In our house it is the LAW to say

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"Basil!" in a screech à la Sybil

"Brown sugar!" In the style of Mick Jagger.

"Mangetout, Rodney, mangetout!" à la Only Fools.

OR

"What the hell is Mang-e-tout?!" À la the (American) boyfriend of a pal of mine who had never heard of it.

"Aubergine!" In a horrified tone in memory of DD2 when offered some.

What foodie (or otherwise) catchphrases do you have?

My daughter used to called beetroot, bootoot and that has tuck firm in our house.

We say “Barkus us willin” in a mock seedy 🤣Somerset accent”can’t remember if it was in David Copperfield or Great Expectations.

@Owl55, David Copperfield.

I hope you use Mr Micawber's phrase "Something must turn up," too.

Oooops!!

Also NUTS! Whole hazelnuts (Cadbury’s make them and the cover them in chocolate)

Quiche Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorraine…. (Bad Manners)

We do the mangetout Rodney as well 😂
When I was a child we would ask ‘can we leave the table?’after we finished our meal
and my DM would reply
‘ I should,it’s heavy!’ 😂

@Flatlandia

"Nuts" must always be followed by "whole hazelnuts ("huh" with hips thrust) Cadburys take 'em and they cover them in chocolate"

Wow I always thought that was nuts oh hazelnuts not whole u learn summat every day

Milk Roll bread is...
Tubby Toast from the Teletubbies
And
Hoovers are called "Noo Noos"

When I lived at home with my parents,if someone said 'Can you put the kettle on' it was compulsory to say 'It won't suit me'.

@ALongHardWinter

When I lived at home with my parents,if someone said 'Can you put the kettle on' it was compulsory to say 'It won't suit me'.

My brother says that or "I don't think it'll fit but I can try."

Poor Lu-Lu Harry Enfield

Your nuts m'lord. Two Ronnie's

It's worse than Rutherfords! Friday Night Dinner

Like other PP if someone says ‘I’ve got the key’ it’s followed by a wail of ‘I’ve got the secret!’

Also ‘More bass please’ after a burp

Doo dododo dodo dodo it's shower time!

@BoredZelda

’Home again, home again, jiggety jog' at the end of any long-ish night-time car journey. I have no idea why my parents would say this, but now I do too.

Same! But it’s jiggety jig. It’s a kids rhyme. To market to market to buy a fat pig, home again home again, jiggety jig. My grandma sang it whilst jiggling us on her knee.

I say it to Gdcs. The rhyme goes,

To market, to market, to buy a fat pig,
Home again, home again, jiggety jig.

To market, to market, to buy a fat hog,
Home again, home again, jiggety jog.

*When dh farts he stamps the floor and says "Bloody frogs!"

I don't think he did this before we got married. It might have altered things...*

This made me laugh a LOT

@GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER I only know the 1st verse but love that there's a 2nd!! DS2 will definitely benefit x

It’s the law here to say, ‘That HAIR!’ - when anyone on TV has that long, curly-messy hair, like Rebekah Whatsit of the News of the World scandal.

Dates back to my DM invariably saying it when she saw any such hair. She’s long gone now but we still say it.,

@SylvanasWindrunner

Gaahlic bread ala Peter Kay. I'm sure there are more but can't think!

It's the future!!!

@2Bottles

*When dh farts he stamps the floor and says "Bloody frogs!"

I don't think he did this before we got married. It might have altered things...*

This made me laugh a LOT

We blame hedgehogs!

Nachos are brought to the table In our house to the tune of Macho Macho Man (Nacho Nacho Man).

If either my husband or I say 'I am hot' the only permissible response is 'and then you're not, you're cold as ice) An AC/DC lyric.

It is compulsory to say 'Bardet (Party) on down dude ' when Romain Bardet the French cyclist comes on TV - this happens a lot as we are mad on cycling

Also from Friday Night Dinner- we have to say Crimble Crumble - instead of apple crumble.

'You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!!" when things have gone pear-shaped in our house.

Lots of "pivot!" "Sh*t on it" "alrightt bambino's?" & crimble crumble here too.

"More cheese Louise"...randomly said..not sure how/why but often uttered

DS2 (18) will fart and shout the word "safety" (which it most definitely is not!!) every time.

Also DS2 after using the downstairs loo "nuclear in there, I wouldn't go in/light a match"

"Could I BE any more" followed by descriptive verb Chandler Bing stylee

I'm sure there's loads more ....

'Mangy trout' for mangetout!

I want to be a tomato. (Pry advert I think)

Pru

we used to have lots of "tits yoghurts" (peTITS filous) when the kids were younger.

i am SO stealing the "i love U2 - especially bono".

my daughter does a great impression of wallis (wallace? not sure) when we have cheese and she waves her hands around and says "cheese" in a funnny voice. (it's better than it sounds)