Ever wondered what is the correct term? I always said supper because my parents are from the Midwest, but everyone in Ca calls it dinner.
Well here's the real answer...
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Dinner or Supper?
Marlene wants to know the difference between dinner and supper.
Both "dinner" and "supper" can be used to describe an evening meal, and in that sense there is little difference between them.
You would never serve supper at noon, but you might have dinner at midday-though today it makes more sense to call that meal lunch.
In earlier times, dinner was a heavy meal that farm laborers ate to sustain them through a long afternoon. Its use has changed with modern life, but it can still suggest a fuller evening meal, while supper can be lighter evening fare.
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Back home on the farm all meal were heavy meal.
When we move into town Supper was form 5 P.M. to 6 P.M. Dinner was after 7 P.M. :smile:
We just call it tea now. But growing up it was always supper....
Isn't it a somewhat regional thing, like calling pop, pop or soda, or even coke? My father calls lunch dinner, I call the evening meal dinner. Since we often eat with my dad, I have to be careful to call it supper, or he may come at lunchtime. :tounge:
His mama was from North Carolina, not sure if that had anything to do with it, but most people that I know call the evening meal dinner.
Supper because Jesus ate supper, who ever heard of the Lords Dinner? :confused:
Quote from: Rockntractor on August 20, 2012, 12:13:15 PM
Supper because Jesus ate supper, who ever heard of the Lords Dinner? :confused:
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Good point!