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What time is your evening meal?

(109 Posts)
GagaJo Mon 01-Mar-21 21:07:38

Do you have tea?
Dinner?¨
Supper?

What time do you eat whatever meal is your last meal?

LMW1 Sat 06-Mar-21 09:06:41

Breakfast Dinner and Tea for me from Leeds, West Yorkshire. Tea is 6pm approx.

Greciangirl Thu 04-Mar-21 22:11:34

Dinner in the evening, between 6.30 and 7oclock
I like to eat, wash up and get cleared away by 7.30 in readiness for evening t.v. Viewing.

Jules59 Thu 04-Mar-21 21:37:31

When it’s ready !

PaulineG Thu 04-Mar-21 21:30:59

I call it Dinner, and eat around 5pm ( although I end up nibbling junk around 8pm).

Lilyflower Thu 04-Mar-21 21:13:37

Dinner for us is at an unfashionably early 6.30p.m. in the week but we eat at 7 p.m. at the weekends as a nod to middle class elegance.

We always eat at the table but at the weekends we have linen, the best cutlery and glassware and candles. We dress for dinner, start with a glass of fizz and have two courses. On Saturday we listen to the opera in Radio Three as we prepare and eat.

What else is there to do in a Lockdown? We have a fabulous time. This Saturday the DH us doing us his Fanny Craddock Poulet Sauté Archduc.

Growing0ldDisgracefully Thu 04-Mar-21 20:19:07

When I can be bothered/prised away from whatever else I'm doing. 8-9 ish, and we are very late bodies, so don't go to bed on a full stomach. Which reminds me, I ought to go and attempt something non-poisonous now.....

Speldnan Thu 04-Mar-21 18:03:14

Dinner anytime from 6-7.30.

Jillybird Thu 04-Mar-21 17:43:28

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Hetty58 Thu 04-Mar-21 17:24:10

I eat when I'm hungry now. As I'm retired, there's no 'timetable' here.

Sometimes I'll have a big meal in the middle of the day and a snack later on. If the weather's good, I tend to have a snack lunch and a meal later. Some days, I'll just have a series of smaller meals.

Thank Heavens, there's no more cries of 'What time's dinner?'

HannahLoisLuke Thu 04-Mar-21 17:10:54

Dinner around 7.30 before my evening tv programmes begin.

HillyN Thu 04-Mar-21 16:35:50

Last meal of the day is about 7-7.30pm and is our main meal of the day. We call it 'tea'.

Anrol Thu 04-Mar-21 15:40:49

Breakfast around 7am. Banana for lunch at 1pm and dinner is very welcome at 5.30pm.

frenchie Thu 04-Mar-21 15:11:42

Since living in France we have our main meal lunchtime between 12.30 and 1pm. A bit later on Sundays as we get up later!
I usually have a yogurt around 8pm and I make a sandwich for DH. It works very well and we do sleep better.

Juneandarchie1 Thu 04-Mar-21 14:58:53

Breakfast at 8am. Lunch 12.30. Dinner at 6pm. All that can alter if I’m busy gardening or have a project on, in which case, I generally skip lunch.

Cindylou Thu 04-Mar-21 14:40:32

I always try to eat before 6:30 ish to avoid awful heart burn when I go to bed . I’m also one of those who do the 18/6 fasting diet . Just maintaining my weight now as it really does work.

grandtanteJE65 Thu 04-Mar-21 14:32:49

We call it dinner and eat it between 9 and 10 at night.

Sawsage2 Thu 04-Mar-21 14:27:44

Brunch at 12. coffee\cake 4pm. Dinner 8pm.

mar76 Thu 04-Mar-21 13:51:20

5pm on the dot.

nipsmum Thu 04-Mar-21 13:51:17

Between 5 and 6 pm. As I live alone I don't call it anything. It would be tea if I was making conversation.

cc Thu 04-Mar-21 13:04:25

7 to half past, DH won't eat any earlier. Personally I'd prefer to eat my main meal at lunchtime and just have a light meal in the evening.

Joesoap Thu 04-Mar-21 12:48:23

Evening meal around 5pm I would rather eat later say around 6 on but Husband has to stick to HIS routine.

PamSJ1 Thu 04-Mar-21 12:32:58

In normal times when I was working in the office it would be when it was ready after getting in just before 6. Having worked from home for nearly a year, it is earlier as I normally start getting it ready once I have logged off - that's anytime from 4.30

Severnsider Thu 04-Mar-21 12:23:03

Dinner 7 pm weekdays 7.30 weekends.

We try to keep weekends special, have a bottle of wine and cook something more exciting. It helps in keeping this lockdown a bit more interesting. ???

lovebeigecardigans1955 Thu 04-Mar-21 12:16:37

Over the last few months I've changed my eating habits. I have 'brunch' very late morning or early afternoon and this is my main meal - what I would previously have called lunch or dinner.
Late afternoon or very early evening I eat what I would previously have called breakfast. Weird I know, but I think it's helped to keep my weight down, plus, I get the main washing-up out of the way before the good stuff is on the telly - which is my main source of entertainment these days.

EileenCl Thu 04-Mar-21 12:12:15

We eat at 5;30pm because we have been eating within an eight hour window for two years now. We do not snack afterwards, and don’t have our breakfast until 9;30. Works for us! He has lost five stone, and I have lost 3 stone.