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On Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:19:53 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:

>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.

I think my lunches and dinners are fairly equal. I mainly don't want a
heavy breakfast. Then I'd just watch TV all morning.

>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.

I think even Michael finds that kind of thinking old fashioned.

-- 
Bruce
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