Can anyone tell me when dinner turned into supper as in ‘does Lucien eat red meat only I’m thinking of cooking venison for supper’ (I don’t know anyone called Lucien but you get my pretentious drift). Supper is bread and cheese and a cup of cocoa, normally enjoyed by the fire while playing Scrabble or Gin Rummy. It is not wild mushroom risotto and a green salad with shavings of parmesan and a bottle of Merlot. That is called dinner.
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Supper is always an evening meal, but must be noted that supper is not a common meal in many cultures.
In Britain, whereas “dinner” is a fairly formal evening meal, “supper” is used to describe a less formal, simpler family meal. In working class British homes (and also in Australia) “tea” can be used for the evening meal. In some areas in the United Kingdom, supper is a term for a snack eaten after the evening meal and before bed, usually consisting of a warm, milky drink and British biscuits or cereal. In the United Kingdom, particularly in Scots, Scottish English and Ulster Scots, a fish supper is a portion of fish and chips.
I hope this clarifies your querie sweetie x
Yes Eddie, and did you know that the word supper was derived from the French language, in French supper is known as ‘Souper’. The word souper is still used in for meal in Quebec, France. This word is also used in Belgian French. The word souper is related to Soup and is closely related to the German word Suppe which means soup.
Isn’t that Souper! Sorry Just had to get that one in!
Whilst on the subject of supper, Manny and I were invited the other evening to a friends house for a “buffet dînatoire” we were both a little confused as to what this was, as we had never been invited to one of these before…it turned out to be a ‘buffet supper’!
12 people were there, we had lots of beautifully prepared ‘snacks’ then some buckwheat and chicken with salad, then gateaus, so that’s what a french buffet dînatoire consists of….
Incidentally, I was a bit pissed off as I was speaking my best French to a french guy sitting next to me (who as it happened turned out to be a complete jerk) when at the end of my carefully phrased sentence, he turned around and said to me that my french was a little weak considering I had lived in France for nearly years and that I should take some more lessons! Arse!
All for now, must go and prepare a dinatoire!
Suex