"on Christian fasting days of Lent (Ash Wednesday and Good Friday), the Catholic Church prescribes ""one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal"". Similarly, an Evangelical Lutheran publication delineating fasting guidelines states that ""On fasting days, two ¼ meals are eaten, and one regular meal in the evening"". The Traditional Saint Augustine's Prayer Book: A Book of Devotion for Members of the Anglican Communion defines ""Fasting, usually meaning not more than a light breakfast, one full meal, and one half meal, on the forty days of Lent."" The French court"
"salad, nuts, raisins, and cold meat left over from the night before. They also drank wine-based drinks such as ""mulsum"", a mixture of wine, honey, and aromatic spices. First-century Latin poet Martial said that jentaculum was eaten at 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning, while 16th-century scholar Claudius Saumaise wrote that it was typically eaten at 9:00 or 10:00 a.m. It seems unlikely that any fixed time was truly assigned for this meal. Roman soldiers woke up to a breakfast of ""pulmentus"", porridge similar to the Italian polenta, made from roasted spelt wheat or barley that was then pounded and"
"Ancient Roman cuisine Ancient Roman cuisine changed over the long duration of the ancient Roman civilization. Dietary habits were affected by the influence of Greek culture, the political changes from kingdom to republic to empire, and the empire's enormous expansion, which exposed Romans to many new provincial culinary habits and cooking methods. In the beginning, dietary differences between Roman social classes were not very great, but disparities developed with the empire's growth. Traditionally, a breakfast called ""ientaculum"" was served at dawn. At mid-day to early afternoon, Romans ate ""cena"", the main meal of the day, and at nightfall a light"
"Blumenthal's first experience of historical cuisine was in 2000 when he discovered a recipe for roast chicken which required the bird to be plucked alive, and then cooked with a small volume of mercury. This was further enhanced as he filmed ""Heston's Feasts"" for Channel 4, in which he created a variety of feasts from different historical eras including Tudor, Medieval and Victorian. Despite being called Dinner, the restaurant is also open for lunch as the meaning of the name is intended to be the main meal of the day, regardless of the time at which it is eaten. The"
"with flour, honey and milk. Shortly afterwards, on 9 January, on the ""feria"" of the Agonium of January the rex sacrorum offered the sacrifice of a ram to Janus. At the kalends of each month the rex sacrorum and the pontifex minor offered a sacrifice to Janus in the curia Calabra, while the regina offered a sow or a she lamb to Juno. Morning belonged to Janus: men started their daily activities and business. Horace calls him ""Matutine Pater"", morning father. G. Dumézil believes this custom is at the origin of the learned interpretations of Janus as a solar deity."
"this day prior to coming together to address the ""shōgun"". Another piece of reasoning behind the Japanese people eating nanakusagayu on the seventh day, Jinjitsu, is because it is also used as a day of rest. The soup mixture is easy on the stomach and is consumed to rest the digestive system that may have been weakened by the food that is consumed during the first days of the New Year. The name and tradition are derived from an ancient Chinese custom called Renri which means the day humans were born, whereby each of the opening days of the first"
"because of its shape, the acetabulum is the place of pelvis that meets with the head of the femur, forming the hip joint. Acetabulum (cup) In ancient dining, an acetabulum (Greek: , , ) was a vinegar-cup, which, from the fondness of the Greeks and Romans for vinegar, was probably always placed on the table at meals to dip the food in before eating it. The vessel was wide and open above; and the name was also given to all cups resembling it in size and form, to whatever use they might be applied. The cups used by jugglers in"
"brooch) would be used as ornamentation or to hold the stola in place. A ""palla"", or shawl, was often worn with the ""stola"". Since the beginning of the Republic until 200 BC, ancient Romans had very simple food habits. Simple food was generally consumed at around 11 o'clock, and consisted of bread, salad, olives, cheese, fruits, nuts, and cold meat left over from the dinner the night before. Breakfast was called ""ientaculum"", lunch was ""prandium"", and dinner was called ""cena"". Appetizers were called ""gustatio"", and dessert was called ""secunda mensa (or second table)"". Usually, a nap or rest followed this."
"Dinner theater Dinner theater (sometimes called dinner and a show) is a form of entertainment in the United States that combines a restaurant meal with a staged play or musical. Sometimes the play is incidental entertainment, secondary to the meal, in the style of a night club, or the play may be the main feature of the evening, with dinner less important or, in some cases, optional. Dinner theater requires the management of three distinct entities: a live theater, a restaurant and, usually, a bar. The Madrigal dinners in the renaissance were early forms of dinner theater. Some early dinner"
"of the words beginning in 1580 to describe a meal that was eaten between more substantial meals. It may also mean a piece of cheese or bread. In medieval Germany, there are references to ""similariar"", a ""sir lunchentach"" according to the ""OED"", a noon draughtof ale, with breadan extra meal between midday dinner and supper, especially during the long hours of hard labour during haying or early harvesting. Meals have become ingrained in each society as being natural and logical. What one society eats may seem extraordinary to another. The same is true of what was eaten long ago in"
"Seudat mitzvah A seudat mitzvah (, ""commanded meal""), in Judaism, is an obligatory festive meal, usually referring to the celebratory meal following the fulfillment of a ""mitzvah"" (commandment), such as a bar mitzvah, a wedding, a ""brit milah"" (ritual circumcision), or a ""siyum"" (completing a tractate of Talmud or Mishnah). ""Seudot"" fixed in the calendar (i.e., for holidays and fasts) are also considered ""seudot mitzvah"", but many have their own, more commonly used, names. Attendance at a ""brit milah"" (circumcision) and its subsequent ""seudah"" is of such great significance that Rabbi Moshe Isserles (""the Rama"") notes (""Yoreh De'ah"" 265:12) that"
"Cena In Ancient Roman culture, cena was the main meal of the day. In earlier times, it was held midday, but later began to be held in evenings. It was a focal point of social life, along with the public baths, the frequenting of which often preceded the meal. Seating during dinner was in the triclinium, three couches for reclining arranged as three sides of a square, with a small table for food in the middle of all these. The cena traditionally consisted of three parts. The appetizer course often included eggs, olives, and honeyed wine. The second, main course"
"is the universal symbol of the main course. However, since the head is not actually part of the meal and will be used for many years, most madrigal dinners use an imperishable head. Sometimes this is the head of a real boar, pig, or javelina, preserved by taxidermy and sometimes it is a replica, made from papier-mâché or plaster. The Boar's Head Carol equates the presentation of the head with the presence of Christ in the festivities. Madrigal dinner A Madrigal Dinner or Madrigal Feast is a form of renaissance dinner theater often held by schools and church groups during"
"rice. Before the meal, everyone recites a verse which teaches participants how to reflect upon the Buddha’s teachings that are embodied in the act of receiving food. Everyone eats from a set of bowls called “baru” as monastics do, and they are told not to waste a single grain of rice out of respect for the offering. In the daily routine of Korean temples, the most important event is the Buddhist ceremony called yebul. This ceremony refers to paying respect to the Buddhas enshrined in the Dharma halls three times a day and repeating the teachings, usually before dawn, 10"
"their ""Bathukamma"" to the nearest temple of their locality, then they clap, sing and dance rhythmically around the Bathukamma. Along with Bathukamma, Bonalu is also declared as a state festival on 15 June 2014. Other festivals are, Sammakka Saralamma Jatara (Medaram Jatara), a popular religious congregation in the honour of Goddess at Medaram of Warangal district. Cuisine The cuisine of the city is mainly of Deccan dishes. The breakfast items include Chapati, and Puri. Rice with variety of curries including curd is taken as main food and the most notable one is the ""Biryani"". Special food items Harees and Haleem"
"40-day Lent period. Baklahorani, on Shrove Monday, the last day of the carnival season before Lent, became the culminating event in the mid-19th century. It started as a masked parade that proceeded through Istanbul's Greek neighborhoods, beginning with the elite area of Pera and gathering people along the way before proceeding finally to Tatavla (now Kurtuluş) for festivities on the square at the Church of Saint Demetrius. The name of the event literally translates as 'I eat beans', a reference to Lenten dietary restrictions. Although the event was led by local Greeks, the celebrations were not limited among the Greek"
"painted by Flemish Baroque and Dutch Golden Age painters, especially Jacob Jordaens and Jan Steen. Bean-feast A bean-feast was an informal term for a celebratory meal or party, especially an annual summer dinner given by an employer to his or her employees, probably derived from a tradition in the Low Countries at Twelfth Night. By extension, colloquially, it describes any festive occasion with a meal and perhaps an outing. The word, and its shorter form ""beano,"" are fairly common in Britain, less known in the United States. An alternative derivation refers the name to the eating of a dish of"
"more plausible dinner, beginning with the ""gustatio"" (""tasting"" or ""appetizer""), which was a composed salad of mallow leaves, lettuce, chopped leeks, mint, arugula, mackerel garnished with rue, sliced eggs, and marinated sow udder. The main course was succulent cuts of kid, beans, greens, a chicken, and leftover ham, followed by a dessert of fresh fruit and vintage wine. The Latin expression for a full-course dinner was ""ab ovo usque mala"", ""from the egg to the apples,"" equivalent to the English ""from soup to nuts."" A book-length collection of Roman recipes is attributed to Apicius, a name for several figures in"
"was the hour of fasting. At first, the hour of fasting was prolonged to Vespers, that is to say, food was taken only in the evening or at the end of the day. Mitigation of this rigorous practice was soon introduced. Tertullian's famous pamphlet ""De jejunio"" rails at length against the ""Psychics"" (i.e. the orthodox Christians) who end their fast on station days at the Hour of Nones, while he, Tertullian, claims that he is faithful to the ancient custom. The practice of breaking the fast at Nones caused that hour to be selected for Mass and Communion, which were"
"having cooked plum pies the day before (area plums being in season), with these plum pies the only food eaten in many Geneva households on ""Jeûne genevois"". Jeûne genevois Jeûne genevois (meaning Genevan fast) is a public holiday in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland which occurs on the Thursday following the first Sunday of September. It dates back to the 16th century. In Europe, beginning in the 15th century, people fasted as a way of remembering famines, plagues and wars. The Swiss Federal Diets of 1480 and 1483 talked about national Fast Days of penitence and thanksgiving but in the"
"for the octave of the Feast of the Ascension, the Sunday before Pentecost. The Pope delivered a sermon about the Holy Spirit on this day at the Santa Maria Rotunda, the basilica converted from the ancient Pantheon. Rose petals were showered through the oculus in the dome to represent the descent of the tongues of flame. After dinner, a ""ludus Carnelevaris"" was celebrated with drinking among the knights and soldiers, followed by performances which featured the killing of animals that symbolized various sins. The custom of scattering roses for Pentecost spread, and continued to the modern era, as reflected in"
"dishes could consist of ""kimchi"", ""nabak kimchi"", oysters, soy sauce, and other items. The porridge was thought to give vitality to the king and queen throughout the day. The ""sura"" (수라) were the main meals of the day. Breakfast was served at ten in the morning, and the evening meals were served between six and seven at night. The set of three tables (""surasang"", 수라상), were usually set with two types of rice, two types of soup, two types of stew (""jjigae""), one dish of ""jjim"" (meat stew), one dish of ""jeongol"" (a casserole of meat and vegetables), three types"
"is similar to that of Maimonides. Seudat mitzvah A seudat mitzvah (, ""commanded meal""), in Judaism, is an obligatory festive meal, usually referring to the celebratory meal following the fulfillment of a ""mitzvah"" (commandment), such as a bar mitzvah, a wedding, a ""brit milah"" (ritual circumcision), or a ""siyum"" (completing a tractate of Talmud or Mishnah). ""Seudot"" fixed in the calendar (i.e., for holidays and fasts) are also considered ""seudot mitzvah"", but many have their own, more commonly used, names. Attendance at a ""brit milah"" (circumcision) and its subsequent ""seudah"" is of such great significance that Rabbi Moshe Isserles (""the"
"have been turned into butterflies and hummingbirds with the ability to fly back to the realm of the living to feed on nectar. From this, the importance the Aztecs ascribed to the act of eating is clear. Most sources describe two meals per day, though there is an account of laborers getting three meals, one at dawn, another one at around 9 in the morning and one at around 3 in the afternoon. This is similar to the custom in contemporary Europe, but it is unclear if intake of ""ātōlli"", maize gruel, was considered a meal or not. Drinking a"
"from the window. Dinner is traditionally eaten with relatives and friends. It often includes zampone or cotechino (a meal made with pig's trotters or entrails), and lentils. At 20:30, the President reads a television message of greetings to Italians. At midnight, fireworks are displayed all across the country. Rarely followed today is the tradition that consist in eating lentil stew when bell tolls midnight, one spoonful per bell. This is supposed to bring good fortune; the round lentils represent coins. New Year's Eve is celebrated across Macedonia. New Year's Day is celebrated by day-long fireworks shows. The day is celebrated"
"Both practices are based on the same general concept – to close out the old month and enter the new month fresh. That fresh start is celebrated the next day during the Noumenia when it is auspicious to start new projects and unspoiled contents are placed back into the Ktesios jar. Deipnon In Greek, deipnon means the evening meal, usually the largest meal of the day. Hekate's Deipnon is, at its most basic, a meal served to the Titan Hekate and the restless dead once a lunar month. Ancient Athenians believed that once a lunar month, Hekate led the spirits"
"Dinner Dinner usually refers to the most significant meal of the day, which can be at noon or in the evening. However, the term ""dinner"" can have different meanings depending on culture, as it may mean a meal of any size eaten at any time of day. Historically, it referred to the first meal of the day eaten around noon, and is still sometimes used for a noon-time meal, particularly if it is a large or main meal. In many parts of the Western world, dinner is taken as the evening meal. The word is from the Old French ()"
"Madrigal dinner A Madrigal Dinner or Madrigal Feast is a form of renaissance dinner theater often held by schools and church groups during the Christmas season. It is set in the Middle Ages and is generally comedic in nature. The meal is divided into courses, each of which is heralded with a traditional song. A play is performed between the courses and a concert of choral music concludes the festivities. The music performed at a madrigal dinner is usually mixed choral music from the medieval to renaissance periods. Both popular and sacred songs from the renaissance are common, although modern"
"Deipnon In Greek, deipnon means the evening meal, usually the largest meal of the day. Hekate's Deipnon is, at its most basic, a meal served to the Titan Hekate and the restless dead once a lunar month. Ancient Athenians believed that once a lunar month, Hekate led the spirits of the unavenged or wrongfully killed accompanied by hounds from the underworld up from Hades. It is also the last day of the month according to the lunisolar based Attic calendar used in ancient Athens. The main purpose of the Deipnon was to honor Hekate and to placate the souls in"
"of Philip II in 340, revealing the attack to its inhabitants. The Byzantines dedicated a statue to her as the ""lamp carrier."" The Athenian Greeks honored Hekate during the Deipnon. In Greek, deipnon means the evening meal, usually the largest meal of the day. Hekate's Deipnon is, at its most basic, a meal served to Hekate and the restless dead once a lunar month during the new moon. The Deipnon is always followed the next day by the Noumenia, when the first sliver of moon is visible, and then the Agathos Daimon the day after that. The main purpose of"
"often included a main meat dish, like roasted pig. The third and final course included desserts such as fruits or nuts. Only the very wealthy would consume exotic dishes such as giraffe, ostrich, lion, and peacock. Cena In Ancient Roman culture, cena was the main meal of the day. In earlier times, it was held midday, but later began to be held in evenings. It was a focal point of social life, along with the public baths, the frequenting of which often preceded the meal. Seating during dinner was in the triclinium, three couches for reclining arranged as three sides"
"the lectisternium they reclined. In Christian times the word was used for a feast in memory of the dead. Offerings of food were made to the gods in very early Roman times on such occasions as the ceremony of ""confarreatio"", and the ""epulum Jovis"" (often confounded with the lectisternium). The lectisternia, however, are likely of Greek origin. The Greek ""theoxenia"" (Θεοξένια) is similar, except that the gods played the part of host. The gods associated with it were either previously unknown to Roman religion, though often concealed under Roman names, or were provided with a new cult. Thus Hercules was"
"dinner (""khetum"", Խթում), which generally consists of: rice, fish, ""nevik"" (նուիկ, a vegetable dish of green chard and chick peas), and yogurt/wheat soup (""tanabur"", թանապուր). Dessert includes dried fruits and nuts, including ""rojik"", which consists of whole shelled walnuts threaded on a string and encased in grape jelly, ""bastukh"" (a paper-like confection of grape jelly, cornstarch, and flour), etc. This lighter menu is designed to ease the stomach off the week-long fast and prepare it for the rather more substantial Christmas Day dinner. Children take presents of fruits, nuts, and other candies to older relatives. ""On the eve of the"