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| Dinner |
| Supper |
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Dinner is the main meal of the day, eaten at midday or in the evening. For the coarsely ground flour see Flour. A meal is an instance of Eating, specifically one that takes place at a specific time and includes Breakfast is the first meal of the day The word derives from the idea of break ing the '''fast''' of sleep Brunch or bruncheon is a combination of breakfast and lunch The term is a Portmanteau of '''br'''eakfast and l'''unch'''(eon. Luncheon, commonly abbreviated to lunch, is a midday Meal. In English-speaking countries during the eighteenth century what was originally called " Depending on a country's customs tea can refer to any of several different meals or mealtimes Supper is the name for the evening meal in some Dialects of English - ordinarily the last meal of the day Cuisine (from French cuisine, "cooking culinary art kitchen" ultimately from Latin coquere, "to cook" is a specific set For the Banana Yashimoto novel see Kitchen (novel A kitchen, is a room or part of a room (sometimes called "kitchen A buffet is a meal serving system where patrons serve themselves A banquet is a large public meal or feast complete with main courses and desserts Evening is the period in which the daylight is decreasing between the late Afternoon and night, around the time when Dinner is taken The meal normally consists of a combination of cooked, or sometimes uncooked, proteins (meat, fish or legumes), with vegetables, and/or starch products like rice, noodles, or potatoes. Rice is a Cereal foodstuff which forms an important part of the diet of many people worldwide and as such it is a staple food for many A noodle is food made from unleavened Dough that is cooked in a boiling liquid The potato is a Starchy Tuberous crop Vegetable from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae
The word "dinner" comes from the French word dîner, the "chief repast (Meal) of the day", ultimately from the Latin disiunare, which means to break fast (as in the English word "breakfast"). For the coarsely ground flour see Flour. A meal is an instance of Eating, specifically one that takes place at a specific time and includes Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Breakfast is the first meal of the day The word derives from the idea of break ing the '''fast''' of sleep A dinner can also be a more sophisticated meal, such as a banquet. A banquet is a large public meal or feast complete with main courses and desserts
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Dinner customs around the world
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, dinner traditionally meant the main meal of the day. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Because of differences in custom as to when this meal was taken, dinner might mean the evening meal (typically used by upper class people), or the midday meal (typically used by working class people, who describe their evening meal as tea). Is a concept in Sociology that refers to the group of people at the top of a Social hierarchy. Working class is a term used in academic Sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe depending on context and speaker those employed in specific fields or types Vestiges of the English class system remain in the choice of word for the evening meal - a person with upper-class antecedents might use neither "dinner" nor "tea" but, confusingly, "supper" for a less formal meal (which people in the North use to refer to a hot, often milky, drink such as cocoa or hot chocolate and biscuits, taken immediately before retiring for the night).
Large formal evening meals are invariably described as dinners (hence, also, the term dinner jacket which is a form of evening dress). Black tie is a dress code for semi-formal evening events and is worn to many types of social functions Formal dress (UK and formal wear (US are the general terms for Clothing suitable for formal social events such as a Wedding, formal garden party
School dinners is a British phrase for school lunches – reflecting the fact that such school meals were originally provided chiefly for the children of the working class, who typically had their main meal in the middle of the day – and women working in school canteens are generally known in the UK as dinner ladies (however, if a pupil brings his or her food from home, it is a packed lunch). A school dinner is a Meal (usually Dinner or Lunch) provided to Students at a School. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A packed lunch is a Lunch prepared at home and carried to be Eaten somewhere else such as School, a Workplace or at an outing
Ambiguity can be avoided by using lunch for the midday meal.
A more formal definition of "dinner", especially outside North America, is any meal consisting of multiple courses. The minimum is usually two but there can be as many as seven. Possible courses are:
- Hors d'oeuvres (also known as appetisers, starters)
- Soup course (occasionally sorbet)
- Fish course
- Entrée course (which may be a palate-cleansing course such as sorbet)
- Meat course
- Dessert (also known as the Sweet or pudding course)
- Cheese course
(after this it is customary to serve coffee, or brandy and cigars after the Loyal Toast)
In French, entrée means entry, admission. ApetitizerShpjpg|thumb|Swiss cuisine ( Schynige Platte)]] Hors d'œuvre ( French literally 'outside the work' English ɔrˈdɝv or appetizers are Soup is a Food that is made by combining ingredients such as Meat and Vegetables in stock or hot/boiling Water, until the flavor Sorbet is a frozen Dessert made from sweetened Water flavored with iced Fruit (typically Juice or Puree) Chocolate, An entrée ( French, literally meaning entry or entrance) is one of several savory courses in a Western-style formal meal service In modern English usage meat most often refers to Animal tissue used as food mostly Skeletal muscle and associated Fat, but it may also refer Dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a meal usually consisting of sweet Food but sometimes of a strongly-flavored one such as some Cheeses The Pudding most often refers to a Dessert, but can also be a savory dish Cheese is a Food made from Milk, usually the milk of cows, Buffalo, Goats or sheep, by coagulation. The Loyal Toast is the first toast to be given at a formal gathering by the presiding person L'entrée (singular) or les entrées (plural) are the appetisers. In Great Britain, entrée may be used for the same thing but the term starters is more commonly used. In Australia, entrée is commonly used instead of appetizers or starters. Although it was originally one of the earlier courses in North America also, it is now used for the main course. OED lists it as the main course, but gives an additional British English meaning: a ready-made dish served between the fish course and the main course.
Dinner is generally followed by tea or coffee, sometimes served with mint chocolates or other sweets, or with brandy or a digestif. Tea refers to the cured agricultural product of the leaves leaf buds and internodes of Camellia sinensis, which have been prepared and cured for the market CoFFEE is an Open source Software for computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL in a digital classroom Brandy (from brandywine, derived from Dutch brandewijn — “burnt wine” is a spirit produced by distilling Wine A digestif is an Alcoholic beverage that is drunk just after a meal When dinner consists of many courses, these tend to be smaller and to be served over a longer time period than a dinner with only two or three courses. Dinners with many courses tend to occur at formal events such as dinner parties or banquets.
This formal version of the meal is generally served in the evening, starting at some time between 7. 30 and 8. 30 (in the Netherlands, however, typically at 6). It may be served at midday or shortly afterwards; this tends, however, to be more typical of Scotland than of other countries. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. In Spain and Portugal, where lunch is eaten relatively late, dinner is typically served late in the evening, no earlier than 8 p. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. m.
Australia, Canada, and United States
In Australia and most parts of the United States and Canada, dinner is the evening meal served around 5:30 to 6:30 p. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page m. In some regions, such as the southern or rural mid-western United States, the Atlantic provinces, parts of Saskatchewan, and Quebec, the evening meal is called supper (souper in Quebec), and dinner (dîner) refers to the noon meal, which itself would be called lunch in most parts of the United States and Canada. Atlantic Canada, also known as the Atlantic provinces, is the region of Canada comprising four provinces located on the Atlantic coast: Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Supper is the name for the evening meal in some Dialects of English - ordinarily the last meal of the day Luncheon, commonly abbreviated to lunch, is a midday Meal. In English-speaking countries during the eighteenth century what was originally called " In the Southern United States, the main meal of the day is called Dinner, whether taken at noon or in the evening. On farms it was traditionally taken at noon. If Dinner, the main meal of the day, is at noon, the evening meal is called Supper. If Dinner, the main meal of the day, is in the evening the noon meal is called Lunch. Mainly in Australia, tea and dinner are synonyms.
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External links
- "What time is dinner?", History Magazine, October/November 2001
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