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What does it mean to "eat my tea"? Isn't it normally made as a drink? I suppose you can eat tea leaves, never heard of someone doing so...

• iamstupidsimple 2y ago
  In the north of the UK, dinner=lunch and tea=dinner.
• maccard 2y ago
  Tea is another name for the main evening meal (Dinner) in the UK
  • chungy 2y ago
    Thanks, I didn't know that, being from the US myself.
  • timthorn 2y ago
    Of course, there's also afternoon tea consists of the drink as well as cake, sandwiches, fancies and scones. And the subset cream tea, with scones, cream & jam.