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The little checkpoints we eat our way through, dividing one day from the next.
means Structured occasions of eating, like breakfast, lunch, and dinner, separated by hunger and habit.
from From Old English mael, meaning a measure, mark, or fixed time — so a meal was literally an appointed moment, food optional but expected.
Time firstThe word meant scheduled point before it meant food.
Square dealA square meal once meant solid and proper, not geometric.
Grain twinOatmeal's meal is a different word: ground grain.