is dessert meant for before meal or after meal

I've always considered dessert to be something you have after your main meal but just in case you don't believe me, here's what wikipedia says: Dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a meal, usually consisting of sweet food but sometimes of a strongly-flavored one, such as some cheeses. The word comes from the Old French desservir, "to clear the table." Some common desserts are cakes, cookies, fruits, and candies. The word dessert is most commonly used for this course in U.S., Canada, Australia, and Ireland, while sweet, pudding or afters would be more typical terms in the UK and some other Commonwealth countries. According to Debrett's, pudding is the proper term, dessert is only to be used if the course consists of fruit, and sweet is colloquial. This, of course, reflects the upper-class/upper-middle-class usage. More commonly, the words simply form a class shibboleth; pudding being the upper-class and upper-middle-class word to use for sweet food served after the main course, sweet, afters and dessert being considered non-U. However, dessert is considered slightly better than the other two, owing to many young people, whose parents say pudding, acquiring the word from American media.

dessert should be eaten after meal but for me i eat it anytime of the day :)

Generally dessert is meant to be eaten after your main meal.

Dessert is meant after meal only as far as I think ...but for me dessert means anytime....it works

I think it was meant for before meal.

dessert is after a meal.Because when you eat dessert before meal you cannot eat anymore because you eat sugar.And usually dessert is after meal.

I always consider dessert to be an after meal treat. I don't eat dessert very often but if I do, it's usually some sort of fruit, fruit sorbet, or fruit pie...to keep it healthy.

Well the course of meal goes in this order. The Appetisers, Starters, Main course and Desert. My favourite desert is jackfruit juice.

After..but I feel free to eat anytime!Humm

We eat our dessert after the meal. We dont have dessert every day though. Just occasionally. Also we usually have dessert after Sunday dinner.

I've never believed in that convention, but still get yelled at for "spoiling" the meal...LOL, I've always finished anyway...lol

I think people should eat it whenever they see fit to eat dessert in their meal!! Is there a "Meal Law" we are suppose to abide by? How crazy if there were..well I wouldn't put it past some cultures....