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sr71blackbird

11-05-2006, 06:15 AM

I am not sure if this is an Italian "tradition" or not, or if other cultures also do it.  But in my family, on Sundays, we always had dinner at 3:00.  What about your family or tradition for Sunday dinners?  Also, what culture do you come from?<img height="106" src="http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:FyPn4i4kqh53-M:http://www.ricksmath.com/pics/3oclock.gif" width="106" border="0" />

Gvac

11-05-2006, 06:24 AM

Every single Sunday from my youth until my early 20's (when I couldn't take it anymore) we did the exact same thing.  Every week was like a holiday.  Every aunt, uncle, cousin, etc. would all gather at my grandparents' house and we'd eat like cafones from 3 PM until around 7.  It looked like an episode from the Sopranos, only we had more people there.

feralBoy

11-05-2006, 06:42 AM

When we were kids, dinner was always at 3pm when we all got home from school.  Sunday dinner was at 1pm.  We eat thankgiving dinner around the same time.  Now that we are all older, and we all have jobs, if we have dinner as a family during the week, it's like 6:30.  Sunday's we eat about 3.  I think that seems to be a pretty italian thing to do.When I went to italy though, restaurants don't even open for dinner until like 7 or 8.  Most locals were eating at like 10.  crazy.

reeshy

11-05-2006, 07:04 AM

Irish-American here....during the week, dinner was around 5pm...but on Sunday...around 3pm until whenever!!!! Too much work for a day of rest, if you ask me!!!!

johnniewalker

11-05-2006, 07:15 AM

We'd have the same lunch every time after church.   Roast, corn, potatoes, gravy, and carrots.   Never got old.  We were southern baptists though.

FUNKMAN

11-05-2006, 07:18 AM

don't remember sunday dinners being this time, only holiday dinners.  sunday is usually when my brothers and i were out playing football games and between the 5 of us doing different things my parents could never hold a steady schedule.

Don Stugots

11-05-2006, 08:34 AM

Gvac wrote: Every single Sunday from my youth until my early 20's (when I couldn't take it anymore) we did the exact same thing. Every week was like a holiday. Every aunt, uncle, cousin, etc. would all gather at my grandparents' house and we'd eat like cafones from 3 PM until around 7. It looked like an episode from the Sopranos, only we had more people there.    we did the same thing but we would start at breakfast time.  My Uncle would bring bagles, rolls and pastries.  that would go from 10am-till 2pm.  at around 3 or 4 we would eat dinner.  by 7.00 i will be be looking for a snack.  no wonder i had weight problems as a kid.  this never made sense to me.  why did it have to be macaroni 3 times a week?  now i eat dinner after 8.00 some nights.  my parents are shocked when i tell them that i hardly ever eat pasta now too.  not every sunday is thanksgiving.

ShelleBink

11-05-2006, 08:40 AM

Growing up, weekdays dinner was on the table around 5:30 to 6:00, made by my sister or me, because both my parents worked.  Friday night was always pizza night, and Saturday night was always hot dogs.  Sundays varied, if we went to my grandma's dinner was around 3 ish, if we stayed home, dinner was around 5:30 per usual.Now, dinner varies, and we rarely eat as a family ((when I'm home)) and when I'm away at school, I rarely eat dinner :oP

lleeder

11-05-2006, 09:29 AM

ShelleBink wrote: Growing up, weekdays dinner was on the table around 5:30 to 6:00, made by my sister or me, because both my parents worked.  Friday night was always pizza night, and Saturday night was always hot dogs.  Sundays varied, if we went to my grandma's dinner was around 3 ish, if we stayed home, dinner was around 5:30 per usual.Now, dinner varies, and we rarely eat as a family ((when I'm home)) and when I'm away at school, I rarely eat dinner :oP Friday was always pizza night at my house too. I never eat pizza for dinner anymore. 3 for dinner on sundays. Now I eat after 7 every night of the week.

angelinad128

11-05-2006, 10:41 AM

First generation Italian here and yes 3 is dinner onSunday, 4 is way to late!

mendyweiss

11-05-2006, 02:01 PM

Twice a month we would go out for" chinks" on sunday.Guess what religion we  were???

PhishHead

11-05-2006, 02:04 PM

6pm everynight, sometimes 5 on Sunday. Most of the time we did not eat with my dad as he was working in the city when I was younger and then around 14 he changed to NJ but still working till about 6-7pm.  Holidays always freakin early as hell and will never understand it.

cougarjake13

11-05-2006, 02:34 PM

sr71blackbird wrote: I am not sure if this is an Italian "tradition" or not, or if other cultures also do it.  But in my family, on Sundays, we always had dinner at 3:00.  What about your family or tradition for Sunday dinners?  Also, what culture do you come from?  my family is scandanavian, and we didnt any huge family get togethers but we'd always have the delicious bagels from a bagel store near our house every sunday morningand for dinner we'd have some traditional scandanavian dishes

JazzyJames

11-05-2006, 03:14 PM

I'm first a generation American on my mother's side (the Italian side). We had a full four course meal every night of the week at about 5:30: first something like sausage or prosciutto or mozzarella, then we had pasta, then we had all kinds of meat from rabbit to pheasant to bragiola all cooked together to make the pasta sauce, and finally we would all eat a huge bowl of fruit, there was salad in there too somewhere but I never ate it. On Sundays it would be mostly the same thing but with more expensive food and a lot more of it, and we ate between 2 and 3 with a lot more company. And like Stugots I rarely eat pasta now, I went 16 years having pasta every single day and I a little bit tired of it.

Fez4PrezN2008

11-05-2006, 03:34 PM

When I was a kid growing up the big deal was going out to lunch at a restaurant after church. We had our service a little earlier and it let out earlier so we would "beat the Baptists" to the line at the restaurants. Sunday dinner was then a low key affair and sometimes we would make "breakfast" for dinner on Sunday nights. Now that I am all 'growed up', we just have a normal dinner on Sunday nights but we do eat a lot later than my parents schedule. Some nights is 8-9 pm before dinner is served. Wife and I both work so its impossible to have a 5-6pm dinner ready. But we do still all eat together for our meals. I was surprised at how many families don't eat together as a group at the same time any more.

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lindak

11-06-2006, 10:54 AM

Growing up, Dad got home at 4:30 and we ate at 5:00 everyday.  Always meat, pot., veg. kind of meal. Friday was grilled cheese and tomato soup, hotdogs and beans, stuff like that. Sunday's (about 20 of us) gathered at Gram's house for a big polish spread around 2.  Lots of bakery too.

Furtherman

11-06-2006, 11:12 AM

Eating dinner at 2 or 3pm is just unheard of to me....  That is when I sometimes eat lunch!Growing up dinner was 6pm.  Every day.  And if I was late.... ohhh boy... not good.Holidays... maybe we'd move it back to 5pm, but never earlier.And we're all micks!If you eat a 2pm... what do you do when 7-8pm comes around?  You gotta be starvin' again!

Bill From Yorktown

11-06-2006, 11:21 AM

I'm a mutt, but my Godmother was old school italian.  Every sunday was at her house - spaghetti and meatballs, with some pork in the sauce.Every frickin sunday afternoon (mebe 1ish)

mendyweiss

11-06-2006, 11:28 AM

Bill From Yorktown wrote: I'm a mutt, but my Godmother was old school italian.  Every sunday was at her house - spaghetti and meatballs, with some pork in the sauce.Every frickin sunday afternoon (mebe 1ish)Paisan !! with some pork in the GRAVY!!

suggums

11-06-2006, 11:45 AM

why eat dinner at 3? youll be hungry again at 7 or 8.  eat at a reasonable hour

A.J.

11-07-2006, 02:50 AM

Because there were a lot of senior citizens in the family, Sunday dinner and all holiday meals started at 1300.

WhistlePig

11-07-2006, 03:12 AM

My mom worked weird hours and days (telephone operator) so we never
had dinner on a set schedule. Most of the time she'd cook it and leave and
dad would feed it to us later. Some Sundays when we'd all be home dad
would make his famous fried chicken with "11 different herbs and spices" or
we'd have pancakes. Not much cultural tradition here--mom's slovakian but
never made homemade pierogi or anything like that. Dad's Irish-Scottish-
German with a mom that couldn't cook. I'm carrying on that traditon
unfortunately.

Jujubees2

11-07-2006, 06:29 AM

A.J. wrote: Because there were a lot of senior citizens in the family, Sunday dinner and all holiday meals started at 1300. I worked at a retirement home in high school and the big meal on Sundays would be the "lunch".  It was served at about 2:00 p.m.  For dinner on Sundays it would be something light, like sandwiches or pancakes.  As for my Sunday dinners as a kid, we always went over to my Italian grandmother's house for ravioli and lasagna in the afternoon.  She made the ravioli and her sister made the lasagna.  We would eat all friggen day.  And next to her house was a bakery that made twinkies and ho-ho’s.  My father knew the workers and he would take us over there for some free stuff (nothing like a fresh twinkie right out of the oven).  It's amazing that I was never fat as a kid.

This message was edited by Jujubees2 on 11-7-06 @ 10:33 AM