Strange meal traditions

Becles

Just been reading the macaroni as a dessert thread. At this time of year, we'll all be either going to other people's homes or having them come to us. Do you have any strange meal traditions to share?

My ex-inlaws have a really strange tea. I'm used to there being plates of sandwiches, cakes etc., in the middle of the table, and you just help yourself to what you want, offering to pass things to the other end of the table if necessary.

Ex-MIL would put a set amount of food out for each person. You were not allowed to take things from the plate and had to wait until someone offered you the plate in the middle. At first I accidentally offended them by just helping myself and MIL said "wait until you are offered" as if I was a child If offered, you couldn't say no and had to take the item offered otherwise she would be offended too.

Tea was in 4 courses.
First there would be a plate of sandwiches.
Second course would be a plate of bread and butter, with jams and honey.
Third course would be cakes and sweet things like scones or fruit loaf.
Fourth course would be a bowl of sausage rolls and cheese straws.

I just found it really odd and uncomfortable, especially when I was offered food I didn't like or didn't want, but I had to force it down so I didn't offend MIL.

They also don't have any drinks with their dinner (meat & veg followed by a dessert type meal). I'm used to having water or juice with a meal, and I'd be absolutely gagging for a drink by the end, so I'd be straight off to the bathroom for a drink of water!

patchwork_cat

BEcles is that at christmas only or always the case? How odd! Did she have anyother odd views? Also dentisits would be saying you should only drink with your meal! Although that may have arised due to a poor eating child who filled up on drink.

Jayar

When I was wee (many moons ago) I used to love soup day. My mum usually made the soup with boiling beef. After the soup course, we always had the beef in the same soup plate, with mashed tatties and turnip and also a few spoonfuls of the leftover soup over it all.
Sounds really gross now, but I loved it.

Quackers

When I was little if we had a casserole/stew type meal with lots of gravy you always had a piece of dry bread at the end to put in the gravy to 'mop it up'.

My husband always thought our familys boxing day meal was odd. Cold meat with mash and sprouts and then lots of cold pickles - pickled onions/gherkins/beetroot etc.

He was used to steak and chips

No other oddities - I dont think.

Although my grandad did love an orange and sugar sandwich

Oh, and he used to cut me up an apple in a bowl and pour milk on it

Odd? Us? Never

WeirdoMagnet

That is odd Becles - I think most people would have felt uncomfortable!

Not that strange: We all love Sunday lunch/dinner, but when we were younger, we all did activities tht clashed on a Sunday, so Mum moved 'Sunday Lunch' to Monday tea-time!

Another thing that I love (and I'm sure that we're not the only people to do this) is what we call "super-soup", made from left-over Sunday lunch. Makes me hungry just thinking about it!

Quackers

Georgina wrote: »

Another thing that I love (and I'm sure that we're not the only people to do this) is what we call "super-soup", made from left-over Sunday lunch. Makes me hungry just thinking about it!

please explain super-soup.

I may 'NEED' some

THIRZAH

I can remember going to a friend's birthday party and being given jelly and ice cream first-before the sandwiches etc.

My grandmother used to make a boiled blackcurrant batter pudding in the summer which she would serve before the meat course. I could never work out why-every other pudding was always served after the meat.

Love_a_Bargain_8

My partners family have a champagne breakfast on christmas morning which consists of salmon, scrambled eggs and toast with a glass of champagne

And my mum used to do sausage rolls with pickled onions- yuk!!! :lipsrseal

:xmassign:

Hardup_Hester

I make soup like that Georgina, but we call it Stoup, it's too thick to be a soup & too thin to be stew.

WeirdoMagnet

Quackers wrote: »

please explain super-soup.

I may 'NEED' some

:rotfl: All the 'left over' veg (we do extra) - carrots, cabbage, roast potatoes, brocolli, cauli, whatever, blitzed in the food processor, or chopped up, mixed with the gravy, voila!

If we've had chicken, I boil up the bones and use the stock in the soup too - delicious!

Hardup_Hester wrote: »

I make soup like that Georgina, but we call it Stoup, it's too thick to be a soup & too thin to be stew.

Yes - it is a bit thick, a bit like baby food! My OH doesn't like the blitzed stand-your-spoon-up version, but loves the chopped one.

Miró

Love_a_Bargain wrote: »

My partners family have a champagne breakfast on christmas morning which consists of salmon, scrambled eggs and toast with a glass of champagne

Ooooh YES, YES, YES...absolutely divine!!!!