I read a lot of history, a lot of old books, and travel a lot, and I think that makes me more resistant to the frequent claim that “such and such is a recent in

I read a lot of history, a lot of old books, and travel a lot, and I think that makes me more resistant to the frequent claim that “such and such is a recent invention of (oppressive, capitalistic) contemporary society.” Throughout the world that I have observed first- and second-hand, morning and evening and in-between meals have always been pretty common.