How many courses at dinner?

lollyfin

I was never one for making puddings unless is was soup then pudding for dinner but over the last month I've been making them a couple of times a week and it's making a huge difference to the amount of biscuits/crisps/junk food that's been eaten. For us it's making savings on the shopping bill so I'm going to carry on.
Soup is usually a lunch time thing here unless it's soup/pudding night. I only ever do 3 courses for Christmas and new year.
I'm the same as a lot of you when it comes to seeing people eating outside and it's not something I do. I parked next to someone at the supermarket and when I looked round she was eating a pie or something, I don't understand not waiting till you get home. I'm pretty old fashioned I guess as I don't like eating anything unless I'm sitting at a table.

PasturesNew

I've been brought up mostly only having one course, the main course. If I eat out I only have a main course.

If you see me posting that I've had a dessert, it's instead of a main meal, not as well as.

lollyfin wrote: »

I parked next to someone at the supermarket and when I looked round she was eating a pie or something, I don't understand not waiting till you get home. I'm pretty old fashioned I guess as I don't like eating anything unless I'm sitting at a table.

Maybe she was out for the day. I do that. Or maybe she was on her work lunch break and wanted something hot.

If I go out for the day then I'd be looking for a hot pasty/sausage roll at lunchtime and might, therefore, eat it in the car in the supermarket car park. Not everybody's just come from home, or going home.

It might be a real treat for me to eat a hot pasty out (for lunch) in Asda's car park! I'd have planned that as part of my "round robin" trip/day out.

I don't have a table. Not everybody does. There's just me. No point finding/buying a table and then having to try to find a spot where it fits. Better to have the money/space.

dandy-candy

It's brought back memories seeing the comments about eating in the street. My mum thought it was "common" and I never did it until I was probably in my late teens, when I was with a group of mates who all did it so I relaxed the rule!

Currently I attend a college one day a week right next to Covent Garden. We have an hour for lunch but I love looking around the streets and nipping into shops so I have to eat on the go otherwise there wouldn't be time. Normally it's a sandwich, but this week I had a little packet of carrot sticks with houmous. I did get quite a few looks but I couldn't really give a fig. There are a lot worse things people do in public nowadays than eat their lunch as the walk along!

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wmf wrote: »

We have soup most days. I'm Scottish and I wonder if that might be part of it. I think we are a nation of soup makers probably because of the climate. There is always a bowl of soup when you come in from the cold etc. I agree that portions have increased - just look at the size of plates and bowls now! So, home made soup then main. Sometimes just soup if it is meal in itself kind. Rarely pud.

I agree with you there my late Mum came from Glasgow and my Dad from Brechin, Angus, and it was normal to have soup at home as part of our meal.I still cook a large pan of soup (usually on a Saturday or Sunday to use as part of my main meal or as lunch with cheese and crackers

My late Auntie Lizzie made the best tattie soup ever, you could march an army on it .Those winds fair whistle around the north-east coast :D:D

prosaver

buy smaller plates the same colour .....
that'll fool the greedy b'ugger lol

sparrer

As a child in the 50's the family always had two courses for dinner.
Today I'm on my own and will have my main on an entree plate and after an hour or so cheese and crackers or a piece of fruit.
When I have guests it's always at least three courses - a light starter of perhaps fish or consomme, a main, a pudding, followed by the cheese board. Everyone brings a dish and dinner usually lasts 3/4 hours with breaks between courses.
Re eating in the street, it's unacceptable - unless it's ice cream. How strange!

honeythewitch

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've been brought up mostly only having one course, the main course. If I eat out I only have a main course.

If you see me posting that I've had a dessert, it's instead of a main meal, not as well as.



Maybe she was out for the day. I do that. Or maybe she was on her work lunch break and wanted something hot.

If I go out for the day then I'd be looking for a hot pasty/sausage roll at lunchtime and might, therefore, eat it in the car in the supermarket car park. Not everybody's just come from home, or going home.

It might be a real treat for me to eat a hot pasty out (for lunch) in Asda's car park! I'd have planned that as part of my "round robin" trip/day out.

I don't have a table. Not everybody does. There's just me. No point finding/buying a table and then having to try to find a spot where it fits. Better to have the money/space.

We eat pudding as a main course too.
I cant see the point of bothering making dinner and pudding if everyone only gets a tiny bit, so occasionally the (massive) pudding will be the main course.
I often serve soup and fresh bread for a main course too. I dont think it matters as long as everyone gets enough good food overall.

honeythewitch

sparrer wrote: »

As a child in the 50's the family always had two courses for dinner.
Today I'm on my own and will have my main on an entree plate and after an hour or so cheese and crackers or a piece of fruit.
When I have guests it's always at least three courses - a light starter of perhaps fish or consomme, a main, a pudding, followed by the cheese board. Everyone brings a dish and dinner usually lasts 3/4 hours with breaks between courses.
Re eating in the street, it's unacceptable - unless it's ice cream. How strange!

As teenagers we thought it was the height of rebelliousness to eat chips in the street.

happy35

I usually serve 1 course, often served 2 courses when I was young but never bothered with the pudding, gave that to my sister. I love soup but find it too filling for a starter, I have soup or salad for lunch each day

Justamum

We only have one course. The only time we have pudding is when we have soup as a main course.