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

The sprinkles they put on bread in the Netherlands (hagelslag) are not the same as our hundreds and thousands. They’re bigger and a different texture. They’re lovely on waffles!
They also have chocolate flakes too (vlokken).

Tuna and beans on jacket potato!!

@BMIwoes The no hall/porch thing really freaked me out when I first came to the UK...I still don't like it to be honest.

I also hated twilight (not the films, never seen them, the actual 'thing') when I first came here as a 9 year old. I was used to it being pitch black by 6.30pm all year round...it still being light at 10pm freaked me out!

But there aren't British style 'councils' in many places abroad, or there are but they're not called councils.

And if somebody has a baby, you get aniseed ones called "muisjes" on something a bit like Melba toast. Pink and white for a girl, blue and white for a boy.

Not my mum, but it's a fond memory of boarding school, along with peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

Me neither? We just have a pile and you grab the one you want.. do people have differ t colours or something, how do you know it's yours?

PB, banana and honey on toast. 😋

Try pink cocktail sauce, it's delicious. Just as nice on buttered bread, too.

I've never come across them myself but they sound like a stellar idea.

I aIways thought that you couId NOT wash mushrooms, as they wouId "soak up the water." OnIy found out about 15 years ago (and I'm 70) that they do NOT. The weight of a mushroom simpIy brushed free of dirt onIy changes about 1% when washed. I've been happiIy scrubbing the IittIe beggars since then, and they cook/taste JUST FINE!

Ooh not tried those. Will look out for them, thanks.

Has anyone watched a cookery show and the chef has peeled mushrooms. They are not for peeling 🤣🤣🤣

DH’s family do that. I don’t understand it at all.

Neither I nor the DC do it so hopefully will die out with him!

@fullbloom87 "I didn't realise Christmas jumper day at my kids school meant they went in with a Christmas style jumper so would stay up sewing ball balls onto normal jumpers"

Here's something else you've learned today: the word you're looking for is baubles!

So many women seem to think it's important not to wear knickers in bed, as my mother used to say, to air it out! What are you doing? laying in bed with your legs spread apart and no covers on?? Because it's not getting aired out if your legs are closed, you're wearing pyjamas and are covered in a fucking duvet!! 😂

And peeling mushrooms? Christ, have you nothing better to do!

Everyone has different coloured towels in my house. I don't want to dry my face where someone else has rubbed their arse dry.

My parents were very heavy smokers, as was my grandfather. I grew thinking that smoking was what you automatically did as a adul.t. did smoke for around 10 years then gave it up forever.

Where do you come from @Nowthenhere - this is so interesting. I remember being shocked when a friend's dad cooked tea in the 80s (it made me a feminist) but I still don't think I've come across a place as gender-free as you describe even forty years on.

So did I 🤦🏼‍♀️

And peeling mushrooms? Christ, have you nothing better to do!

I don't even like mushrooms and neither do my husband and kids so I don't cook them or peel them at all.
Bit of a weird thing to say though. Presumably you don't think peeling potatoes or carrots or other fruit and veg is a waste of time? It's just a method of food prep.
My mum did it so like most kids would, I assumed that was the way it was done.

My Grandma would serve homemade yorkies like this before the main course

@Applescruffle "Presumably you don't think peeling potatoes or carrots or other fruit and veg is a waste of time?"

No because the skin on potatoes and carrots can be tough, but the skin on mushrooms isn't. This thread is about things you thought were normal right? Well I thought it was normal NOT to peel mushrooms 🤷🏻‍♀️ also I can peel potatoes and carrots really fast but peeling mushrooms seems like a laborious process but maybe that's just me.

My friend's Mum did this on sleepovers, yum.

@Borris how funny! I have read ballache as ba-lash forever and only today admitted this to my friend who found it hilarious. I am so happy to find other people read it like I do!!

@Mumtobabyhavoc yes I remember my mum making us cinnamon toast too! It really is tasty, I'll need to try doing some again soon it's been ages.

I didn't realise that when a visitor leaves someone's house, other families don't all stand up and wave from the window until their relative/friend has gone out of sight.
My parents and us kids used to all stand up and wave goodbye to each other until we couldn't see each other any more, I thought everyone did this too!
Then I stood waving for ages to a friend years later (in my 20s) and she said it freaked her out. To be fair it probably would be kind of weird if you're not used to it. Never realised it could be weird!

@Dashel Need to sleep but keep giggling at your low-flying penguins 🐧🤣