Delicious Lunch Recipes is an abbreviation of luncheon, meaning
a light midday meal. In the modern usage the term refers to a
midday meal of any size. During the eighteenth century what was
originally called "dinner." A word still sometimes used to mean
a noontime meal in the British Isles, and in parts of the United
States, Canada and Australia. It was moved by stages later in
the day and came in the course of the nineteenth century to be
eaten at night, replacing the light meal called supper, which
was delayed by the upper class to midnight. Christmas dinner
(and Thanksgiving dinner in the United States) are still often
eaten at the old hours, usually between two and four in the
afternoon. Lunch food varies. In some places, one eats similar
things both at lunch and at supper - a hot meal, sometimes with
more than one course. In other places, lunch is the main meal of
the day, supper being a smaller cold meal. Many people eat lunch
while at work or school. Employers and schools usually provide a
lunch break