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Is it supper or dinner? |
 | By Jeff Sherman   OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Jeff Sherman |
| Published Oct. 1, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. |
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October is the third annual Dining Month on OnMilwaukee.com. All month, we're stuffed with restaurant reviews, delicious features, chef profiles, unique articles on everything food, as well as the winners of our "Best of Dining 2009."
For me, it's dinner, not supper.
Supper is just more formal. Well, not really formal but more family-oriented, I guess. Can't even think of the last time I called the evening meal supper. Can you?
Why this supper vs. dinner blog? I saw a sign outside Third Ward Caffé, 225 E. St. Paul Ave., this weekend and it made me think. It read, "Sunday Supper 4:00 PM-8:00 PM."
Supper, really? Why not dinner?
Maybe it's an Italian thing? Come to think of it, my grandparents called it supper. Maybe it's a Sunday thing? The evening meal on Sundays is supper, every other day is dinner.
Who knows what's right or wrong when it comes to this "debate." All I know is that all this evening meal talk is making me hungry.
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Posted by swami says on Oct. 1, 2009 at 4:42 p.m. (report)
Victor ask yourself this question... would any other country in the world have a "biggest loser" tv show? Also, go to ANY restaurant and the amount of food that is given far exceeds that of a normal portion.
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Posted by hardgeminiguy on Oct. 1, 2009 at 3:40 p.m. (report)
growing up on a small farm near eagle, wi we ALWAYS had SUPPER as our evening meal. it was the largest meal of the day. sunday DINNERS were served at noon--our sunday dinner and the largest meal of the day--often freshly butchered chicken or farm grown grilled steak. .
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Posted by speakthetruth on Oct. 1, 2009 at 3:15 p.m. (report)
Supper is a lighter, less formal meal than dinner. It originally meant the "evening" meal, as well, especially when dinner was taken during the middle of the day. Dinner is meant to convey the idea of the most substantial or formal meal of the day. The time can be midday or evening. You can have "Sunday Dinner" at noon or "Dinner on Friday Night" with a date at 9 p.m. Supper is always an evening meal, usually at home or at a less formal restaurant, and smaller than dinner.
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Posted by gotspots on Oct. 1, 2009 at 2:40 p.m. (report)
I thought dinner is the formal affair... as in "dinner is served," the butler said. Call it what you like, I know it just tastes better in a hand-made bowl!
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Posted by KALEIDOSCOPE on Oct. 1, 2009 at 12:51 p.m. (report)
I was raised on a farm, where we ate dinner at noon and supper at night. Then I moved to cities with lunch and dinner. I now eat lunch and supper so whomever I am talking with, they know when I mean!
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