I went way past my dinnertime yesterday and only really thought about food in the late afternoon, so I fancied something small and tasty to tide me over to my tea. I opened the freezer for a rummage and spied a box with one vegan battered sausage in it.
Now I bought these a while ago when I was making us a home cooked 'chippy tea'. Our usual chippy order is 'one medium fish and chip meal, one medium fish portion, a battered sausage and a pot of curry sauce'. From this Alan has the fish portion, the sausage, the curry sauce and half the chips, I have the rest of the chips and the fish. It suits us both and makes it affordable as an occasional treat.
When I replicate it I buy these battered sausages as Alan really likes them, I also used to have some of the instant curry sauce granules from Aldi, but I think that I threw them out when I was having a bit of a UPF blitz and there was only a bit left in the tub.
Oops, I had forgotten about doing the homemade chippy teas. 😐
One sausage cut in half on a little bun with two sachets of tomato ketchup from my freebie stash and I had the perfect little late afternoon snack ... and do you know what I absolutely loved it.
Now I might just have to buy another pack and a tub of the curry sauce granules to appease Alan next time he says 'Should I go to the chippy?'. It's a much, much cheaper option.
For those not in the know I am originally from Manchester in the north of England, and there dinner is at lunchtime and tea is our evening meal. Having also lived down in the south it used to get queried a bit as there it was lunch and then dinner. But ask yourself this ... if you live in the UK what were your school DINNER ladies called.
I rest my case. 😄
Sue xx
Try visiting rellies in Atlantic Canada and getting your head round the evening meal being called Supper. The 5/6pm meal not a late night just before you go to bed one. Midday meal was Dinner not Lunch and Tea never got a mention except as ‘would you like a cup of tea’
ReplyDeleteWhen we lived in Oxfordshire we used to go for Supper at our friends and invite them back to ours for Supper. To me it took some getting used to as Supper was simply a 7pm teatime. We both needed a snack at about 4pm to tide us over until we ate, which yes was usually around 5 or 6pm
DeleteDinner Ladies was one of the best TV series ever. We say lunch and dinner but sometimes say tea instead of dinner!! As long as Norrie gets fed three tomes a day, he doesn’t care what it’s called! Glad you enjoyed your snack. Catriona
ReplyDeleteYes, I used to love Dinner Ladies. Victoria Wood was a brilliant comedy writer and actor wasn't she. :-)
Deletei am from the North as well (Liverpool) and always say tea for my evening meal. Saying 'dinner' sounds ridiculous in my mouth. I'm not that posh! We brought our boys up to say tea as well. Our oldest son now says 'dinner' as he lives in Bath.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny I can call my midday meal either lunch or dinner and not feel strange, but I could never call my tea 'dinner', that would be just weird. :-)
DeleteSue, I was just talking to my little granddaughters yesterday about what "tea" was. They made a trip to Scotland a year ago and were telling me all the things they ate there. They weren't too fond of the fish and chips :) Here we have breakfast, lunch and dinner/supper.
ReplyDeleteOoh, fancy not liking fish and chips ... I blame the chippy, they must have chosen the wrong one. ;-)
DeleteI am from the south and husband from the north but it’s always lunch and tea in our house 😀
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
Haha, that's sort of half and half isn't it. 😀
DeleteHa! I get confused with British terms for mealtimes. I do breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Although when I was growing up in West Texas, it was called supper, which is very southern. To me "tea" is cookies or tiny sandwiches and hot tea in china cups as a "snack"...just goes to show you I have no idea! Also, I have no idea what a chippy is!!
ReplyDeleteTo us 'afternoon tea' is dainty sandwiches and fancy little cakes served on and in china, and is usually served as a special treat between 2 and 4pm.
DeleteA chippy is a fish and chip shop. 😀
In Canada and I know people who call lunch dinner and the evening meal supper. I call lunch, lunch and your tea time, dinner.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
This is all getting really strange isn't it. 😄
DeleteWe have our main meal at noon, called dinner. We have something lighter, usually sandwiches at 4 or 5, called supper. The grandkids are always confused. :) ~ skye
DeleteThe more comments that I read, the more I am as confused as your grandchildren. 😄
DeleteAs a southener married to a Midlander, I've always called mealtimes lunch and tea. Supper was something my Gran did about 9pm, consisting of a warm milky drink and toast. I tried not to have school lunches as they were DISGUSTING! Xx
ReplyDeleteAs a Mancunian married to a Scottish man, happily we both call them the same. Although he does called a 'packed lunch' his 'pieces' ... but that's a whole other story! 😄
DeleteMy parents relied on us getting a good meal at school. Apart from the worry of a tight budget I can't help envying my stay at home mother in 1950s England who didn't have to turn around after a day at work, cook a decent, nutritious meal, clean up and then make and pack sandwiches for the children to take with them for the following midday meal at school. ( Few primary schools in Canada have meals available).
ReplyDeleteI didn't have a choice about school dinners, as soon as my brother started school my Mum was one of the dinner ladies. 🫤
Deletewe used to get caught out as although we were southerners living in the Home Counties, we had several friends from Yorkshire and Lancashire. The only meal we could be ure of getting right was breakfast! We had lunch (school dinners, or a working meal in London for my father, or soup and a sandwich for my mother), afternoon tea (tea and little cake), and supper (a proper evening meal). At weekends the main meal was lunch and supper was something lighter.
ReplyDeleteBut our friends had a proper what we called High Tea, earlier than our supper, and their supper was a late evening snack... If we invited people for dinner, that was for a formal evening meal rather than a lunch...
Oh gosh ... isn't this getting complicated. 😬
DeleteMy relatives in Hampshire said the same as you. When i first moved to the middle of Canada and found they use dinner for lunch and lunch is what they call the food served at dances and socials. Very odd to see lunch served at 10 p.m. on ads.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, lunch at 10pm, that's very different isn't it. 🤔
DeleteI live in Cornwall and I have dinner and tea also
ReplyDeletePhew ... after all these complicated comments yours is a breath of fresh air. 😄
DeleteIt's very interesting to read what the meals are called in various places, isn't it? When I was growing up (in Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon), we had breakfast, lunch at noon, tea between 4-5 p.m. (sandwiches or savory pastries, cake, etc. and a cup of tea) and dinner around 8:00 p.m. These days, my daughter and I have brunch around mid-day as neither of us eats breakfast, tea around 5:30 p.m. (usually a cup of tea and some snack) once she gets off work, and dinner around 8:00 p.m. :)
ReplyDeleteIt really is interesting isn't it ... and very confusing if you read the comments one after the other. :-)
DeleteNot in the UK, but in the middle of the US, in the state of Nebraska. In town, they say lunch and dinner, but out here on the farm Hubby says dinner and supper. I'm from town but have lived here for 45 years. I interchange them. But to me the noon meal is lunch and the evening meal is supper. Lunch to him is the mid-afternoon snack that keeps the guys going when they are long in the field planting or harvesting.
ReplyDeleteI have been known to call my dinner lunch, but I never call my tea dinner. It's a good job I didn't bring brunch, elevenses and afternoon tea into the discussion isn't it. 😄
DeleteWell, I'm at the bottom of the world, and spent my childhood in a boarding school that had a main meal at 12.30, and called it lunch, and then a lighter evening meal (macaroni cheese, and the like) and called that dinner! Weird, now I come to think about it. But at home, and in our home (married just over 50 years) it's definitely breakfast, lunch (usually very light, a sandwich, or an egg, and fruit perhaps), and then Dinner is 6.30+ and the main meal of the day. Morning tea, and Afternoon tea are between times, and as casual or formal as the occasion demands.
ReplyDeleteHaha, even more confused. Here we have morning coffee and afternoon tea, although I can't drink tea so actually I DO have afternoon coffee. 😄
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