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It’s been a while so I will start us off…….whats for supper and why?

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Sago Mon 27-Apr-26 18:56:06

This evening it’s chicken risotto as I needed to use up some leeks and yesterday’s roast chicken.

It’s happily cooking in the Thermomix whilst I waste time on SM!

Risotto is my go to comfort food, I just love it and I always have ingredients to cobble one together.

Whitewavemark2 Tue 28-Apr-26 08:08:07

My fisherman always uses sticky labels on the fish he brings (6 different sorts a month) and they invariably come off - most I recognise but two have foxed me. One lot will be turned into fish cakes I think- the other I’ll defrost and see if that helps- if not into a bouillabaisse they will go 😊.

boheminan Tue 28-Apr-26 08:04:33

I'm with you on that Kate1949!

Sago Tue 28-Apr-26 07:58:01

Allsorts

Tonight its a surprise as I have something unlabelled and unrecognisable out of the freezer.

I love the freezer lottery game!

Last week I took out something that was completely unrecognisable, it was a delicious lentil, spinach and coconut dhal.

I have a marker pen in my kitchen drawer to label the freezer bags, heaven knows why I didn’t use it.

PamelaJ1 Tue 28-Apr-26 07:00:43

Kate1949

We don't eat supper. I always think it's for 'posh' people.

I thought dinner was for the posh folk unless it was eaten at midday. 😂

Allsorts Tue 28-Apr-26 06:32:28

Tonight its a surprise as I have something unlabelled and unrecognisable out of the freezer.

Greyduster Tue 28-Apr-26 06:25:13

Smoked haddock, new potatoes and wilted spinach. Yesterday was a salmon (tinned) sandwich and an apple as I wasn’t particularly hungry.

Whitewavemark2 Tue 28-Apr-26 02:34:58

Turkey Enchiladas.

Tomorrow I have planned

Porridge with chai seeds and tinned peaches in juice
Savoury vegetable rice, piece fruit
Broccoli and cauliflower pasta gratins, Greek yogurt, frozen berries, tsp. honey.

Wyllow3 Mon 27-Apr-26 23:28:01

Late eater - using up frozen broccoli, salmon microwaved/poached with dill and cream,

Having had salad and sandwich around 2.

9pm Got hungry so had a mini pork pie. Fruit salad home made or a or a plate of chopped salad and mayo dip, grapes to snack on.

I love raw food.

MT62 Mon 27-Apr-26 23:20:42

GrannyGravy13

DH is out so I am having a fish finger sandwich all f with a big bowl of mixed salad, yummy.

Oh that was our tea last night, cod fishfingers on sourdough bread, with mutti ketchup.

Scribbles Mon 27-Apr-26 22:40:20

For me, it's breakfast, lunch and dinner - except when the last meal is served late, say after 9pm when I call it supper.
No, I don't know why. It's just the way my mind works.
Tonight, supper was smoked haddock in mushroom sauce with new potatoes, baby carrots and English asparagus . Followed by a ready-made crème brûlée. Why? Because I was cooking and that's what came to mind when I was planning menus - and it's asparagus season.

Allira Mon 27-Apr-26 22:37:16

Kate1949

We don't eat supper. I always think it's for 'posh' people.

Supper used to be Ovaltine or hot chocolate and a couple of biscuits.

Sadly, we no longer need the extra calories.

Rocketstop2 Mon 27-Apr-26 22:35:45

Ours was 'Tea' around 5.30pm ,but just a memory now ! We had cheddar and caramelised onion tart,baby potatoes,carrots and peas .For dessert we had fruit and Greek yoghurt

Kate1949 Mon 27-Apr-26 22:35:14

We don't eat supper. I always think it's for 'posh' people.

lixy Mon 27-Apr-26 22:15:30

Pasta and tomato sauce this evening after a busy day. So good to have fresh herbs from the garden again to give it all a lift.

No pud when it’s just us. When gchn are here we have fruit or a fruit crumble depending on the weather.

Sago Mon 27-Apr-26 22:07:50

MissChateline

Im currently enjoying my retirement present to myself and am staying for 6 weeks in my favourite place in Portugal. Dinner was a fabulously tasty salmon steak from a lovely market in Tavira. fresh salad with tomatoes that actually taste good washed down with a bottle of vinho verde. Delicious.

We love Tavira, my happy place.

MissChateline Mon 27-Apr-26 22:03:17

Im currently enjoying my retirement present to myself and am staying for 6 weeks in my favourite place in Portugal. Dinner was a fabulously tasty salmon steak from a lovely market in Tavira. fresh salad with tomatoes that actually taste good washed down with a bottle of vinho verde. Delicious.

SpinDriftCoastal Mon 27-Apr-26 21:13:16

We have lunch. Supper is usually soup, cheese or ham sandwich followed by fruit or yoghurt.

Sago Mon 27-Apr-26 21:09:29

boheminan

Right! I think I may be herded out of town for this, but here goes anyway...

What is supper? Meals for me used to be: breakfast/dinner/tea up until I left London in the 70's, then when I got married and moved to Oxfordshire it became breakfast/lunch/dinner, but I've never knowingly prepared a supper. From what's being said it sounds like lunch or dinner to me, I always assumed supper was a light meal, like sandwiches or a slice of cake sort of thing.

For us supper is an informal evening meal, usually eaten around 7.00pm.

Dinner would be a more formal meal.

kittylester Mon 27-Apr-26 21:01:32

For rea we had cold roast pork, bubble and squeak and pickle because we had roast pork yesterday.

No idea about tomorrow, for once it is unplanned.

paddyann54 Mon 27-Apr-26 20:54:09

Supper in my neck of the woods is a before bed snack/meal.A sandwich or toasted cheese or something similar .Around 9.30 or 10 pm.
We have breakfast ,lunch and dinner no suppers these days as we don’t eat after 8pm oh and I don’t do breakfast ,my first meal is around 1 pm

Witzend Mon 27-Apr-26 20:37:24

We had a fairly substantial lunch out, so I’ve just had some toast and pate, and dh is going to make himself a couple of eggs on toast.

tanith Mon 27-Apr-26 20:27:36

I had breaded plaice, chunky chips and fresh runner beans. Dessert was a small cherry pie with cream.

Allira Mon 27-Apr-26 20:18:15

Chicken and vegetable stir fry followed by plum crumble and custard.

boheminan Mon 27-Apr-26 20:15:05

Right! I think I may be herded out of town for this, but here goes anyway...

What is supper? Meals for me used to be: breakfast/dinner/tea up until I left London in the 70's, then when I got married and moved to Oxfordshire it became breakfast/lunch/dinner, but I've never knowingly prepared a supper. From what's being said it sounds like lunch or dinner to me, I always assumed supper was a light meal, like sandwiches or a slice of cake sort of thing.

Shel1951 Mon 27-Apr-26 19:54:20

Spaghetti bologna and a big slice of lemon drizzle cake for afters