Things you didn't know weren't normal

[Applescruffle]

What are things you thought every one or every family did until you became an adult or entered a new relationship?

I'll start. I thought that everyone ate the leftover yorkshires after a roast dinner as desert eg: fill them with cream and fruit or custard or something, basically use them like you would a pancake... no?

I thought everyone peeled mushrooms, I didn't know that not only do people not peel mushrooms, lots don't even know they have peel!! 😱

I'll probably think of more.

Nb: I'm not meaning to trigger anyone's childhood or relationship trauma, I just mean lighthearted things x

I forgot - I should have made this is include things that were a culture shock to you if you moved countries.

I didn’t know that you didn’t have to stand up to listen to the Queen’s speech on Christmas Day. My dad made us do this every year, and it was only when we got to non-gullible age, we realised that he’d been having us on for years…

I thought that the Little Chef would only give you a lollipop if you cleared your plate.

Didn't realise that this was actually my mum and dad's rule until I was in my mid 30s and half way through telling someone at work about it. As in - Little Chef only gave you a lollipop if you cleared your.... HOLD ON.
Slightly embarrassing 😁

I’ve never eaten the ends of a banana….I was shocked when I watched DH munch his way through the whole thing whilst shouting “noooo the ends are poisonous”

apparently not.

Thanks Nan!

I didn't know what a bellend was until I was 28.
I wrong to school in the 90s when "bellend" was the insult everyone was using for each other and I didn't know what it was. I asked my parents round the dinner table and they refuses to tell me, told me to stop being stupid in front of my little brother and sister.

So I decided for myself that it must be a foreskin, not sure why.

Anyway, years later my son was circumcised (medical reasons) and I casually mentioned to my sister that "he doesn't have a bell end". She helpfully drew me a diagram.

Er are the ends of a banana not poisonous then???

I thought weetabix was made with water like porridge (grew up very poor).

that there was one type of curry.

And we also peeled mushrooms, it was my favourite job!

I thought only poor people went to state school

Haha that made me laugh!

I thought ball-ache was pronounced bal-ash

Culture shock

Beetroot on burgers (horrible)
Sausage rolls that contains watery frozen style vegetables ( kiwis do not understand decent sausage rolls)
’Bring a plate’ had to be explained that you also bring food on the plate to a social gathering 🤭
Beef/ Pork ‘flavoured’ sausages with painted on lines and made from … well we won’t go into that one - wouldn’t feed them to the dogs.

If you rent you don’t pay council tax
insurance not compulsory for vehicles and a LOT cheaper for fully comp
Being able to grow the majority of your vegetables year round
Neighbours talk to you, and are helpful. Strangers say hello on walks
Parking for free on the high street - spent ages looking for a pay and display the first time

And I didn’t know till very late that mushrooms should be peeled ( washed, always peeled, no).

@GoodnightJude1

My dh doesn't eat the ends , his nan told him spider's lay their eggs in them.

I thought the opposite. I thought so many normal things were only for very rich people. Not that we were just dirt poor.

Like I thought going to a theme park was for millionaires.

What are "leftover yorkshires"?

Parking for free on the high street - spent ages looking for a pay and display the first time

agreed with this. I had a boyfriend who drove me in to London as a treat and just left the car parked on a street. I was aghast! But it was a) the 2000’s and b) outside the restricted hours!

Lol I knew someone would say that.

We would always cook extra so there would be some left. Or we would purposely decide to have a certain number so there could be some left for desert.
Making a separate desert for a roast is weird to me (except for Christmas day) because there are yorkshires which are both sweet and savoury.

White bread and butter crisp sandwiches. Grew up on these but my husband is horrified my them.

I thought that those rocking machine rides in supermarkets only worked with special grandparent money, which was not the same as the money mum or dad had in their pockets. Special grandparent money was the only currency accepted m=by ice cream vans too.

I thought everyone ate apple crumble cold. I was gobsmacked to be served hot crumble at my first boyfriend's house. It was delicious, how did my family not know about this?!

My daughter spent years convinced that light switches were there to turn the darkness on

Not wasting perfectly edible food.

I was brought up to avoid waste, because as a family we simply couldn’t afford to waste food. Whenever I see people binning food which is completely fine just because it has hit its ‘best before’ date, or because they have eaten the breasts of the chicken but don’t want the leg meat (yes, really!) I am appalled.

Mostly, I manage to bite my lip, but I did say something when I saw someone about to bin a pack of avocados because they were ‘out of date’. They weren’t even ripe, never mind being off!

Having butter and peanut butter on toast. Totally normal in my family, every time I've done it in front of someone else they've reacted as if I'm eating like late era Elvis.

Sorry... what?
Cold crumble?
I do not understand lol. Its an autumn/winter desert. Why would it be cold? Did your parents just cook it and then let it go cold?? Whhhyy??

@Applescruffle are you possibly from Yorkshire ( or Lancashire!)

Oooh I love cold crumble. Like, I know it's originally hot but if there's ever any left over it's lovely the next day straight out of the fridge.

I also have butter and peanut butter.

I don't peel mushrooms, just wipe off any dirt

I do (or did as a child) have Yorkshire Pudding and Treacle (Golden Syrup) for pudding after Sunday lunch

That is madness!