Do you do things just because your Mum did?

Lucyadams184

I love it, I think the older you get you turn into your parents. I always iron the bedsheets if we have guests but I don't bother ironing mine. I told my son off for having his music too loud as I could her it through th headphones saying he'd burst his ear drums.

ibizafan_2

So glad someone else remembers Virol! I don't suppose it is still available but I am going to google it now. Now, anyone remember Kunzle cakes, or was it a "Midlands" thing? Mum also did the margarine wrappers thing for greasing cake tins and she always peels mushrooms. As someone else mentioned, she'd never let anyone pass her on the stairs. I don't do that, but shoes on the table is a no no. I do always air the bed though and couldn't possibly be so slovenly as to go out without making the bed! She rarely does a roast on a Sunday these days, whereas when I was young, you couldn't possibly NOT have a roast even if it was a boiling hot summer day and nobody felt like it!

Mrs_Arcanum

Just remembered, I always make gravy the same way my mum did, using the roasting tin juices in the tin mixed with flour, wine and green veg water and gravy browning if needed (never had Bisto in the house). So roast potatoes are always cooked separately, never around or in the same pan as the joint.

Girlzmum

time2deal wrote: »

I can't help doing things my Mum did... as I get older I am turning into her whether a like it or not! I hear her voice sometimes when I speak..

Thankfully I love her dearly, and becoming like my Mum is probably quite a nice place to end up.

Oh I know that feeling, there are times I'm talking with my children and I can just hear myself saying exactly the same words my mum used with me!

Estateprincess

cherub1965 wrote: »

Mum always smashes eggshells before she puts them in the bin 'so the witches cant use them as boats' or something.

My Mum does this (and I used to, I don't know why I stopped!:rotfl:) and I vaguely remember a book or short video when I was little that told the story of a Witch getting into an egg shell and sailing around causing problems until the people started breaking their egg shells but I can't for the life of me find it! (I did find "The Witch's Egg" but the description of the story doesn't match)

Would have been late 1980's or very early 1990's - does anyone else remember this???:huh:

I think I've found it! I had the story slightly wrong (but it was a long time ago and I was only little!) I think it was "Lucy and the Egg Witch".

BTW this thread is fab! x

consultant31

busiscoming2 wrote: »

Me too! We've been eating dirt for years! Never wash any veg - can't be bothered!

I don't think it's the dirt on veggies that would cause problems so much as the stuff the farmers spray on their crops to keep bugs at bay - a lot of those sprays contain carcinogens :eek:

slopemaster

spirit wrote: »

... a drawer full of margarine wrappers in the vain hope that I might need them to grease a cake tin.

Oh, how i remember that one!

Mr_Toad

We were talking about some of the odd things you remembered from childhood a few weeks ago and it reminded me of something my Dad would do that I hadn't thought about in years.

Every so often he would cook himself supper and he called it a cheese and egg delicacy.

It was always cooked on a Pyrex plate and was simply grated cheddar with an egg cracked in the middle then put in the oven until the cheese was bubbling and the egg was cooked. He would eat it with a slice of bread and butter.

I tried it out of curiosity and it's rather good, if a little basic by today's standards. I did toast rather than bread though.

I suppose a more trendy variation is the baked Camembert and french bread.

shegirl

Notsosharp wrote: »

Surely you would want a witch to sail away though?

And why do you have to cover up knives and mirrors in a thunderstorm?

My parents always said that mirrors attract lightening. So they would get up and hide them away otherwise the lightening would strike the house

Molly41

I have gone totally the opposite way from my mother - I let my children have free reign with their bedrooms, clothes and hair styles/ colours - I positively encourage them to have bright pink hair etc. So much so my youngest two sons are so conservative in their dress - but that is fine:T:T:T

I find myself really telling myself not to become like my mum especially when I start to hoard food or clothes. I make an effort to use my "best" clothes and china on a daily basis.

I also was of the generation where it was ingrained that no baths or hair washing when on a period. Now where did that one come from? Did they think it caused infection or spread it? I for one love my baths and showers at any time although they dont love me:(