Would you participate if we began a concerted effort towards tea time?

Tea has long been used as an umbrella term for several different meals. Isabella Beeton, whose books on Home economics were widely read in the 19th century, describes afternoon teas of various kinds, and provides menus for the old-fashioned tea, the at-home tea, the family tea and the high tea. It’s a long book, and I didn’t feel like reading it.

English tea time is usually from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. According to What's Cooking America, tea is typically served with tiny sandwiches, scones and other pastries. During tea time, savory food is offered first, followed by scones and sweets.

In the evening, the lower classes (SEC Rant posters) and northerners (soccer board) come home from work, school or shopping and sit down to another fairly substantial meal called tea at about 6pm. However, the upper classes and southerners eat later and the meal they eat, called dinner, tends to be the main meal of the day.