Originally Posted by
JBord
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.
I grew up in the rural midwest (IL) too, not on a farm but a very small town. All my farmer friends and relatives had dinner at noon (and it had to be NOON on the spot) and supper in the evening. "In town," we had breakfast, lunch and supper. Dinner was on Sunday.
I remember it was always an issue when we went to Sunday dinner at my Uncle Red's (dad's side). He was a farmer and insisted dinner waas at noon. Well, my mother had to be at church every Sunday and services weren't over until noon, so many times they had already started dinner when we arrived, even though they delayed it a bit because he liked my mother.
