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[some_stars]

I think the biggest and most disruptive culture clash I am currently experiencing in New York is the definition of brunch. I define it based on the time of day when it occurs, while New Yorkers define it as "meal where eggs are served" and schedule brunches for 2 PM. That is a wrong lie.

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[shati]

When else would you have brunch?? I mean I define it based on time of day but that time of day is 2 pm.

[eruthros]

I am with you, buddy! Brunch is a meal that happens between, say, 10 AM and noon. Exceptions can be made but as a general rule I get cranky about it when someone says "oh we'll have brunch on Sunday! ... at 3 PM." What? What meals am I supposed to have before that?

[azurelunatic]

I (am not a New Yorker and) define it based on where it sits in relation to my meal schedule. Wake up, have a nibble and coffee to stave off the blood sugar attempting to trip you, get all dressed and such, go out, have brunch.

Now, the time of day that I happen to wake up on weekends is rarely before noon.

[lilacsigil]

How strange! I would define it as "a breakfast-style meal served between about 10am and noon, with a bit of leeway for late risers" and it would be the first meal of the day. Otherwise it's lunch.

[anatsuno]

I also define it based on the time of day when it occurs, but that window extends to 3:30pm (as long as no one's had breakfast first - say you rose up at 1pm hungover and proceed accordingly). :)

[vass]

I define it as a meal between breakfast and lunch, more substantial than breakfast but lighter than lunch, with foods from both. Eggs are not required at all, although they'd work better than cereal. But more frittata than over easy.

My parents host a Christmas day brunch every year as their main holiday meal. No eggs. Starts at 10am, finishes around noon or 1, with people dashing off to their other family Christmas meals elsewhere.

[weaver]

Yes! We had a New York visitor who was extremely scornful when I said we were going out for brunch at about 10am, extremely scornful, and I was quite confused? I mean, it literally is a smush of "breakfast" and "lunch" - when else could it occur? SO CONFUSING!