Things you assumed were normal

I love the smell of proper cherry blossom shoe polish. Tbh I think partly it’s nostalgia.

AlCalavicci - thank you! that's very useful. And no, you're not the only one - I love the smell of polish and freshly polished boots/shoes (the outside only, obvs! )

This thread has caused me to start eating Bovril on toast with thinly sliced cheese on top again. Really enjoying it!

Can anyone explain what they mean by making their ears ‘rumble’? Not quite sure what this is.

I just love random things on toast

Frank's cayenne pepper sauce drizzled on toast
Mustard n butter on toast
Bacon on toast with Bbq sauce (maybe cheese too)

As a child I loved raw onion with brown sauce on brown bread sandwiches. Might have to try one again! Our church social used to produce weird sandwich creations, like .. chilled sliced Mars bar and sliced apple on bread...actually heaven. And pineapple chunks and fresh cream on white bread... Weird but nice.

I have always eaten the whole apple.
Still alive 👍

I can honestly say I never saw the day when I would be posting pictures of shoe polish. International forum
But here they are, I soften this in the oven yesterday afternoon the Sunday dinner. I stuck a 10p in it just so you can see how much of the tin has gone. But how shiny and flat the surface is making it much easier to use. .

Ps am I the only one that really likes the smell of polish ?

@TheMotherofAllDilemmas Thank you, thank you! It actually tastes all right - like very crispy crusts when all soggy with the yolk. Not that I've felt an urge to try it in the last 20 years, seeing as I own a toaster (so did mum for almost all that time...)

@ThumbWitchesAbroad , yes it does , it makes it so much easier to use even when there is only a tiny bit left in the tin , you can tilt the tin onto its edge a bit and rest it on something till it sets so all the polish is gathered in one 'corner '
to warm it put it on a radiator with a thick towel over it ( it takes quite a while like that ,
a hair dryer , but mind you dont blow the bits out of the tin .
but I find the easiest way is when you have had the oven on for a while , once its turned off pop the tin in there for a bit .

which ever why you do it , heat the polish slowly and just enough or it seems to go grainy
dont use the polish while it is soft you get to much on the brush

XH used to put a pickled egg into a bag of cheese & onion crisps. Apparently it didn't work right with any other flavour. And he'd pickle his own eggs. That's one reason why he's an ex

@jackparlabane, you just earned the Weetabix price! 🏆🏆🏆

My mum used to give me a fried egg on Weetabix. It was too much work to make toast under the grill, she said. Everyone I know seems shocked by this!

Had a nasty teacher at primary and we dreaded her being on lunch duty as she made you eat your apple cores.

Most shocked I've been was in my late 20s, thought I was pretty well-travelled food wise, and stayed in a B&B in Brighton that turned out to be a bit corners-cutting and not well maintained. Looked forward to my fryup next morning because surely that would be good...
I was disgusted when instead of nice fried tomatoes, my eggs, bacon, sausage and mushrooms were getting soaked in the watery juice of two tinned tomatoes. Horrible! Apparently some people like this but every hotel I've asked since about their tomatoes has been equally dumbfounded.

AlCalavicci - really? Warming the bootpolish makes it all stick back together? How long do you warm it for, and do you do it over flame or how?

It's taken me a while to catch up with this thead but .
I still polish my boots / shoes , tack oil first . Esp on new footwear a day or two later polish as PP have said polish on then buff with a second brush and shine with a cloth ( old t-shirt) the only difference is I use Kiwi polish . I use to hate it when the polish broke up in the tin untill I discovered warming it up gently melts it and it all sticks back together

We also did 1st footing , my DD would go out with a piece of coal , a bit of candle, a coin a hunk of bread and some salt . DM would the open the back door to let the old year out and DD would knock on the front door and say something like " I bring you weath warmth light love and food. "

Weetabix with butter…eaten like a biscuit , delicious!

@RiftGibbon
We do "first-footing"; my Mum was a Geordie, although she moved to Sussex with my Dad when they got married. In our house it was the oldest dark-haired person, so after my parents went grey I got shoved out at midnight!

Did he die young? Just asking as people are affected differently. I know people who have done this and it has not.

He died aged 64

Bovril!!

Letsallscreamatthesistene

Did he die young? Just asking as people are affected differently. I know people who have done this and it has not.

I thought it was 'normal' to drink a bottle of wine a night because my Dad did it whilst I was growing up.

Turns out it isnt...

This thread is a real blast to the past!

“Did you clean your shoes last night with cherry blossom polish? Y-e-S spells yes, so out you must go with a jolly good push”

Anyone remember the weetabix advert From a few years ago - where they had different toppings/versions?
Used to Made me feel ill! (Yoghurt and berries
The only way to eat weetabix is hot milk mush with lots of sugar on top.

Fabulous concoctions on this thread I can not wait to try some... Well most of them actually !... I am quite excited about doing the food shop this week now thank you x

A slice of cake without some cheese,
Is like a hug without a squeeze

I did find out yesterday, from reading another thread that not everyone can make their ears "rumble".

I can but after reading this everyone I've asked doesn't know what I mean..i thought everyone could. Not read the whole thread.

I don't wear the sorts of shoes that need polishing any more.
When I was at school, I had to have Clarks as they were the only place that properly measured feet.