Things you assumed were normal

@lovelyupnorth my mum always used to do us buttered weetabix for a snack. I thought it was completely normal until not long ago OH spotted me eating one like it and was disgusted!

@ImportantWater, YES! our stockings were a leg each of a pair of Mum's tights she'd got a ladder in. From about November if she laddered a pair she'd put it on oneside for Chrtistmas eve so she didn't have to damage a decent pair.

It was so much more practical - they're stretchy, so everything fits. THe stupid decorative ones our kids have frequently won't hold an annual or a wide toy.

Oh and cold curry sandwiches for Sunday breakfast. My dad would cook a big potato curry for sat night, left overs were cold between slices of white bread. My DH looked horrified when I told him.

Newly married my DH asked did I want toasted crumpets, he served them with melted cheese and salt not jam and butter! What!!!

My father was stationed in W.Africa during the war. When he came back, he always sprinkled salt on them and sometimes fried them with bacon for breakfast. I didn't like them fried, but still have salt with mine in a sandwich. Also apple sandwiches. We always ate apple cores. Dad said other boys who didn't have an apple to eat would say, 'Gissa the core'.

Weetabix served With sugar, warm and thick. Yum! I remember being weirded out when I first saw someone pouring cold milk on it!

I used to also think that everyone had a roast dinner on Sundays, until a school friend mentioned they hardly ever did....eyes were opened!

@@Lovestonap Not quite that extreme but my grandparents always took their cat caravanning with them. He'd travel in the van and they would just let him out wherever they stopped. He never got lost and did many, many holidays like that.

For myself, we always ate faggots when I was a kid. I thought everyone did but I get many quizical looks from people I mention it to.

my kids get their presents in sexy black hold ups. They will probably be posting on a thread like this in 20 years.

All you cyanide alarmists, I have done the apple core thing for years and years and I'm still here Me too, still here late 60s so it's taking it's time to finish me off, old age might get me first.

Playdate and I gave the children some warm Ribena, it was a cold day. One mother said a very sarky, "Thanks for that, DD won't drink it cold now." I'd always thought Ribena was a warm/hot drink.

Cold tinned pilchards on hot toast.....according to OH I'm a freak they should always be hot pilchards

No, they should be cold, served with a salad or in a sandwich but grilled and served hot, nope.

Grilled sardines on toast served hot - yum.

Cod's roe fried in butter and served on toast. Delicious. Well, when I was a kid anyway.

'Cheese Dreams' were fried cheese sandwiches and I remember them being very nice.

yorkshire puddings with golden syrup and clotted cream. yummy.

I just noticed a thread on my comment above 😅🤦🏼‍♀️

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Also true titania!!

Having pudding before dinner at Sunday teatime.

No idea why we did it and was very puzzled when I discovered no-one else did this.

Now I'm craving trifle...

@spied we often had a Yorkshire pudding for pudding with golden syrup drizzled on it and milk!

If you think about it a Yorkshire pudding is just a puffed up pancake so not THAT odd!!!

I have done the apple core thing for years and years and I'm still here

I can tell you that you will die, though.

@RiftGibbon I missed the previous thread, what is 'making your ears rumble'?

Everyone being able to think in words, apparently some people can’t do this and they just see images.

All you cyanide alarmists, I have done the apple core thing for years and years and I'm still here :)

I've always had weetabix the same way as you OP, so does my children now. Couldn't imagine eating it cold!

Condensed milk sandwich eater here! Did you know you can get it in tubes? Then you can squeeze it directly into your mouth, (never done that, never!) My husband eats weetabix with cold milk and Farleys rusk as well (weirdo)

My sister used to drink "beena milk". I have never come across anything more disgusting. The Ribena doesn't dissolve properly in the milk and clots, as far as I remember.

The post about taking pets caravanning brought back memories . 1970... A Rover with two pigeons sitting on the headrests whilst we were in the caravan. Put then in the van when we wanted to drive somewhere. Dad bred pigeons and these two had lost their Mums. I took guinea pigs caravanning and we used to build then a run with the van cushions and they became like a mini zoo attraction on the site. They were our cushions by the way not a hired van.

Apple seeds will generally pass through you untouched unless you specifically bite them so most people who eat them won't be harmed by them; and even if you do bite them the amygdalin inside needs time to fully convert to cyanide, and even then you'd need a few to end up actually poisoned.