Three Meal History

ThomsonsPier · Post by **ThomsonsPier** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 9:18 am

Hello, all.

There's a brief history of meals on the BBC News site today, and how we came to have three of them. I thought it might be of interest.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20243692

eschano · Post by **eschano** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:01 am

Interesting. Thanks. As someone who eats a very small breakfast (1piece of fruit and a coffee) I feel supported by this article. I can't tell you how annoyed I get from constantly hearing I should eat a very big breakfast. All that does to me is wanting to eat for the rest of the day, constantly. Interestingly, the same people in my network promote perma-snacking.

What meals I should eat obviously depends on when I need most energy considering my lifestyle. It seems history supports that. So thank you very much for lifting another concern from my shoulders with this article.

wosnes · Post by **wosnes** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 2:46 pm

Thanks -- that was very interesting. I'm not much of a breakfast eater and prefer to eat my larger meal at midday, if possible, then a light dinner. It doesn't always work that way, but it's my preference.

Dale · Post by **Dale** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 7:46 pm

Thanks for the link! I love Clarissa Dickson Wright and didn't realise that this series was on.

I don't have much appetite in the early morning, so tend to have a small breakfast. I don't want to "waste" my calories on eating food I don't enjoy!

oolala53 · Post by **oolala53** » Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:19 pm

So what did people do when they didn't have formal meals? Those villagers in the Bruegal paintings don't look especially svelte. I think there must have been some snacking outside of breakfast and "dinner."

I've posted this before but I know when I was in trail hiking in Nepal in the late 70's, the locals were up working for several hours on just hot water or tea. I think they just had two formal meals,very modest by our standards, midmorning and evening. They were rather short, stocky people and could easily pass me up on the trail carrying 70+ pounds.