Do you do things just because your Mum did?

mishmogs

I do a lot of what mother use to do (and the same as a lot on here) I might add

No hair washing or baths during a period

No tampons

Peel mushrooms (they grow in dirt dont they?)

Let a stranger in the front door with a lump of coal on new years day and out the back door (usually ends up being a neighbour).

Never cross paths with someone going the opposite direction to you on the stairs.

Boil used hankies in an old pan.

There must be so many more but you just do them!:rotfl:

escortg3

mishmogs wrote: »

I do a lot of what mother use to do (and the same as a lot on here) I might add

No hair washing or baths during a period

No tampons

Peel mushrooms (they grow in dirt dont they?)

Let a stranger in the front door with a lump of coal on new years day and out the back door (usually ends up being a neighbour).

Never cross paths with someone going the opposite direction to you on the stairs.

Boil used hankies in an old pan.

There must be so many more but you just do them!:rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl:i have never heard of the coal before. i just spat my tea out all over the computer.:rotfl:

jackomdj

escortg3 wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:i have never heard of the coal before. i just spat my tea out all over the computer.:rotfl:

It's a Scottish thing!

I peel mushrooms if they are the big ones as the skin goes a bit yucky.

I don't really do much that my Mum does as she is quite "different", although I do find myself saying things to the children that she said to me as a child.

Any

itzmee wrote: »

I cut a cross in brussel sprouts! - no idea why and it's blooming time consuming, but my mum did it, so I do too!

redwineguzzler wrote: »

I do this too!!!!! my mum always said they cooked quicker..... x

Mainly they cook evenly. Otherwise you get overcooked outer layer and raw middle.

Any

thatlemming wrote: »

Which bit of the mushrooms do you peel? I wash them but never heard of peeling them.

Scrape the leg and peel off the top layer on the head.

But not if they are normal button mushrooms, unless they are on their way out. Still wash them though, most often then not!

I grew up with lots of mushroom picking in the forests and then we peeled some heads (if they are the sleazy yuck on top kind), always scraped the legs.

escortg3

By leg i presume your talking about the stalk.

Gosh do people actually eat that part. I always break mine of and throw it away.

tattycath

spirit wrote: »

I'm the exact opposite. I do things that my mother never did.

Like clean my house, not use my kids as unpaid skivvys, not have a drawer full of margarine wrappers in the vain hope that I might need them to grease a cake tin.

that's just for starters

I'm the same as you. We never have a set menu every night of every week-like we used to have when I lived at home with my parents.
I don't put the washing machine on then stay in the house waiting for it to finish-like my mum does.
I don't stay in for various people to come round like my mum always has, she always waited in for coal man, rent man, butcher, insurance guy, milk man...I can't stand waiting in for people-life too short to hang around for people to turn up.
I do, however, have a thing about not putting new shoes on the table and not walking in a font/back door then walking out of the other door without sitting down first-just like my mother, but not sure what the superstition behind this door thing is.

tattycath

escortg3 wrote: »

i have thought of some more that i do.:rotfl:

butter the bread before cutting a slice off.

grate a block of cheese and put in tupperware box in fridge

put a peice of mistleto behind a picture every year. - dont actually know why we do that.

last grass cut of the year throw the grass cuttings on the flower beds. - same no idea why

rush out to buy oranges when i get the sniffles :rotfl:

fill my hot water bottle from kettle even though it says not to.

i am now questioning my sanity:(

I do that-on the very rare occasions when we use a hot water bottle.
I also put a cross in bottom of brussel sprouts-just like my mum.

So really I still do some of the things my mum did/does and still do loads of things the exact opposite.

Any

escortg3 wrote: »

By leg i presume your talking about the stalk.

Gosh do people actually eat that part. I always break mine of and throw it away.

Yes, I do!! I call it leg:rotfl:

kitschkitty

Just wondering why people do a couple of the above things - is it because it's so ingrained it's impossible to break the habit?

I mean they guidance is to never wash chicken under a running tap as it splashes water around the sink area which is more likely to spread bacteria - harder to clean up every contaminated droplet.

And how to women cope without washing their hair during their period - and why wouldn't you anyway? Same with bathing.

And unless you still like school dinner veg boiled to death there is no reason to put a cross on sprouts - it's time consuming and just waterlogs them.

As for mushrooms why wouldn't you eat the stem? The texture is slightly different but tastes just as nice. Oh and I only peel them when they are less than fresh, otherwise it's just wipe them over with a damp hand (can't be bothered with kitchen roll) to get of any dirt.