Sorry Darren, won't do it again!

Well found the t-shirt & tiny little bit of motivation hiding in the corner, iso I went, it didn't rain & now I'm going to cook some chips &  cheesy omlette for my tea!

Indeed I do, I have followed it with 2 choc ices to make sure!

As you seem a little confused by British meal times I thought I'd try & help you out;

Breakfast:  Is the meal you eat first, although of course you may eat a breakfast, a full English for example, anytime you choose.

Brunch:  Is what you eat if you missed your breakfast and you're starving, or you ate your breakfast but you're still starving, it's generally an excuse to pig out late morning, well up until say about 2pm if you're a bit hungover.

Lunch:  Refers to whatever meal you eat at lunchtime.

Tea:  Is the meal you eat at teatime.  An afternoon tea consists of scones with jam & cream, or sandwiches & cakes, or all three.

Dinner:  Is used by some to mean the meal you eat at teatime, or perhaps slightly later.  I use it to refer to my main meal of the day (eg "I had my dinner at lunchtime, so I'll just have a sandwich for my tea"), but other people use it to refer to their lunchtime meal, regardless of what they ate, and will then call their evening meal tea.

Supper:  Could be a light snack before bed or your evening meal.

Hope that's clearer! It's all very regional, so I may have missed bits out!

lol I won't deny that. Especially in the south. As soon as I moved down here I was stunned at the accessibility and amount of deep-fried foods. They fry EVERYTHING down here. Meat, potatoes, vegetables... heck you can go to the deli counter at walmart and buy deep fried anything by the pound. Good God... it makes me nauseous to witness.

Don't get me wrong, I'm no health food queen or anything, but these people blow me out of the water.

Interesting story I feel I should share because it happens to be on topic. Yesterday I brought lunch to work. I made chicken and green beans marinated in rice wine vinegar/sesame oil/sesame seeds. It's a spectacular vinaigrette suitable for both marinating and salad dressing. Anyway, I was sitting at my desk chomping down on a few green beans when my boss walks by and goes "what is that smell?!". Assuming it was the rice wine vinegar, I said "Eh, it's probably my lunch." So he gets so irritated by this that I was evicted from my desk and sent to the kitchen so he didn't have to smell it anymore. So I take my lunch, start walking to the kitchen and say "I'm so sorry Steve, but some of us know how to cook in something other than a deep fat frier." He just shoved a few more fries into his mouth and went back to his desk.

And the kicker... by the end of the day, 5 people had asked me for my recipe

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Originally posted by: sha76jam
"Ah, Scots cuisine, deep fried pizza, cauliflower boiled for 2 days & haggis! Actually you can get pretty decent grub too & the highlands are a gorgeous place."

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mmmmmmmm haggis.  Being half scottish I have always felt it my duty to indulge in all of these meaty treats!!

Anyone for proper scottish black pudding?

having lived in the south for a year (where i sucessfully lost 8lbs in the first three months cause i couldnt eat the food) i have to say... ahh i miss deep-fried okra

hehe