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Lindylou | 10:28 Tue 19th Apr 2005 | Food & Drink
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OK - But why a square meal?  What exactly IS a square meal.
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Click http://www.wordorigins.org/wordors.htm#squaremeal for the answer. There are all sorts of myths about this phrase...such as old-time sailors used to eat off square wooden plates etc. Forget them.

I use to go in the  Milky bar cafe( post office road) in Bournemouth Square.Hence a Square Meal!!
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Thanks Quizmonster!  Something I've wondered about for a while!

Thanks cheyenne.

Tue 19/04/05

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Simple...get 2 slices of bread...the hovis square one...add butter or marg of your choice...choose a nice filling of your choice...slap it on...put it all together and VOILA!!! A square meal!!

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