For me it varies greatly, and has since I've been in high school.  It can be from 4pm-midnight.  Today I didn't start eating until after 10, it's been a while since I've eaten this late.

Sometimes it gets skipped altogether although not all that often.  Only if I've had a huge late lunch, am sick, or exhaustion has won out.  When I'm just too tired I'll usually grab at least a bit of yogurt before going to sleep.

Lately I've been eating around 5:00 (when I get home from work), however that will change next week when my shift times change (will be about an hour later).

I'm similar to you Chemgal. I don't like to be too rigid with dinner time or quantity. I have no particular standards around when dinner should be eaten. It all depends on how hungry I am, or my partner is. I don't want to eat when I am not hungry just because "it's dinner time". My partner feels the same way. Plus, I have to take my partners' schedule into account. Usually we just pick up a few things that are easy to throw together or can wait until later to be whipped up or reheated --it's kind of lazy but also practical. We waste less that way. Once in awhile, we'll plan and make a fancier meal. I would say our average eating time is around 7-8 p.m. but 9-10 is not all that uncommon for us on my partner's nights off.

Growing up, at my mom's---dinner was always at 6. Not on the dot, but give or take 15 minutes.

At my dad's...dinner was a little more lax. Often not until 8. It all depended on when my dad got home from work. We ordered in a lot.

When I was a young kid, my mom used to make a formal family dinner on Sundays, but that went by the wayside later on, and became an occasional thing.

I usually eat dinner between 5 pm. and 6:30 pm.  I need to eat earlier so that my body can begin the digestive process.  Eating late means a bad night.

I will often skip lunch if I've had a good breakfast, but not dinner - that is the meal I enjoy most.  My meals are very plain but I try to vary them. 

At my house the evening meal is called supper and is eaten at approximately 6pm or a bit earlier.

With the kids? All together, around six. A busy hour.

As empty-nesters: 7 or 8 till 10-11 p.m. ... slow and leisurely, lots of talk and dreaming and reflecting. Then a walk with the dog before bed. Sometimes a rented movie.

Dinners are special, together time.

We eat both dinner and supper in this house.

I get confused what I am eating as the American South eats breakfast, supper and dinner and New England eats breakfast, lunch and supper (informal family) with occasional dinners(more formal or holiday). I also lived where it was breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper (light meal after dinner) I say whatever I say and she figures it out by looking at her watch...

Our evening main meal is ideally at 5:30-6 pm. Her work has her home between 6:30 and 7 pm, so it has been adjusted during the week.

Supper/dinner (I've heard and used both over the years) is usually around 6pm for us, meaning anywhere from 5:30pm to 6:30pm. Usually earlier on weekends when we don't have the crush of getting home from work/school, later during the week.

Mendalla

For me it's...

Breakfast: 6:30am

Dinner: 1pm

Supper: 6pm

Times are approximate.

Usually between 5.30 and 6.30.

A slim friend once told me that if you have your "tea" (supper) early, you don't snack and have a fighting chance of keeping the middle-aged spread at bay.

I have two kinds of tea - healthy and "yummy" - which I alternate.

Healthy is a tiny portion of meat and steamed four vegetables. (bland).

Yummy is anything with pasta, rice - and includes rich sauces with nasties in them such as coconut milk...........

My relatives in Alberta call it supper. My parents used to as well, but after years of living in BC, it became dinner. We often have the tongue n' cheek discussion when relatives get together, "are we going to dine, or sup?"

I suppose because we don't have kids, we can afford to be less disciplined about meal times. If I had kids, I think a more predictable routine would be best...but that's neither here nor there right now..

I do use dinner and supper interchangeably.  Dinnertime sounds better than suppertime though.

I thought coconut milk was supposed to be healthy?  Sure it has fat and won't help someone lose weight if they are eating too much, but I thought it was considered to be a healthier fat.  I haven't looked too much into it though, I just hear a lot about coconut water (electrolytes and crap by celebrities) as well as coconut oil (not the partially-hydrogenated kind).

I love coconut and have some coconut milk around, but the only thing I make with it is coconut rice.  Any recipes you want to share? (I'm a wimp when it comes to spices, so I'm not big on curries).

Now listen up,possum.

I studied nutrition in my senior High School years - so that means I'm an expert, right?

In those far off days in Oz we women had to know how to do right by our man.

Looking back, it was hilarious. One of the questions was "You are married to a Canadian lumberjack - plan his meals for the day with reference to nutritional requirements".

I don't believe coconut milk was known in Oz then - but I can tell you that as it contained nasty saturated fats - it should be avoided.

I can't help you with recipes - as I tend to use it with both Indian and Thai curries to "round out" the flavour.

You might say I'm the original "spice girl".