Supper or Dinner

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Is your evening meal supper or dinner?

Supper
5
22%
Dinner
14
61%
Both
2
9%
Neither
2
9%
 
Total votes: 23

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Post by Jessicado »

But it is JAM!!! There is a total difference between Jam and Jelly......There is no difference between Supper or Dinner, however.

Jam is made of real fruit chunks....Jelly is a fruit puree type comglomeration.
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Then there's marmalade, which totally confuses me.
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I think that marmalade is a name for gross jam. I have yet to taste a marmalade I liked!!!!
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Post by Elf of Rivendell »

I call it dinner- I think I used to call it supper until middle school...or something.
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Jessicado wrote:I think that marmalade is a name for gross jam. I have yet to taste a marmalade I liked!!!!
I totally agree. I would still like to know the technical difference though. And what about "preserves," or "conserves" for that matter?
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"Jelly is made from fruit juice and so has no fruit bits. Jam is made by boiling fruit and does have fruit bits. Preserves are basically the same as jam... Marmalade typically is a citrus-based preserve, sometimes containing the rind, but other fruits can be used."

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You have excellent search engine skills. :D
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Post by Laura Ingalls »

We call jam "preserves", or more simply, just plain " 'serves". :)
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Post by Jeremy »

Jessicado wrote:There is no difference between Supper or Dinner, however.
Dinner is when it's the biggest meal of the day. Supper is when it isn't. ;-)

At least, that's always been the definition I've known... ;-)

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EDIT: Here is what http://dictionary.reference.com/help/fa ... upper.html says:
Q. What is the difference between dinner and supper?

A.:

Supper is a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime. Dinner is the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday. However, in certain regions of the US (like the New England), the words are used interchangeably for the main evening meal.
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I use dinner mostly.
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Hmm I use them interchangebly as well, but I am from the NW not he NE. lol
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