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Friday open thread: time for dinner
Mar. 25th, 2022 01:40 pmI'm sorry these Friday posts have been so erratic in recent times. I think this will remain the case as long as, well ... *gestures miserably eastward*
But when I feel up to it, there'll be an open thread.
Today's prompt is brought to you by a meme I saw doing the rounds on social media, which purported to show the average time of day/evening that residents of various European countries ate dinner. It's a two-part question: what time of day do you eat the main meal (if at all), and are the timing and content of that meal similar or different to the norm in your region/culture?
In my case, I'm an Australian of western European ancestry, living in the UK. I tend to cook/eat the main hot meal of the day in the evening, and unless something strange is going on, that meal tends to happen at some point between 6.30-7.30pm. I would say that in general that's in keeping with other people from a similar cultural background in both the UK and Australia, although the type of British people who eat traditional roast dinners on Sundays tend to eat those much earlier in the day.
In terms of atypical meal content, what I choose to eat for breakfast (and, to a lesser extent, lunch) is definitely atypical, because I hate almost all standard breakfast foods from my culture — cereal is revolting, I'm not a fan of porridge or muesli, and for the most part I don't enjoy toast either. I only like sandwiches when they've been freshly prepared, which means I never eat them if I have to bring a packed lunch. What this results in is me eating a lot of leftover dinner for breakfast and lunch, interspersed with periods of eating things like cheese and crackers for one or both of those meals. I wish I came from a culture where it was normal to eat hot/savoury types of food at breakfast time!
What about you?
But when I feel up to it, there'll be an open thread.
Today's prompt is brought to you by a meme I saw doing the rounds on social media, which purported to show the average time of day/evening that residents of various European countries ate dinner. It's a two-part question: what time of day do you eat the main meal (if at all), and are the timing and content of that meal similar or different to the norm in your region/culture?
In my case, I'm an Australian of western European ancestry, living in the UK. I tend to cook/eat the main hot meal of the day in the evening, and unless something strange is going on, that meal tends to happen at some point between 6.30-7.30pm. I would say that in general that's in keeping with other people from a similar cultural background in both the UK and Australia, although the type of British people who eat traditional roast dinners on Sundays tend to eat those much earlier in the day.
In terms of atypical meal content, what I choose to eat for breakfast (and, to a lesser extent, lunch) is definitely atypical, because I hate almost all standard breakfast foods from my culture — cereal is revolting, I'm not a fan of porridge or muesli, and for the most part I don't enjoy toast either. I only like sandwiches when they've been freshly prepared, which means I never eat them if I have to bring a packed lunch. What this results in is me eating a lot of leftover dinner for breakfast and lunch, interspersed with periods of eating things like cheese and crackers for one or both of those meals. I wish I came from a culture where it was normal to eat hot/savoury types of food at breakfast time!
What about you?