Originally Posted by
wrp96
As to what to name the meal. I live in the south so it can be confusing.
Usually the midday meal is lunch and the evening meal is dinner. Unless the midday meal is the larger meal in which case that would be dinner, and the lighter evening meal would be supper.
Similar in the rural midwest as well, where I grew up, especially among dairy farm families who eat meals at unusual times, and sometimes 4 meals per day. Not as much these days with automation, but when I was growing up, it was not uncommon for a farmer to be up at 4 am for the first milking and finishing the last one around 9 pm. Supper always followed dinner, whether it was 3 meals or 4. Sometimes "lunch" wasn't eaten, because it was "dinner". "Luncheons" were unknown in that part of the country
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Tonight I'm making a half-arsed jambalaya. Shrimp and sausage only. We don't have green peppers but do have red. Other than that, pretty much the classic recipe. Extra hot sauce on the side.