[Sca-cooks] brunch?

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

Bear in mind that brunch is *in lieu* of breakfast and lunch; it is not a  
meal taken between the two.

In France, the "petit dejeuner" used to be  the light quick meal even 
workers had at the start of the day; the little used  term "grand dejeuner" was 
for the larger meal taken by someone who could sleep  late (and eat better). 
The latter ultimately became the dejeuner a la  fourchette, which was very 
like brunch in completely replacing breakfast and  probably what was then 
dinner (which began as a mid-day meal but kept getting  pushed later in time).
 
The Spanish term appears to be desayuno tardío - "late breakfast".
 
 
Jim  Chevallier

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In a message dated 6/27/2015 10:47:07 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
lordhunt at gmail.com writes:

In  Spain, traditionally, nobles went to mass when they awoke at sunrise. 
They did  not break the fast until after mass with a glass of wine and a 
slice of bread.  
Spanish labourers broke the fast accordingly and later eat what could be  
called a brunch at about 11 am consisting of bread and lard or cheese in the  
fields where they were working. 
Nobles had a side board available in the  banquet hall with cold cuts, 
cheese, bread and wine or if traveling, such  items were placed in the saddle 
bags for consumption at will.

Brunch  does not have a Spanish translation as far as I know. It comes out 
as “mid  morning break,” which seems be the same as brunch if examined  
closely.