does anyone use an apron when cleaning and cooking

busiscoming2

I always wear an apron for cooking, otherwise I'd end up with food splats and stains on my clothes. I bought a Flameco style Spanish one a few years ago and often dance around the kitchen in it! I keep it on when I eat my dinner too, especially when its spag bol.

piecemeal

I got myself in the habit of wearing a cotton apron years ago whenever I cook or wash up because I was always splashing myself and then spent time getting stains out of clothes. I have a couple of flowery ones for when I feel all 50's housewife (not very often because, when that happens, I go and lie down in a darkened room until the feeling goes away) and others that are usually left over from DH's job. He has worked for donkey's years in a supermarket starting and ending with "A", and so, when the uniform has changed, I have inherited dark blue with white stripes and then royal blue aprons. My next one is white with lime green and royal blue stripes (for when he works on the fish counter). I really do think I should get some say in the colour of the next uniforms; my kitchen is pale blue.....;) I have got so used to wearing an apron that I feel undressed without it, but if I go in another room, I feel strange if I don't take the apron off.

8sider

Looking back at some of the older posts in this thread, it seems many men have, like me, had difficulty finding anything remotely useable. Almost every apron you can buy seems to be either too small, too feminine, or not waterproof.

In my childhood (in 1980s Britain) the word 'apron' meant a plastic-coated thing that would keep you dry as well as clean. I don't really understand why those ones have become less popular since then.

The only reliable way to get aprons that are bloke-compatible and waterproof has been to make them myself. Yep, you heard it here first: to avoid compromising my masculinity I had to do some sewing! :eek: Actually it's mainly gluing round the edges, but I still have to attach the strings by sewing; even with metal eyelets I'm still working on finding the best way to reinforce them so they last longer. Even as a 'making things' kind of person, I don't think I'd have started this if I'd been able to buy what I wanted, but now I've had a chance to get the hang of it, I'm quite keen on the results...

momoyama

8sider wrote: »

Looking back at some of the older posts in this thread, it seems many men have, like me, had difficulty finding anything remotely useable. Almost every apron you can buy seems to be either too small, too feminine, or not waterproof.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Waterproof-PVC-Apron-Dennys/dp/B0016QAJ9O/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1377948953&sr=8-6&keywords=pvc+apron

Boring, I know.

I have to add that as long as no-one apart from Mrs Yama sees me I've stopping caring too much what they look like.

8sider

Now that, Mr Yama, is a proper bit of kit. If I'd been able to find something like that in the days when I first got my own flat, I might not have started down the make-it-yourself route. Back then though, I had no proper computer or interwebz at home - couldn't afford to upgrade from my Commodore Amiga. :wall:

Personally, I really like the industrial look of that one, but I'm not sure what other people would think; these days I most often go for PVC-coated cotton with simple printed patterns such as stripes (a good supplier in Britain being Just Wipe - you'll have to find them by search engine because I'm not yet allowed to post web links- those guys also make aprons that are more or less big enough for men).

A couple of weeks ago the ice cream van turned up on my street about 5 seconds after I'd put my latest batch of bread in the oven. I rushed out there in my apron to make sure I got a chance to buy something before he disappeared again. I felt less self-conscious talking to the ice cream seller about why I was making bread, than I would have been in that other apron explaining why I wasn't really making bombs and chemical weapons to take over the world...:cool2:

8sider

There I was talking about taking over the world, and it was post 666 of this discussion! :eek:

momoyama

8sider wrote: »

There I was talking about taking over the world, and it was post 666 of this discussion! :eek:

Common misconception. The number of the devil is actually 616, not 666. QI taught me this!

homesteadchick

Oh yes, I wear them a lot!
I have quite a few as well. :-)

My apron is my 'work uniform'.
it makes me get up and go. Sets my mind to 'work mode'.

And it keeps my clothes respectable. lol!

kboss2010

I made one at school 15 years ago and I do occasionally wear it whilst baking!

8sider

homesteadchick wrote: »

it makes me get up and go. Sets my mind to 'work mode'.

Seems to be quite a popular thought, this. I even find that the physical sensation of putting an apron on - being strapped in and ready for anything - seems to contribute to that somehow.