In olden times people took only three meals a day. What they ate in the morning they called their breakfast and what they ate during the day, they called their dinner and their meal at night was their supper.
There meals were scanty and very often consisted of potatoes and butter milk.
Butter milk was often used for drink and sometimes for cake making which was seldom.
The people at that time ate their meals from a table which was placed in the centre of the floor, some tables at that time were hung up against the wall when not in use.
Oaten bread was sometimes made and eaten on