Editing Outline of meals (section)

== Types of meals ==

=== 3 main meals of the day ===

* [[Breakfast]] &ndash; eaten within an hour or two after a person wakes in the morning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/breakfast?view=uk|title=AskOxford: breakfast|access-date=2008-07-20}}{{dead link|date=September 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> ([[Index of breakfast-related articles|Index]])
** [[Full breakfast]] &ndash; 
** [[Midnight breakfast]] &ndash;
* [[Lunch]] &ndash; eaten around mid-day, usually between 11&nbsp;am and 3&nbsp;pm. In some areas, the name for this meal depends on its content.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/lunch?view=uk|title=AskOxford: lunch|access-date=2008-07-20}}{{dead link|date=September 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
** [[Box lunch]] &ndash; Lunch that is packed in a box (in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth nations, this is known as a Packed Lunch, especially when in reference to a lunch taken to the workplace or place of education)
* [[Tea (meal)|Tea]] &ndash; Consumed in the evening. In some areas, the name for this meal depends on its content, but many English-speakers use "supper" or "Dinner" for this meal, regardless of size.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/supper?region=us&q=supper |title=Definition of supper |access-date=2012-07-10}}{{dead link|date=September 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
** [[Dinner party (meal)|Dinner party]] &ndash;
** [[Full course dinner]] &ndash; in its simplest form, it can consist of three or four courses, such as soup, salad, main course and dessert. In formal dining, a full course dinner can consist of many courses, and in some instances the courses are carefully planned to complement each other gastronomically.

=== Types of meals, in the order served throughout the day ===
[[Image:Mumbai Dabbawala or Tiffin Wallahs- 200,000 Tiffin Boxes Delivered Per Day.jpg|thumb|A [[dabbawala]] in [[Mumbai]] with meals packed in [[tiffin carrier]]s]]
* [[Breakfast]] &ndash; meal eaten in the morning, usually before 10:00&nbsp;am. Later meals can involve breakfast food but are usually not considered breakfast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/breakfast |title=breakfast - definition of breakfast by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia |publisher=Thefreedictionary.com |access-date=28 March 2012}}</ref>
* [[Second breakfast]] &ndash; small meal eaten after breakfast, but before lunch.  It is traditional in Bavaria, in Poland, and in Hungary. In Bavaria or Poland, special dishes are made exclusively to be eaten during second breakfast. In Vienna and most other parts of Austria the second breakfast is referred to as ''Jause''.<ref>{{in lang|de}} [http://oewb.retti.info/oewb-public/show.cgi?lexnr=cKtvkLZI/3Ly2aYTRWGsNy//SWWmzgJIYsje9OEtyCzYO495pGVr\A==&pgm_stat=show Database of Austrian German]. Retrieved 2010-03-19.</ref>
** [[Tiffin]] &ndash; [[second breakfast]] or light [[lunch]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/tiffin?q=tiffin | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224094900/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/tiffin?q=tiffin | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 24, 2013 | title=Definition of tiffin in English | publisher=Oxford Dictionaries | access-date=22 December 2013}}</ref> most commonly in [[India]]. "Tiffin" can also refer to boxed or packaged lunches eaten outside the home, such as those that are delivered by [[dabbawala]]s in [[Mumbai]] to workers in the city.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CnFYXwAACAAJ&q=tiffin | title=''Tiffin'' (abstract) | publisher=Midpoint Trade Books Incorporated | author=Narsimhan, Mahtab | year=2011 | isbn=978-1770860391}}</ref>
* [[Brunch]] &ndash; [[combination]] [[OnlyFans|of]] [[breakfast]] [[Conjunction (grammar)|and]] [[lunch]] [[Eating|eaten]] [[Habit|usually]] [[during]] [[the]] [[Late (Tonga)|late]] [[morning]] [[Argument|but]] [[Object (grammar)|it]] [[Can (verb)|can]] [[Extensionality|extend]] [[Direction – Social Democracy|to]] [[Pronoun|as]] [[Ending|late]] [[As (Roman coin)|as]] [[3pm|3 pm]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Palmatier|first=Robert Alan|title=Food: A Dictionary of Literal and Nonliteral Terms|year=2000|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0313314360|page=40|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OqIe3YFwsFkC&dq=%22Sunday+brunch%22&pg=PA40}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.memidex.com/brunch+meal |title=brunch (meal) |work=Memidex/WordNet Dictionary |access-date=2011-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402124517/http://www.memidex.com/brunch+meal |archive-date=2019-04-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[The]] [[word]] [[Existence|is]] [[a]] [[portmanteau]] [[OFF (file format)|of]] ''[[breakfast]]'' [[Grammar|and]] ''[[lunch]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.foodnetwork.com/food/web/encyclopedia/termdetail/0,7770,667,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030805153243/http://web.foodnetwork.com/food/web/encyclopedia/termdetail/0,7770,667,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2003-08-05 |title=foodnetwork |publisher=Web.foodnetwork.com |access-date=2013-08-24 }}</ref> [[It (2017 film)|It]] [[Being|is]] [[Mores|usually]] [[Size|larger]] [[than]] [[a]] [[breakfast]] [[AND gate|and]] [[Habitus (sociology)|usually]] [[Surrogacy|replacing]] [[Universalism|both]] [[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|breakfast]] [[Inclusion (education)|and]] [[Lunch (song)|lunch]]; [[Information technology|it]] [[Existence|is]] [[Magnitude (mathematics)|most]] [[Commons|common]] [[Position (geometry)|on]] [[Sunday|Sundays]]. [[Brunch]] [[Source (journalism)|originated]] [[Inclusion (mineral)|in]] [[England]] [[Inside-outside circle|in]] [[The (Cyrillic)|the]] [[Latte|late]] [[1800s (decade)|1800s]], [[And (logic)|and]] [[Within (company)|in]] [[T.H.E. Cat|the]] [[1930s]] [[Becoming (book)|became]] [[Popularity|popular]] [[Injection (medicine)|in]] [[The The|the]] [[United States]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yrTKLHbl4TkC&pg=PA8 | title=Joy of Cooking: All About Breakfast and Brunch | publisher=Simon and Schuster |author1=Rombauer, Irma S. |author-link=Irma S. Rombauer |author2=Becker, Marion Rombauer |author3=Becker, Ethan | year=2001 | pages=8 | isbn=0743206428}}</ref>
* [[Elevenses]] (also called "morning tea") &ndash; light snack<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ntnrA6ubjIcC&pg=PA103 | title=Dictionary of Leisure, Travel and Tourism | publisher=A & C Black Publishers Ltd | author=A & C Black Publishers Ltd | year=2009 | pages=103 | isbn=978-1408102121}}</ref> and drink taken in the late morning after breakfast and before lunch.
* [[Lunch]] &ndash; midday [[meal]]<ref name="ety">[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=lunch&searchmode=none Online Etymology Dictionary]</ref> of varying size depending on the culture. The origin of the words lunch and luncheon relate to a small meal originally eaten at any time of the day or night, but during the 20th century gradually focused toward a small or mid-sized meal eaten at midday. Lunch is the second meal of the day after breakfast. Luncheon is now considered a formal lunch.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/luncheon
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 |publisher=Merriam-Webster, Incorporated
 |access-date=17 May 2019}}</ref>[[File:Andhra Combo Meal.JPG|thumb|Typical south Indian [[Andhra Pradesh|Andhra]] style [[combination meal|combo meal]], [[India]]]][[Tea (meal)|Tea]] &ndash; any of several different meals or mealtimes, depending on a country's customs and its history of drinking tea. However, in those countries where the term's use is common, the influences are generally those of the former [[British Empire]] (now the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]). Tea as a meal can be small or large.
:* [[Tea (meal)#Afternoon tea|Afternoon tea]] &ndash; mid-afternoon meal, typically taken at 4&nbsp;pm, consisting of light fare such as small sandwiches, individual cakes and scones with [[tea]].<ref name="Tea">{{cite web|url=http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/tea?view=uk|title=AskOxford: tea|access-date=2008-07-20}}{{dead link|date=September 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
[[File:WLA ima Ming burial figurine table.jpg|thumb|Ceramic meal in a [[Ming Dynasty]] burial figurine table]]
:* [[Tea (meal)#Evening high tea|High tea]] &ndash; British meal usually eaten in the early evening.<ref name="Tea"/>
* Linner/Lupper/Dunch/Dinch  &ndash;- Not in general use. Linner is a late lunch or almost dinner meal. The name comes in reference to brunch, being a combination of the words "lunch" and "dinner" or "supper."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2010/06/13/the-ladies-who-linner/|title=The ladies who 'linner'|last=Kaplan|first=Don|date=2010-06-13|website=New York Post|language=en|access-date=2019-06-17}}</ref> Dunch comes in reference to brunch, being a combination of "dinner and "lunch."  An alternate historical term is ''Russin.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/41975/41975-h/41975-h.htm|title=A Dictionary of the First, or Oldest Words in the English Language|last=Colderigde|first=Herbert|date=1862|website=Project Gutenberg|language=en|access-date=2023-07-05}}</ref>
* [[Dinner]] &ndash; Usually the largest and most elaborate meal of the day, which can replace either lunch, high tea, or supper. However, the term "dinner" can have many different meanings depending on the culture; it may mean a meal of any size eaten at any time of day.<ref>{{cite web|last=Olver|first=Lynne|author-link=Lynne Olver|title=Meal times|url=http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodfaq7.html#mealtimes|work=[[The Food Timeline]]|access-date=2 April 2014}}</ref> Historically, in British culture, dinner was taken at midday for children and manual workers; in the early evening for office workers; and in the late evening by the wealthier elements of society. During the latter half of the 20th century there has been a cultural shift towards everyone having the main meal in the late evening. The meaning as the evening meal, now generally the largest of the day, is becoming standard in most parts of the English-speaking world.
* [[Supper]] &ndash; light meal eaten in the late evening; as early as 7pm or as late as midnight. Usually eaten when the main meal of the day is taken at lunchtime or high tea.
* High Tea - a light meal consisting of tea, bread, vegetables, cheese and occasionally meat. Variations on high tea could include the addition of pies, potatoes and crackers. High tea is generally eaten late in the evening from around 8pm<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is High Tea? |url=https://afternoontea.co.uk/information/what-is-high-tea/ |access-date=20 Jun 2024}}</ref>
* [[Siu yeh]] &ndash; late-night or overnight meal usually after dinner, may start anywhere from 9&nbsp;pm onwards to 4&nbsp;am. It is popular in [[Cuisine of Hong Kong|Hong Kong]], [[Taiwanese cuisine|Taiwan]], some parts of [[Northern and southern China|southern mainland China]] and amongst students in India.
* Midnight [[snack]] &ndash; late-night or early morning meal popular in the among people with pre-sleep hunger pangs, late-night revelers, and insomniacs. Sometimes called 'fourth meal', a name introduced by Taco Bell aimed towards gamers and stoners who are often afflicted by late hour cravings or 'the munchies.'

=== Styles of meal ===

==== Styles of meal, by format ====

* [[Airline meal]] – A meal served on an airplane. 
* [[Banquet]] – large, formal, elaborate meal, with many guests and dishes.<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banquet "Banquet."] (definition). [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ Merriam-webster.com]. Accessed August 2011.</ref>
* [[Barbecue]] – meal at which food (often meat or fish) is cooked out-of-doors on an open fire or portable grill.<ref>{{Citation  | title=Outdoor: grill your way 'round the world | author1=O'Donoghue, Ben | author-link=Ben O'Donoghue | year=2008 | publisher=Hardie Grant Books | location = Prahran, Victoria, Australia |isbn =9781740665599}}</ref>
* [[Blue-plate special]] – term used in the United States by restaurants that refers to a specially low-priced meal, usually changing daily.
* [[Buffet]] / [[Smörgåsbord]] – typically involves patrons serving themselves from foods placed in a public area. Buffets are effective for serving large numbers of people at once, and are often seen in institutional settings, such as business conventions or large parties. Some restaurants also offer buffets such as; lunch buffets, different cultural buffets, Simple Buffet, Station-type buffet, Modified deluxe buffet, Deluxe buffet, and other specific buffet restaurants.
* [[Collation (meal)|Collation]] &ndash;
* [[Family meal]] &ndash; 
* [[Field ration]] &ndash;
** [[Meal, Ready-to-Eat]] &ndash;
* [[Haute cuisine]] &ndash;
* [[Kaiseki]] &ndash;
* [[Kids' meal]] – 
* [[Meals on Wheels]] &ndash; meals delivered as a service to the homes of people who are unable to prepare their own.<ref>{{Citation | title=Meals on Wheels : what it is - how it began - what it is now - what it can become! | author1=Meals on Wheels Inc. (S. Aust.) | year=1963  | publisher=Meals on Wheels}}</ref>
* [[Multicourse meal]] – meal of multiple dishes served in sequence.
** [[Full course dinner]] &ndash; in its simplest form, it can consist of three or four courses, such as soup, salad, meat and dessert. In formal dining, a full course dinner can consist of many courses, and in some instances the courses are carefully planned to complement each other gastronomically.
** [[Main course]] &ndash; featured or primary dish in a meal consisting of several courses. It usually follows the [[entrée]] ("entry") course. In the United States it may in fact be called "entree."
* [[Picnic]] &ndash; outdoor meal where one brings one's food, such as a [[sandwich]] or a prepared meal (sometimes in a [[picnic basket]]). It often takes place in a natural or recreational area, such as a park, forest, beach, or lawn. On long drives a picnic may take place at a roadside stop such as a [[rest area]]. Picnics are often consumed on a [[picnic table]].
* [[Platter (dinner)|Platter]] &ndash; 
* [[Potluck]] – gathering of people where each person or group of people may contribute a dish of food prepared by the person or the group of people, to be shared among the group.
* [[School meal]] – 
* "[[TV dinner]]" &ndash;
* [[Value meal]] &ndash;
* [[Yum cha]] – [[Cantonese cuisine|Cantonese]] morning or afternoon meal where [[dim sum]] dishes<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CML_o_k8r5kC&pg=PA145 | title=Hong Kong | publisher=[[Lonely Planet]] |author1=Sterling, Richard |author-link=Richard Sterling |author2=Chong, Elizabeth |author2-link=Elizabeth Chong |author3=Qin, Lushan Charles | year=2001 | pages=145 | isbn=1864502886}}</ref> and [[tea]] are served. In the U.S. and U.K., the word dim sum is often used in place of yum cha.

==== Styles of meal, by cuisine ====

Styles of meal, by cuisine &ndash; some examples of meals by cooking style, such as ethnic or regional meals include:
* [[Dal bhat]] &ndash; 
* [[Fish fry]] &ndash;
* [[Hog fry]] &ndash; 
* [[Jiggs dinner]] &ndash; 
* [[Mixed grill]] &ndash;
* [[New England boiled dinner]] &ndash; 
* [[Plate lunch]] &ndash; 
* [[Ploughman's lunch]] &ndash; 
* [[Sunday roast]] &ndash;
* [[Thali]] &ndash;

=== Meals for religious occasions ===
==== Christianity ====
* [[Twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper]] &ndash; festive meal served on [[Christmas Eve]].
==== Islam ====
* [[Eid al-Fitr]] &ndash; festive meal served on Eid al-Fitr.
* [[Suhur]] &ndash; meal consumed before dawn by [[Muslim]]s prior to fasting at the [[Islam]]ic month of [[Ramadan]].
* [[Iftar]] &ndash; meal consumed after dusk by [[Muslim]]s after breaking the fast at the [[Islam]]ic month of [[Ramadan]].

==== Sikhism ====
* [[Langar (Sikhism)|Langar]] &ndash; communal vegetarian meal of which anyone may eat.

=== Meals for special occasions ===

* [[Bull roast]] – 
* [[Communal meal]] &ndash;
* [[Deipnon]] – 
* [[Free lunch]] &ndash;
* [[Last meal]]  – meal served to a prisoner before their execution.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/study-death-row-inmates-pick-comfort-foods-for-last-meals/ | title=Study: Death Row inmates pick comfort foods for last meals | date=August 29, 2012 | agency=[[CBS News]] | access-date=22 December 2013 | author=(AP)}}</ref>
* [[Pig roast]] – 
* [[Réveillon]] – celebratory long dinner held on [[Christmas Eve]] in French-speaking countries.
* [[Sacred meal]] – such as the [[Eucharist]], a form of [[theophagy]] or symbolic rite.
* Wedding-related meals
** [[Rehearsal dinner]] – a pre-[[wedding]] ceremony in [[North America]]n tradition, usually held after the wedding rehearsal and the night before the wedding ceremony.
** [[Wedding reception]] &ndash;
*** [[Wedding breakfast]] &ndash; dinner given to the [[bride]], [[groom]], and guests at the [[wedding reception]] that follows a [[wedding]] in the [[United Kingdom]], [[Australia]], Germany, Austria and Scandinavia.