poll: food vs time of day

kzsnyder

Im curious to see what you ladies feel is "appropriate" for meals based upon time of day.. so...based on start of reception time.. what is okay to serve at:(breakfast, brunch, hor'de'voures,soup/salad/sandwich, full lunch, dinner, cake and punch, dessert only)10:00am11:00am12:00p1p2p3p4p5p6p7p8p

kzsnyder

 my thought...10:00am - Breakfast ,cake punch, brunch11:00am - Breakfast ,cake punch, brunch soup/salad/swich, full lunch12:00p full lunch1p full lunch2p soup/salad/swich, cake and punch, dessert only3p cake and punch, dessert only4p cake and punch, dessert only5p fulldinner6pfulldinner7p hor devourves, full dinner, 8p hor devoures, dessert only

Leah&Christian09

10-12 breakfast or brunch12-2 brunch or lunch, apps/light lunch, etc (enough to make a meal)2-5 lunch, light lunch, hor's d'horves, cake and punch, dessert only, whatever5-8 full dinner/heavy hors d'horvres (enough to make a meal)

JoeyOz

10:00am = breakfast (although really I'd rather be sleeping than going to a wedding that early)11:00am = brunch12:00p = full lunch1p = full lunch2p - 4p = cake and punch5p - 8p = dinner8p - later = cocktail/appetizer

lyndausvi

Personally I've been to  weddings starting as early as 10:30 am and as late as 7pm.  I've always been served an full meal   We just adjust our meals for that day around knowing we would be getting a meal.  So sadly (??) regardless of what time you had your wedding, if you were in my social group I would expect a full meal   (fwiw - I've been to 35+ weddings, so it's not like my expectation is based on 1 or 2 weddings).

tenofcups4me

Like the PP, I would expect a full meal at any one of those times, based on weddings and other affairs I've attended. I don't think I've ever attended a "formal" event that didn't have a full meal, even if the meal fell at 2 or 3pm for example. The only exception I can think of is at 8pm, heavy hors d'oeuvres (enough to make a meal out of) would also be ok.  

mbcdefg

Breakfast: 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.Brunch: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.Hors d'oeuvres: 1-3 p.m.Soup/salad/sandwich: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.Full lunch: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.Dinner: 12 - 8 p.m.*Cake and punch: 11-1 p.m./4 p.m.Dessert only: 8 p.m. onward* Like a PP said, full dinners are the "norm" in my area (and daytime receptions really aren't that common). So unless an invitation said otherwise, I'd honestly go to a reception expecting to be served dinner. I wouldn't mind if it weren't a full dinner, but I'd appreciate a heads-up beforehand.

Golfer'sLady

10 a.m. to 11 a.m. I'd expect breakfast or brunch11 a.m. to 1 p.m.Lunch or brunch2 p.m. to 4 p.m.Appetizers 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.Dinner