Tony would love to refuel at exactly 5:00 p.m. every day. He would eat his meal, rest for an hour and head out to do more never-ending farm chores. Tuned to a precise schedule, he would shower at 9:00 and hit the sack at 10:00. As for me, I would be content to eat at nine or even ten and stay up until two.
In fact we try to eat by 6:00 p.m. It's usually 6:30 and never later than 7:00. We get to bed around 11:00 although if I can't sleep I get back up and compute.Concerning Southern dialect - We call the evening meal supper. The midday meal is lunch. Dinner can be either one. A church dinner is a late lunch after preaching. A pot luck dinner is at suppertime. Breakfast is always breakfast.
Speaking of mealtimes and food. Real banana pudding is a vanilla custard layered between sliced bananas and vanilla wafers. It is not jello. Homemade custard is easy to make if you have a double boiler. Without one, it's almost impossible. What is custard that makes it so good? It's pure sugar, eggs, whole milk, a little flour, a dash of salt, and your choice of flavoring (almond extract is good in banana pudding if you don't have real vanilla).
