Meal times. Why?

Ah! Not tempted, because demi-veggie which precludes bacon. Wonder if marmalade's any good with smoked salmon. On second thoughts....eugh!

Marmalade on hot, grilled bacon. Try it, it's fab. May sound odd but pork is eaten with apple sauce ie pork and cooked, sweetened fruit (I know when I make my own apple sauce there's no sugar added but have you seen the ingredients of the Coleman's bottled stuff!?) And yes annodomini squillions of calories.

I wish people would stop giving me delicious calorific ideas! I adore marzipan.

Maniac That sounds delicious yum yum!

Marmalade and/or grated orange rind and thinly sliced marzipan give a zing to bread and butter pudding.

Have you tried marmalade on ground rice pudding? - much nicer than the usual strawberry jam.

In my Nana's house in Darlington it was
Breakfast approx 7:30-8:00 a.m.
Dinner 12:30 on the dot
Tea 5:30 on the dot
Supper any time after 8:30 & before you went to bed!

It was just me thinking supper came after the evening meal, jura. Because it used to when I was a kid. Don't have supper nowadays. Confused as usual, eh?

Cereals are indeed carbs, which is why I never have any after 6 (lol, as per my post0

anno I like to add marmalade to cheese on toast.

I'm so pleased to find someone else who combines marmalade and banana, Maniac!

nanaej I also do 'sudoku' in bed when I can't sleep.Sometimes if I wake too early I make a mug of tea and a thick slice of toast with marmalade and sliced banana and take it back to bed on a tray. Yum-Yum

I so love being able to please myself, after years of getting up at 6am, hurling into the shower, making packed lunches and all the rest. My second marriage was to a chap who 'had' to have 2 hours sleep every afternoon, a cooked lunch and dinner at 6.15 - not 6.10 or 6.20, please note.

I never eat breakfast, but like to brunch around 10.30. I love having a bath in the morning and taking my time about it. I tend to eat dinner around 7, depending on what I'm doing, and then I just ignore all the dirty dishes until the following morning when I shove them in the dishwasher.

I'm not the world's best sleeper, but if I'm having a really bad night, I get up again (without anyone asking why), stick on a DVD and do the ironing. If I have a couple of bad nights, I'll catch up on my sleep in the afternoon.

When I was a young woman I used to clean the house as if I was expecting a visit from the Good Housekeeping Institute who were going to grade me on the dustiness of my skirting boards. Now I have much more sense. My house is clear and uncluttered (apart from all the morning dirty dishes) and I can clean the whole thing through in a morning.

isthisallthereis Oh how I wish I could get my parents to understand the concept that there is no longer a weekend. Having not worked for over twelve years now my mum is still of the opinion that certain things belong to certain days. She totally begrudges my dad going to a football match on a Sunday (as its a Sunday for goodness sake and the only possible day you can have a roast) and shopping has to be done on a Saturday. I have tried and failed to make my mum in particular understand that everyday is the weekend for them and that meals can be eaten at any time dictated by only when you are hungry.

As I still work, I have breakfast around 7.00ish before catching the train. I eat lunch around 12.30 in the offices - sometimes just soup, other times a sandwich or prepared micro meal. Depending what I've had for lunch, I eat about 6.30 to 7.00 - if I had soup, then I have something more substantial, otherwise it's an omlette or cheese and crackers.

At the weekend, I only eat two meals - late big breakfast and then a substantial meal about 5.00.

Sleep - I only sleep about 6 hours a night during the week. As I don't have to get up early at weekends, I may get another hour's sleep - if I'm lucky.

Cake.
That's what I had.
It's an experiment...
To see if I still want cake later.

Just happened upon this thread - I usually wake at 7 and get going soon after, but this morning, very unusually, I went back to sleep and woke up to the phone ringing at 9.45; I am still not showered or dressed and I think, so what, it's piddling with rain, nothing to do particularly, I'm on my own and I can do what I want. I think I've thrown caution to the wind for the first time in years! Now, what shall I have for breakfast/lunch?

I do love my afternoon "toes up" and so does Theseus (and you can stop sniggering - in different places!) In my last few years at work, I'd have given anything for just 15 minutes' snooze at lunch break, before re-entering the fray.

I have weaned Theseus off saying "Well, will you look at the time!" when he thinks a meal time is approaching, by reminding him where the kitchen is.

My mealtimes/sleep times are all variable.

I have had a bowl of porridge & cup of tea at 10:00 today but was awake at 6:30 doing a sudoku in bed as could not sleep. Did a school run for both DDs today got caught by the head of the school to chat about some governor issues so was later getting back for breakfst! Will have lunch when I am hungry and tea/dinner/supper once DH home which can be anytime between 6:00 and 8:00p.m. on his working days.
DH is particular about breakfast and has to have a bowl of cereal before he does anything even when leaving early like his 6:00 start today. He would instinctively like more regular routines but he has chosen to live with me!

Like Greatnan and many other GNs I find that the joy of living alone is that I can eat what and when I like,sleep when I like and have total control of the TV remote.
I love my morning porridge but apart from that times and quantities of food/drink are completely variable.I eat when I'm hungry.

Supper at 6 though, so not after 6ish.

I was thinking just that, Bags,

Isn't cereal mainly carbs? [little devil emoticon]

I was brought up with very regulated and fixed meal times - breakfast at 7, lunch at 12 and supper at 6, on the dot or else! Due to OH's job and very irregular and long hours, our meal times have always been fairly flexible anyway. Now we are both retired- anything goes. But we try to have our main meal any time between 1 and 3ish, and only soup or light meal in the evening- and prefer to eat early-ish and not have carbohydrates after 6ish. Sometimes supper is just a bowl of cereal if neither of us feel like cooking. Hurrah.

I find as I am now on my own that it suits me to have a light breakfast, my main meal around 2.30 or 3.00 and a snack around 8.00 p.m.

I suffer with insomnia and would love to be able to sleep during the day but unfortunately I can't no matter how tired I am. I would like to stay in bed a bit later in the morning but unfortunately I have a brother in law who likes to call in around 8.30 in the morning!