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From: Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com>
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Subject: Re: A Saturday Afternoon Snack 12/14/2024 =?UTF-8?Q?=F0=9F=98=8B?=
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:19:53 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-12-16, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
> Dinner as a mid-day meal sounds weird to me. Of course, I'm not an
> American.

To me, it sounds old-fashioned as hell.  Perfectly "on brand" for
Michael.

> A large meal mid-day, especially the amounts Americans eat, would make
> it hard to do anything useful in the afternoon.

I'm sure the farmer's mid-day meal was substantial but not debilitating.
Have to walk behind that team to get the plowing done, after all.

My largest meal is usually at lunch time.  How many times have
I reported "lunch was a burger and fries; dinner was salad" (or
some such)?  If lunch didn't feature a big glob of meat, I usually have
"salad with chicken on it" for dinner.  Yesterday lunch was a bowl of
hearty vegetable soup and an ounce or so of Gruyere; dinner was salad
with chicken on it.

As for Sunday dinner and holiday dinners in the middle of the day,
you're not supposed to do anything useful on the Sabbath, Christmas,
or Easter.  Midafternoon dinner gives the woman time to come home
from church and cook (or put the finishing touches on) the meal and
get it on the table.

-- 
Cindy Hamilton