I've recently learnt that some family members have contravened one of the iron-clad rules of meal-times, and started lunch before noon. I would like to re-iterate that mealtimes can not start earlier than these times:
Breakfast: 7am and later
Lunch: noon and later
Tea: 6pm and later
It may be an ordeal but it's essential that you fight the temptation to eat before you reach these times. It is one of the fundamental precepts of civilisation. If you succumb then we have anarchy: mealtimes will gradually move earlier and earlier until lunchtime is at 10am and teatime is 2pm. Then we're faced with a bleak ten hour stretch in the afternoon and evening without an official meal. We don't want that.
I will mention that dogs are also bound by these rules.
When is the afternoon snack?
ReplyDeleteGood question. It can be no earlier than 3pm, but preferably 3.30pm or later. I have heard of afternoon teas happening as early as 2.30pm but this is totally unacceptable.
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