Record #:

37008

Author(s):

Kelly, Susan Stafford

Abstract:

For Kelly, the difference between supper and dinner is the food on the plate and the occasion being formal or informal. With those distinctions in mind, the author suggests that, since the South is a casual region, the evening meal should be called supper and never with a capital S.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 84 Issue 10, March 2017, p21-22

Subject(s):

Foodways; Southern identity; Culture--Southern; Culture--North Carolina; Dinners and dining