# Do you usually have dessert with a typical weeknight family meal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-have-dessert-with-a-typical-weeknight-family-meal/557655 "2010-10-19T14:19:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TheTerribleTako](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@TheTerribleTako](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTerribleTako)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-have-dessert-with-a-typical-weeknight-family-meal/557655/21 "2010-10-19T20:05:48Z")
We generally try to have a piece of fruit or two for dessert and that usually happens a few times a week. Occasionally, we’ll have something special like pie, but it’s usually tied to a holiday or some special event. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-have-dessert-with-a-typical-weeknight-family-meal/557655/22 "2010-10-19T20:05:52Z")
Well, it depends on how you would define dessert. I usually end my evening meal (and sometimes it is my whole meal) with some fruit and yogurt. Does it count as dessert if it’s good for you? 😛 As far as prepared desserts go, usually only when I entertain. As a TypeII living by myself, any company leftover desserts tend to go home with my guests. If they don’t, I take them to work to share. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-have-dessert-with-a-typical-weeknight-family-meal/557655/23 "2010-10-19T20:06:16Z")
> [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](#): > > Best dessert in the world – for me – is Sauternes with Boucheron cheese… 🙂 I’ll be right over. I think we need to compare and contrast the benefits of Sauternes/Bucheron with a good vintage Champagne and Brillat-Savarin. Also in the running: good Burgundy with Époisses, but I have yet to find an Époisses in the US that doesn’t taste like piss. Literally - every Époisses I’ve found here has had ammonia overtones so strong that it ruins the cheese. So we’ll have to wait on that until we go to France. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-have-dessert-with-a-typical-weeknight-family-meal/557655/24 "2010-10-19T21:55:51Z")
My sister who lives with me has a _wicked_ sweet tooth, and a few times a month, she’ll say something like “Let’s have dessert tonight; I’ll buy”, and we’ll get a pie and some ice cream or something like that. Usually not, though. We like to let dinner settle a couple of hours, then if we want a little something sweet, we’ll have it at bed time. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-have-dessert-with-a-typical-weeknight-family-meal/557655/25 "2010-10-19T22:27:16Z")
I usually have baked treats in the kitchen, so after dinner my husband will grab something to have as dessert. But I don’t go out of my way to make something unless it’s a special occasion or we have dinner guests. Growing up, my family never had dessert. When I visited my then-boyfriend-now-husband’s house, they would always have wine with the meal and dessert with dinner, which was totally bizarre to me. Even when it was just family they would have dessert - sometimes just cheese and crackers, but always something. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-have-dessert-with-a-typical-weeknight-family-meal/557655/26 "2010-10-21T04:27:47Z")
I wonder if Hyacynth servers desert and I can assure you it’s prononunced “BOO-Kay” ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-have-dessert-with-a-typical-weeknight-family-meal/557655/27 "2010-10-21T08:51:48Z")
My family’s heavy meal is lunch (that’s the custom in Spain, plus we now have several people whose stomach problems favor light dinners); dessert is optional, and most commonly consists of fruit. Prepared desserts are considered a special treat (and still optional). ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-have-dessert-with-a-typical-weeknight-family-meal/557655/28 "2010-10-21T08:58:09Z")
Only on Sundays (When we have the in laws round) and Thursdays (When we go to the in laws) ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-have-dessert-with-a-typical-weeknight-family-meal/557655/29 "2010-10-21T17:47:04Z")
Does beer count as a desert? I’ll have a post dinner beer. Beers can be sweet. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-have-dessert-with-a-typical-weeknight-family-meal/557655/30 "2010-10-21T18:26:06Z")
Never had dessert growing up, and I never developed much of a sweet tooth so I don’t do it now. ---
**Author:** ![Larzipan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@Larzipan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larzipan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-have-dessert-with-a-typical-weeknight-family-meal/557655/31 "2010-10-21T18:27:49Z")
I usually eat dessert a couple hours after eating dinner, never directly after. I don’t really know why, it was just a habit I developed. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-have-dessert-with-a-typical-weeknight-family-meal/557655/32 "2010-10-21T21:28:55Z")
No, unless you count a piece of fruit. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-have-dessert-with-a-typical-weeknight-family-meal/557655/33 "2010-10-21T21:31:27Z")
Nah, desserts are for dinner parties, not for dinner. If any baking has been done, it may be enjoyed later in the evening, but not as a conclusion of a meal. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-have-dessert-with-a-typical-weeknight-family-meal/557655/34 "2010-10-21T23:37:23Z")
Not since I was a kid, but I’ll eat something sweet in the evening from time to time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-have-dessert-with-a-typical-weeknight-family-meal/557655.md?page=1)