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What time do you have your largest meal?

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GoldenRosebee · 12/11/2025 14:39

Could you indulge me and say what time do you have your largest meal, what do you call your largest meal and where are you from? I ask because I heard some users call dinner tea and lunch dinner.

My largest meal is dinner and I have it around 17h and I'm from Croatia.
I have light lunch around noon.

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pilates · 12/11/2025 14:54

Dinner 6/6.30 SE England

ItWasntMyFault · 12/11/2025 14:54

Dinner about 7 pm

LoudPlumDog · 12/11/2025 14:53

Dinner between 4:30 and 5:30pm. Australia.

isitmytime · 12/11/2025 14:52

usually my main meal is about 2000/2030 I’m in Scotland and it’s either tea or dinner, mostly tea come to think of it. Depends who I’m speaking to

andanotherproblem · 12/11/2025 14:43

I have a large meal for dinner, most people have around 5/6pm, due to DH work we actually have dinner around 9pm (late I know).

Different parts of England do different, my dad for example will call dinner ‘tea’, and lunch ‘dinner’, I believe this is a northern thing.

The older generation tend to have their largest meal at lunchtime and call this ‘dinner’ and then our dinner they would call ‘supper’ and have something like a sandwich.

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 12/11/2025 14:40

Christmas time

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