tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post4777729118269470717..comments2024-01-05T14:05:40.691+01:00Comments on The Adventures of the Gingerbread Lady: The Irrational Fear of Onions and Other Inherited QuirksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post-40744853877556049852011-05-22T03:57:35.281+02:002011-05-22T03:57:35.281+02:00I remember the first time I truly realized there i...I remember the first time I truly realized there is more than one right way to do things. I was fussing while unpacking into a new apartment because the kitchen did not afford a drawer near the stove that could be used to store spices. After all, my mother and my grandmother always kept their spices in a drawer near the stove! Suddenly I thought, "Well, why do they have to be in a drawer?" I must admit unpacking went a bit faster after that.<br /><br />I think one is lucky if one turns into only one's mother or only one's father. Me, I am turning into both - and it's not pretty!rebbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17377716976800694612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post-54117171461147252962011-05-19T19:03:48.566+02:002011-05-19T19:03:48.566+02:00Love your Realta afghan and want to support you bu...Love your Realta afghan and want to support you but cannot figure out how to purchase pattern. I put money on the paypal account(took 6 days), and still cannot purchase your pattern. PLEASE help.mollybygolly1113https://www.blogger.com/profile/16928081223291047834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post-13679051318620306612011-05-18T02:23:34.913+02:002011-05-18T02:23:34.913+02:00It is indeed funny how we all have different eatin...It is indeed funny how we all have different eating/cooking habits! I actually also lop the top off of my hard/soft-boiled eggs too! My dad grew up in a British boarding-school in Malaysia, maybe that has something to do with it?<br /><br />Another thing my family does that I've never seen anyone else do and have always wondered why we do it: we use a special "egg poker" to poke tiny pin-prick holes in both ends of our eggs before boiling them. I don't even know what the purpose of it is. Is this a European thing? <br /><br />We also butter both pieces of our bread for a sandwich, no matter what kind of sandwich it is. I am one weird girl here in the States, let me tell ya! ;DJust a Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00865329100704982544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post-40839085178771652732011-05-11T22:32:49.345+02:002011-05-11T22:32:49.345+02:00I am so glad that I'm not the only person who&...I am so glad that I'm not the only person who's (a) becoming a parent (dibbly tool! haha!) and (b) married someone WHO DOES THINGS ALL WRONG. They might be quirks, but it's lovely to know where the magic spoon comes from and how a cup of tea can be made so much better with 21 stirrings of the spoon :-)The Gingerbread Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11060553716262145464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post-26985954658879106432011-05-11T17:27:18.101+02:002011-05-11T17:27:18.101+02:00I'm turning into my Dad, I have his sense of h...I'm turning into my Dad, I have his sense of humour and I say odd things that he says, which I only recently realised weren't even real words. He calls his swiss army knife a 'dibbly tool' and I asked to borrow one off someone the other day, it took 5 minutes to explain what I meant :DKitty Hates Everythinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906145409136340639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post-52302384455106456212011-05-10T15:42:34.049+02:002011-05-10T15:42:34.049+02:00When my Grandmother made her shortbread, she alway...When my Grandmother made her shortbread, she always stirred it with the largest spoon from her good silverware. When my mom makes shortbread she does the same - the silver spoon must be used! It has magical properties that need to be imparted into the shortbread! Or - as Grandma told me - it was the only spoon in the house strong enough to stand up to hand mixing a big batch of shortbread dough. She had big wooden spoons, but the dough stuck to those and was annoying to scrub off. I tell my kid we have to use the Magic Silver Spoon because she is still young enough to believe me :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post-56031484541526679732011-05-09T13:55:58.487+02:002011-05-09T13:55:58.487+02:00The biggest argument my then new husband and I had...The biggest argument my then new husband and I had 30 years ago was on how to make a pot of tea for iced tea. I boiled the water first and then put in the teabags. He put the teabags in before the water boiled and thought my way was fussy.<br /><br />I was appalled! How could this man I loved be so WRONG? We compromised and he made tea his way and I made it mine. However, after a few times of tea bags that dissolved in the tea when he forgot to turn it off when it boiled, he saw the error of his ways and made it my way. I felt totally vindicated.Donna Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877384848664758611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post-63153617545418543612011-05-07T10:45:27.622+02:002011-05-07T10:45:27.622+02:00I can see how things like that get passed on. My 1...I can see how things like that get passed on. My 10yr old son has recently learned to make a cup of tea and he stirs it 21 times the same way I do. I've told him it's just one of my loony quirks and not necessary but he says that I make good tea therefore the 21 times stirring has to be done.Ms C @ HappyElastichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16981976759929440722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post-10094061499090510632011-05-07T01:36:12.056+02:002011-05-07T01:36:12.056+02:00Mirror, mirror on the wall,
I am my mother after a...Mirror, mirror on the wall,<br />I am my mother after all.<br /><br />sigh . . . .Cobblestone Creationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08588466180335065004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post-40201348853291572922011-05-06T23:46:39.074+02:002011-05-06T23:46:39.074+02:00I would never "chop" the top of a hard-b...I would never "chop" the top of a hard-boiled egg but my mother does this with her soft-boiled ones and I can't see what is wrong with doing so. I like to cut my hard-boiled egg in pieces (isn't that cruel?). Thus it fits easily onto a slice of bread ...<br /><br />Killer onions - *lol*nordwolkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04026965360591296360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post-35121080710054062602011-05-06T23:11:49.278+02:002011-05-06T23:11:49.278+02:00I had heard that story before (just a bit differen...I had heard that story before (just a bit differently) and it always makes me smile. <br /><br />No one better get an onion around my baking either. YUCK!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post-12880819501706753162011-05-06T23:05:35.270+02:002011-05-06T23:05:35.270+02:00Tradition has its place ... and so does modernity,...Tradition has its place ... and so does modernity, function and thinking for oneself. :)Voie de Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863741631512546821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907318835461639396.post-11849641502774537772011-05-06T22:11:59.983+02:002011-05-06T22:11:59.983+02:00Here in NYC I know I've heard that story befor...Here in NYC I know I've heard that story before in altered form. It was about an immigrant grandmother and her oven, I think. <br /><br />My mother cast on her knitting stitches by using backward loops. I use the long tail method. Point of pride.Katie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978130678737900234noreply@blogger.com