the biggest meal of the day was eaten at noon for the colonist what was that meal called
A meal eaten outside on Memorial Day is called a picnic or barbeque.
Lunch, or can be dinner if it is the largest meal of the day.
paschal meal
the last supper
dinner, tea,
In some parts of the United States it is called dinner. In others, where the midday meal is the main meal of the day called dinner, the evening meal is called supper.
The Roman's main meal of the day was called dinner. The Latin for dinner is "cena".
Supper is a meal usually eaten in the late afternoon or evening and is usually the last meal of the day.
The Last Supper.
I think the least important meal of the day is dinner because it's last and you can always have dessert or a snack.
For purely cultural reasons. Some call it the last meal, for instance. To some, "dinner" and "supper" mean the same meal, for others they have both a dinner and a supper everyday, for instance on a farm: breakfast in the morning, then lunch, then dinner, then after the last work of the day, supper.