Breakfast Lunch And Dinner. These days I have to try not to do Breakfast Dinner And Dinner.

[ummmm]

Breakfast, lunch and dinner...

Tea is a drink!

[Tilly2]

Mr T says, 'What's for dinner tonight?' and I say, 'I don't know, what are you cooking for tea?'

I doesn't cause any confusion apart from working out who exactly is going to be cooking the meal.

[stuey]

Breakfast, lunch, and supper.

[Peter Pedant]

hey Stoo
where you come from when it snows all three meals come out of a bottle dont they ?

[jackthehat]

Breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper.......the first and the last usually eaten wearing pyjamas. :o)

[pixie374]

Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Tea is a drink, or an uncooked meal- like sandwiches...

[THECORBYLOON]

It's breakfast, dinner and supper.

[Old_Geezer]

Supper is a just prior to bed small meal ! Not had that for a long while.

[Tilly2]

Does it really matter as long as we can eat what we want, when we want? We could call it anything......!

[Hopkirk]

Dinner is in the evening, except for school dinners - which are at lunchtime. Simples.

[stuey]

Petah, unfortunately we haven't much snow; therefore, I'm reduced to eating regular food instead of the emergency rations which you mentioned:)