Anybody wearing aprons when eating ?

Admiral_Barbarossa

I wear the apron when cooking and eating. Problem?

MalMonroe

For cooking yes, eating no. And I'll tell you for why. When you sit down to eat (or it could be just me?) there's a gap between the top of my apron and my clothing so any debris would be sure to go down there. 

I head debris off at the pass by using napkins. Cloth or paper, either will do. Some stains won't actually come out of some clothes so it's always worth using a napkin.

I'd never have forced my daughter to wear either a pinny or a tabard, though, I think that's just a bit Dickensian. (She wouldn't have done it anyway, would rather have starved first. Although she did have one of those plastic bibs with a trough when she was very small and unaware.)

So that's us. Messy eaters but debris successfully and carefully managed with napkins. Still civilised while appearing to be a modern family. Well that's what we think, anyway! 

Rosa_Damascena

JIL said:

My gran gave me some advice when I was about to get married (forgetting I would be at work and coming home in the car with husband)


When it's nearly time for your husband to come home, set the table, change out of your housework clothes, comb your hair, put a little lipstick on, ready to greet him home from work. From that nugget of inspiration, I dont think she wore her apron at the table.

Am pretty sure that came from a 1950s etiquette book! Something similar online: https://www.drnancyoreilly.com/how-to-be-a-good-wife-1950s-style/ .

To those lap-napkin wearers: why bother? Half the time they end up on the floor!

Pollycat

Rosa_Damascena said:

To those lap-napkin wearers: why bother? Half the time they end up on the floor!

Ours don't.

lauratu

elsien said:

No. I find the detergents and washing at a decent temperature gets rid of any stains that I do have. I don’t know anyone who wears one for eating at all.

I've always been pretty bad at getting rid of stains. Most of the time an attenuated spot remains.
And even if it was working, detergents and washing costs money.

Torry_Quine

MalMonroe said:

For cooking yes, eating no. And I'll tell you for why. When you sit down to eat (or it could be just me?) there's a gap between the top of my apron and my clothing so any debris would be sure to go down there. 

I too had that problem but I adjust it to come up higher to avoid this.

lauratu

jennystarpepper said:

Would they wear one if they went to McD, a friend's house for tea, or Fish & Chips by the sea?

If they are being made to wear one as a teen are you letting them develop, to trust them to eat without making a mess?

As another said, modern wash detergents allow for easy cleaning, women no longer have to spend a couple of days doing the washing, which is why it was sensible to wear one, but those days are long gone thankfully. 

Wearing an apron doesn't mean making a mess while eating, does it ?

The kids are rarely going to McD, for a Fish & Chips by the sea eldest usually wears her apron if she has it, second eldest doesn't wear anything, the younger ones I make sure they do wear some protection. A friend house for tea I tell them to pay attention and it works most of the time.

Well yes maybe modern wash works but it costs money, doesn't it ?

lauratu

JIL said:

We all get dinner badges from time to time. But not that often than an apron is needed.  Wouldn't a napkin be better?
Aprons are for cooking.

For sure hopefully it is only now and then the we get dinner spots, but is it worth the risk ? Putting an apron at each meal is just so easy, at least at home. Well the napkin seems to never be at the right place, half of the time the stains miss the napkin.

Pollycat

Some people must be really messy eaters.

Rosa_Damascena

Pollycat said:

Some people must be really messy eaters.

They are, even the most educated amongst us. Anyone with poor table manners doesn't get far with me, I fear the worst when it comes to other domestic habits.