Do you have tea when you’ve had a big lunch?

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Like a bbq or a pub lunch, say about 12.30/1.00/2.00 do you then have dinner at about 6ish?

Sometimes if hungry but other times no.

We don’t have dinner until about 8 most days.

It depends. I only eat when Im hungry so if I'm hungry I will, if I'm not I won't.

Not about 6 ish because we never eat that early. But yes, we eat 3 meals a day in our house. Anyone can choose to eat what they wish at any one meal, but yes, 3 meals a day are prepared and served.

That said, we had a BBQ yesterday and it wasn’t a big meal. I had 2 sausages. Literally like just 2 sausages. Had intended to make a salad but never got around to it. I wouldn’t call 2 sausage links at 1pm a big meal. We would definitely have our usual family dinner at 7:30/8pm.

The only time that dinner would be more of the cheese, crackers, fruit not really a dinner variety is Christmas or similar big roast meal that gets served at 3pm. Then that’s like lunch/dinner as would be after 4pm when we finished.

Depends on how hungry everyone is. I won’t cook a full meal for the sake of it if no one is that hungry and just wants something small or not at all. If I had a really big lunch I’d probably just make something for the kids and skip dinner.

Not another meal no, probably tea and cake around 5ish, or wait until early evening and have something like cheese on toast.

We went out for lunch this week with friends so weren't hungry until about 9pm when we just had cold cuts, bread and a choice of cheese and crackers.

This is what i think too, cheese on toasts or crackers etc, I personally cannot face another full meal especially if I’ve had something big like burger/fries/steak.

I asked because we’re about to have a bbq and then thinking I really cannot be doing with prepping another meal tonight !

We only generally have one full cooked meal a day so if we'd had that at lunchtime it would be a sandwich, omelette or similar in the evening. We often have light evening meals anyway as we go out to exercise or allotment or whatever most evenings.

I'd probably just have something like you've said OP. If I'm feeling posh I call it high tea.

Yes I feel if I’ve had a big lunch I can’t then do a proper meal for dinner. Ds10 is a different story, but he is a growing boy I suppose ! He will have to have a cheese toastie or something though tonight 😆

My preference is to have a good breakfast at about 10 to 11 ish, then a good lunch at about 2 to 3 ish.

No. If we’ve had a substantial lunch we don’t have dinner.

No, we'll just have toast or something much later.

I usually have one main meal a day so if I went out for lunch, no, I wouldn't cook a full dinner. Maybe a sandwich - or whatever I'd have had for lunch if I hadn't been out!

No I’ll usually have something like cheese and crackers or a bowl of weetabix later on.

No probably just a snack like a bit of toast or carrot/hummus etc

I usually don't but the kids get a sandwich

After a big Sunday lunch or BBQ I wouldn't be having/cooking another meal in the evening.

It likely be everyone helps themselves to leftovers/wraps/cheese/odds & sods, etc.

no I tend to just eat lunch later if it’s big

Depends if I'm hungry or not.

Is this not the obvious answer?

Cook extra bbq stuff. Nothing wrong with a cold sausage sandwich or indeed any bbq leftovers. If you have a fussy family who expect you to do another session in the kitchen, now's the time for laying down the foundation of 'you know where the fridge, oven, microwave are'.

No, usually not hungry enough. I will have something small like a slice of toast or cheese and crackers if hungry

I just have another decent meal.

I'm always hungry.