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Re: Dinner party at 4.30pm?
By: Rose Red Date: March 22, 2021, 12:20 pm
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[quote author=gramma dishes link=topic=2013.msg64746#msg64746
date=1616432661]
I am confident that the hosts may have very specific reasons
they need to serve their food at what for most people might seem
an exceptionally early time. :-\
[/quote]
My mom is older now and eats between 4:30-5:00. I don't know how
she stays full until bedtime. When she has company, she serves
family style and they linger over the table socializing.
Everyone eats the amount they want and at their own pace.
Pre-Covid of course.
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Re: Dinner party at 4.30pm?
By: gramma dishes Date: March 22, 2021, 2:41 pm
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[quote author=Rose Red link=topic=2013.msg64747#msg64747
date=1616433604]
[quote author=gramma dishes link=topic=2013.msg64746#msg64746
date=1616432661]
I am confident that the hosts may have very specific reasons
they need to serve their food at what for most people might seem
an exceptionally early time. :-\
[/quote]
My mom is older now and eats between 4:30-5:00. I don't know how
she stays full until bedtime. When she has company, she serves
family style and they linger over the table socializing.
Everyone eats the amount they want and at their own pace.
Pre-Covid of course.
[/quote]
I think a lot of older people eat earlier. Since they are
often retired and don't have to commute home after work they can
just cook and serve at their leisure. Even restaurants know
that the social security set tends to eat earlier AND are also
sometimes on a lower income, so they have Early Bird Specials
starting at 4:00 or 4:30.
#Post#: 64755--------------------------------------------------
Re: Dinner party at 4.30pm?
By: BeagleMommy Date: March 22, 2021, 3:04 pm
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My late FIL ate dinner at 3:30 pm. This always presented a
problem for me since I usually had lunch at 12. Dinner at 3:30
would mean that I was still full from lunch so I ate smaller
portions. He was in his late 70s and would go to bed at 7:30 pm
so dinner at 3:30 worked great for him. Meanwhile, by the time
he went to bed I was ready to chew off my left arm. I had to
learn to bring snacks to their house so I could maintain until
bed.
I think the host can serve dinner at whatever time they choose.
As a guest you can certainly plan out how to handle the early
meal.
#Post#: 64760--------------------------------------------------
Re: Dinner party at 4.30pm?
By: vintagegal Date: March 22, 2021, 4:09 pm
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I would LOVE that kind of dinner party. I eat my main meal at
noon and quit eating by 5PM. I hate going to bed with a full
stomach - your digestion slows considerably while you sleep so
it just hangs around. I am sometimes hungry when I go to bed
but once I go to sleep it doesn't bother me. And I love a big
breakfast.
Bugs me when you go to someone's house for dinner and the
hours drag out with no sign of a meal appearing.
#Post#: 64768--------------------------------------------------
Re: Dinner party at 4.30pm?
By: NewHomeowner Date: March 23, 2021, 5:52 am
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Actually, I would LOVE it. 4:30 is dinnertime in my world. I
start getting ready for bed at 7pm (I generally get up at 4am).
I grew up eating dinner at 4. On the other hand, I also grew up
going to bed early and feeling like sleeping after 6:30am was
'lazing around'. So 4:30 is fine by me.
I have a friend that I visit once or twice a year. She eats on
a totally different schedule than mine, more like yours. My
sister does the same thing. It always takes me a few days for
my body to stop being upset at the drastic change in schedule.
The older I get, the harder the change gets.
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Re: Dinner party at 4.30pm?
By: NewHomeowner Date: March 23, 2021, 5:54 am
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[quote author=gramma dishes link=topic=2013.msg64752#msg64752
date=1616442078]
[quote author=Rose Red link=topic=2013.msg64747#msg64747
date=1616433604]
[quote author=gramma dishes link=topic=2013.msg64746#msg64746
date=1616432661]
I am confident that the hosts may have very specific reasons
they need to serve their food at what for most people might seem
an exceptionally early time. :-\
[/quote]
My mom is older now and eats between 4:30-5:00. I don't know how
she stays full until bedtime. When she has company, she serves
family style and they linger over the table socializing.
Everyone eats the amount they want and at their own pace.
Pre-Covid of course.
[/quote]
I think a lot of older people eat earlier. Since they are
often retired and don't have to commute home after work they can
just cook and serve at their leisure. Even restaurants know
that the social security set tends to eat earlier AND are also
sometimes on a lower income, so they have Early Bird Specials
starting at 4:00 or 4:30.
[/quote]
So I grew up as an older person? LOL My family always ate
early. My father got home from work around 4pm, and he wanted
dinner on the table right away. So we have always been early
people.
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Re: Dinner party at 4.30pm?
By: NewHomeowner Date: March 23, 2021, 5:57 am
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[quote author=vintagegal link=topic=2013.msg64760#msg64760
date=1616447370]
I would LOVE that kind of dinner party. I eat my main meal at
noon and quit eating by 5PM. I hate going to bed with a full
stomach - your digestion slows considerably while you sleep so
it just hangs around. I am sometimes hungry when I go to bed
but once I go to sleep it doesn't bother me. And I love a big
breakfast.
Bugs me when you go to someone's house for dinner and the
hours drag out with no sign of a meal appearing.
[/quote]
I hate eating less than 3 hours before bedtime, because it backs
up on me. That's very uncomfortable.
I'm also a huge breakfast eater - in fact, since I live alone, I
like to have a big breakfast, then miss lunch most of the time,
and an early dinner. A *very* early dinner (like 3pm). I'm
usually in bed by 8pm, sometimes 9 on weekends.
#Post#: 64773--------------------------------------------------
Re: Dinner party at 4.30pm?
By: STiG Date: March 23, 2021, 6:48 am
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We always had dinner early, growing up, because that way, we
wouldn't be into snack foods after getting home from school. So
usually no later than 5:00.
My preference is to eat earlier than later and have a small
snack in the evening, if I need it. But I can adjust to
whatever, as long as I know ahead of time!
#Post#: 64774--------------------------------------------------
Re: Dinner party at 4.30pm?
By: bridalviolet Date: March 23, 2021, 7:09 am
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Yes, my husband and I eat dinner around 5 for many of the
reasons mentioned. We get up early--breakfast around 6, then
lunch at 11 or 11:30. As I get older I find that a light, early
evening meal suits my digestion better.
#Post#: 64788--------------------------------------------------
Re: Dinner party at 4.30pm?
By: vintagegal Date: March 23, 2021, 9:39 am
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I need to have a dinner party at 4PM for the fellow early eaters
on here!!
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