does anyone use an apron when cleaning and cooking

dianasnan

I have 4 heavy duty striped tabbards that I bought from Costco for about £8. Now past the stage of worrying what I look like whilst cooking so long as I stay clean.They are so thick and strong that they should last me for 20 years so a bargain.

trigger2

I wear an apron whilst cooking & sometimes when using bleach to clean. I have spent too much time removing grease stains & dough out of clothes to NOT use an apron ! I am the only one of my friends that does though ?!

jcr16

i don't when cleaning , but i really should.

i do have one for cooking , but it is huge and i need to wrap it around me so many time , i hate it. if i ever get round to either making one or bying a new one , then i'll be wearing it all the time for cooking.

Spirit_2

This is my kind of fashion thread:o

I almost always wear a "pinnie" for 'wet cleaning' and for cooking. Mr Spirit and Miss Spirit (19)and her BF (19)also wear pinnies if cooking (how uncool is that:eek:).

I always have 3 or 4 indoor pinnies hanging on the back of the Kitchen door. In my garden shed I have an outdoor Pinnie, which is decorators apron and has a large pocket across the front kangaroo style.

A confession...if someone is wearing a pinnie I like to surreptitiously undo the belt and tie it to the chair/door handle/shopping. A silly act I know but I just can't help it. It has almost no element of surprise to my family after all these years, but every now and then I get them!

I have done the same with back pack straps and once left Mr Spirit anchored to a railing in an underground cave where we had gone to admire stalagmites. Its OK he released himself.

Spirit

Sarahsaver

I should wear one. Splashed hot oil on my best nike trousers yesterday when making fish goujons.
Nanna always used to make pinnies out of worn out dresses and tablecloths, they were great, always had a little flourish like a frill or a pocket. I do not posess a pinny but I do have aprons.
There was a discussion on woman's hour week before last on the renaissance of 'home crafts' (being housewifely etc... ) and someone described books which 'big up' housewifely arts as 'Pinny !!!!!!' :eek:

frankie1star

My pinny always goes on when cooking, its like my comfort blanket as well

Sarahsaver

Ah... I think there are variations in this. Is it a regional thing? I think of an apron as one which covers your front entirely, a pinny is only from the waist down, and a tabard well I won't even go there ---too much static---checked nylon---:eek:

Spirit_2

My "pinnie" would be your apron or tabard. If I had an apron it would only be from the waist down; your pinnie.

nodwah

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A confession...if someone is wearing a pinnie I like to surreptitiously undo the belt and tie it to the chair/door handle/shopping. A silly act I know but I just can't help it. It has almost no element of surprise to my family after all these years, but every now and then I get them!

I have done the same with back pack straps and once left Mr Spirit anchored to a railing in an underground cave where we had gone to admire stalagmites. Its OK he released himself.

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Hmmmm, funny you should say that, I work in a laboratory and we often wear theatre gowns and some wag will creep up behind you and do that or else tie the knots of the gown so tighlty that you can't get out of it. Ho ho ho:mad:

Mrs_A_4

I have a black waist-down thing that used to be a barman's apron. I can't wash up without it - slosh water all over my front somehow...