Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#16
|
|||
|
|||
Sweet Corn
In article ,
Bob Hobden wrote: Surely it goes... Breakfast Then croust - elevenses as foreigners know it :-) Lunch Afternoon tea (tea and cake about 4pm, still popular in some parts of the Empire) Dinner Supper (late in the evening, cold meats, bread cheese and pickles etc) Indeed :-) One of the reasons that this whole terminology is such nonsense is that it varies immensely with time and place. While I do sometimes eat after 11 pm (being a geek from way back), I still call the main evening meal supper when it is informal because that is the way it was used when I was young. Yes, I know that it is historically incorrect, and have no idea when it started as one of the innumerable shibboleths invented for the benefit of the English class system. My reading indicates probably sometime between 1920 and 1950 and, as people point out, it has now almost disappeared again. Obviously, the only reason I remarked was because it was such a wonderful lead-in for Tibetan tea :-) Many Web recipes are clearly modified for western tastes, and I am not sure whether the older travel documents were correct (i.e. that it uses rancid yak butter) or them (that it uses fresh butter) were traditionally correct. Oh, and someone is coming for afternoon tea today - with scones and clotted cream :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
#17
|
|||
|
|||
Sweet Corn
On Sep 11, 6:36*am, "'Mike'" wrote:
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... Nick wrote . Vicky wrote: I don't tend to salt the water of any veg anyhow. *Although Nick does, I discovered the other day when he actually made the boys' tea the other day. It was horrid. As far as I know, only Thibetan tea is normally made with salt, and it's reputation certainly is that all westerners find it horrid! :-P Dinner, then, you damned southerner. Er, no, supper :-) Surely it goes... Breakfast Lunch Afternoon tea (tea and cake about 4pm, still popular in some parts of the Empire) Dinner Supper (late in the evening, cold meats, bread cheese and pickles etc) Most people miss out afternoon tea and supper these days although there appears to be some that have started to call dinner supper which it certainly isn't. I think Nigel Slater is one such from watching a program of his. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK That has been my family's routine for as long as I can remember Mike -- ................................... Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive. ...................................- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - A proper days feeding should be Breakfast Elevenses Lunch Afternoon tea High tea Dinner Supper |
#18
|
|||
|
|||
Sweet Corn
"Dave Hill" wrote in message ... On Sep 11, 6:36 am, "'Mike'" wrote: "Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... Nick wrote . Vicky wrote: I don't tend to salt the water of any veg anyhow. Although Nick does, I discovered the other day when he actually made the boys' tea the other day. It was horrid. As far as I know, only Thibetan tea is normally made with salt, and it's reputation certainly is that all westerners find it horrid! :-P Dinner, then, you damned southerner. Er, no, supper :-) Surely it goes... Breakfast Lunch Afternoon tea (tea and cake about 4pm, still popular in some parts of the Empire) Dinner Supper (late in the evening, cold meats, bread cheese and pickles etc) Most people miss out afternoon tea and supper these days although there appears to be some that have started to call dinner supper which it certainly isn't. I think Nigel Slater is one such from watching a program of his. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK That has been my family's routine for as long as I can remember Mike -- ................................... Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive. ...................................- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - A proper days feeding should be Breakfast Elevenses Lunch Afternoon tea High tea Dinner Supper .................................................. ... ;-) I have my figure to think about ;-) Mike -- .................................... Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive. .................................... |
#19
|
|||
|
|||
Sweet Corn
In article ,
Janet wrote: Oh, and someone is coming for afternoon tea today - with scones and clotted cream :-) Both afternoon tea, and High Tea (different times, different food) are still well known in Scotland. And elsewhere. As far as I can see, the only meal we haven't included is a midnight feast :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
#20
|
|||
|
|||
Sweet Corn
wrote in message ... In article , Janet wrote: Oh, and someone is coming for afternoon tea today - with scones and clotted cream :-) Both afternoon tea, and High Tea (different times, different food) are still well known in Scotland. And elsewhere. As far as I can see, the only meal we haven't included is a midnight feast :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren. What time do you have that? Mike -- .................................... Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive. .................................... |
#21
|
|||
|
|||
Sweet Corn
Dave Hill wrote:
A proper days feeding should be Breakfast Elevenses Lunch Afternoon tea High tea Dinner Supper Midnight snack. And you forgot your G+T break. |
#22
|
|||
|
|||
Sweet Corn
|
#23
|
|||
|
|||
Sweet Corn
Vicky wrote
Dave Hill wrote: A proper days feeding should be Breakfast Elevenses Lunch Afternoon tea High tea Dinner Supper Midnight snack. And you forgot your G+T break. No, he mentioned elevenses :-) -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
#24
|
|||
|
|||
Sweet Corn
On Sep 11, 2:54*pm, wrote:
wrote: And elsewhere. *As far as I can see, the only meal we haven't included is a midnight feast :-) Oops. *:-) That depends when you have your supper. |
#25
|
|||
|
|||
Sweet Corn
Bob Hobden wrote:
A proper days feeding should be Breakfast Elevenses Lunch Afternoon tea High tea Dinner Supper Midnight snack. And you forgot your G+T break. No, he mentioned elevenses :-) I know who I want to visit next holidays! ;-) |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Country Gentleman sweet corn | Edible Gardening | |||
Sweet Corn | United Kingdom | |||
Spinach and Sweet Corn | United Kingdom | |||
Raccoons in the sweet corn | Edible Gardening | |||
Open pollenated sweet corn | Edible Gardening |