We have just spent the day at an enormous Car Boot and Market.
Something I noticed today was the amount of Table Cloths on sellers stalls. It seemed everyone was trying to get rid of them and no-one wanted them.
This can only lead me to ask, don't people eat at the Dining Table any more?
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Oscar Namechange;1463884 wrote: We have just spent the day at an enormous Car Boot and Market.
Something I noticed today was the amount of Table Cloths on sellers stalls. It seemed everyone was trying to get rid of them and no-one wanted them.
This can only lead me to ask, don't people eat at the Dining Table any more?
We eat at the table nine times out of ten and there's only the 2 of us now. I used to have us sit at the table all the time when the kids were little.. there's nothing better than a family around the table
Something I noticed today was the amount of Table Cloths on sellers stalls. It seemed everyone was trying to get rid of them and no-one wanted them.
This can only lead me to ask, don't people eat at the Dining Table any more?
We eat at the table nine times out of ten and there's only the 2 of us now. I used to have us sit at the table all the time when the kids were little.. there's nothing better than a family around the table
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In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
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kazalala;1463887 wrote: We eat at the table nine times out of ten and there's only the 2 of us now. I used to have us sit at the table all the time when the kids were little.. there's nothing better than a family around the table Me too...
When my house had finally finished all the alterations and decorating, I couldn't wait to get a new dining table and chairs.
We turn the TV off and eat at the table most nights and I love family around the table also.
Still, my gain today. I was thrilled to get a brand new white lace table cloth with napkins for just £3... The seller said she bought It but never used It.
Me too...When my house had finally finished all the alterations and decorating, I couldn't wait to get a new dining table and chairs.
We turn the TV off and eat at the table most nights and I love family around the table also.
Still, my gain today. I was thrilled to get a brand new white lace table cloth with napkins for just £3... The seller said she bought It but never used It.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. R.L. Binyon
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Yea i have a few nice tablecloths too,, some i bought abroad I like it all set nice at Christmas too
I like it all set nice at Christmas too FOC THREAD PART1
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Christmas and special occasions are the only times I have a tablecloth. Kids and tablecloths don't mix, they either get food stains all over them the minute you put a clean one on or the little one pulls on the cloth and causes chaos as everyone attempts to save all the dishes from hitting the floor!
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I always have my meals on my lap nowadays but it was the norm when I was young and when I had young children to have meals at the table. In fact I was asking someone the other day why we were always told, "elbows off the table." Was there a reason apart from good manners?
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theia;1463896 wrote: I always have my meals on my lap nowadays but it was the norm when I was young and when I had young children to have meals at the table. In fact I was asking someone the other day why we were always told, "elbows off the table." Was there a reason apart from good manners?
Wouldn't a plate be more beneficial ?
It's funny, when I was a kid, I used to curse my Mother for her fussyness. This was because It was my job to do the dishes with Dad.
The table had to be laid with place mats, as I recall, they had scenes of Constable paintings, along with napkins and the silver napkin rings my eldest brother made her during his apprenticeship, and not salt and pepper but ' the cruet ' anyway.... My Mother would never, ever dish food out onto plates In the kitchen.
Every vegetable had a seperate serving dish, those old fashioned one's with a lid. Although she did wash up as she went along cooking, the pile of washing up after each meal, was long and laborious. Ketchup was never allowed on the table until It had been decanted to a more fitting glass bowl with spoon.
Then the table cloth had to be washed along with the napkins, place mats wiped down and then out would come one of those carpet sweepers that doesn't actually suck anything up, just brush the crumbs up In order for them to fall out again. A Bissel I think they were called.
Meal times were also, elbows off the table, and I also don't know why. If you didn't eat all your vegetables, you were threatened with no pudding, or as my Father called It ' Sweet'.
We were not allowed to leave the table all the time the adults were eating and had to request permission to leave the table. Talking with food In your mouth was a no no.
I used to curse all of this palava and vowed once I got my own home, I was going to be a slob and dish my dinner up on plates In the kitchen. What the heck, I may as well totally rebel and eat sandwiches with the crusts on.
Yet, now, I have turned Into my Mother. I have bought those old fashioned serving dishes, gravy boats, even little dishes for the mustard and Jam. I get quite excited at the sight of a crisp white table cloth with matching napkins and colour co-ordinated place mats.
Wouldn't a plate be more beneficial ?
It's funny, when I was a kid, I used to curse my Mother for her fussyness. This was because It was my job to do the dishes with Dad.
The table had to be laid with place mats, as I recall, they had scenes of Constable paintings, along with napkins and the silver napkin rings my eldest brother made her during his apprenticeship, and not salt and pepper but ' the cruet ' anyway.... My Mother would never, ever dish food out onto plates In the kitchen.
Every vegetable had a seperate serving dish, those old fashioned one's with a lid. Although she did wash up as she went along cooking, the pile of washing up after each meal, was long and laborious. Ketchup was never allowed on the table until It had been decanted to a more fitting glass bowl with spoon.
Then the table cloth had to be washed along with the napkins, place mats wiped down and then out would come one of those carpet sweepers that doesn't actually suck anything up, just brush the crumbs up In order for them to fall out again. A Bissel I think they were called.
Meal times were also, elbows off the table, and I also don't know why. If you didn't eat all your vegetables, you were threatened with no pudding, or as my Father called It ' Sweet'.
We were not allowed to leave the table all the time the adults were eating and had to request permission to leave the table. Talking with food In your mouth was a no no.
I used to curse all of this palava and vowed once I got my own home, I was going to be a slob and dish my dinner up on plates In the kitchen. What the heck, I may as well totally rebel and eat sandwiches with the crusts on.
Yet, now, I have turned Into my Mother. I have bought those old fashioned serving dishes, gravy boats, even little dishes for the mustard and Jam. I get quite excited at the sight of a crisp white table cloth with matching napkins and colour co-ordinated place mats.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. R.L. Binyon
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The table is usually the one area of the home where a family comes together at one place, at one time. So, why not dress it up? It's a celebration.
The table is usually the one area of the home where a family comes together at one place, at one time. So, why not dress it up? It's a celebration.
Life is a Highway. Let's share the Commute.
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A real life Oscar Bouquet then.
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We have a monster pine pioneer table that seats 10 in the living room, but we only eat there when entertaining. Otherwise it's the coffee table in the den. We sometimes eat at the center island if it's just snacks, but we don't have a kitchen table now that the kids are grown.
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My lap's a good enough table for me. Dead common me!!
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If television didn't kill the family meal, cable TV, the internet and dual-working, separate-schedule spouses did. Then smartphones burned the corpse.
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Mmmm - corpse - lightly char-grilled & basted.
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I appreciate times have changed. Parents work and there Is just not enough time these days to cook from scratch and lay a table.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. R.L. Binyon
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Oscar Namechange;1463969 wrote: I appreciate times have changed. Parents work and there Is just not enough time these days to cook from scratch and lay a table.
I don't think it's a matter of time. I think it's just something that's outdated. It's too formal & simply feels out of place to a lot of people in the informal comfort of their home. When entertaining guests, that's a different matter, as you may well prefer a certain degree of formality in such an event - just not for everyday living, though.
I don't think it's a matter of time. I think it's just something that's outdated. It's too formal & simply feels out of place to a lot of people in the informal comfort of their home. When entertaining guests, that's a different matter, as you may well prefer a certain degree of formality in such an event - just not for everyday living, though.
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Oscar Namechange;1463884 wrote: ..... Table Cloths ..... It seemed everyone was trying to get rid of them and no-one wanted them.
I can understand that.
Oscar Namechange;1463884 wrote: This can only lead me to ask, don't people eat at the Dining Table any more?
With everything else "drop dry" - or suitable for wear straight from the tumbler ....... I don't think we can find the iron with which to remove the wrinkles in a table cloth. Place-mats do the job.
I can understand that.
Oscar Namechange;1463884 wrote: This can only lead me to ask, don't people eat at the Dining Table any more?
With everything else "drop dry" - or suitable for wear straight from the tumbler ....... I don't think we can find the iron with which to remove the wrinkles in a table cloth. Place-mats do the job.
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High Threshold;1463975 wrote: I can understand that.
With everything else "drop dry" - or suitable for wear straight from the tumbler ....... I don't think we can find the iron with which to remove the wrinkles in a table cloth. Place-mats do the job.
The trick Is to Iron them when they are damp.
Last year, we did the rounds delivering Christmas presents. The last on the list told us not to eat as they were preparing some food. We assumed this to be sausage rolls etc but no.
Totally unexpected, we get there to find they had actually cooked a Christmas roast dinner for us. We'd already filled up at other houses on nibbles.
No dining table so this was dished up on plates In the kitchen.
Now, everyone Is going to think I am being a prize cow here, but I have to say that It was one of the most revolting plates of food I had In my life and my husband agreed with me.
I know what you are all thinking and Yes, their hearts were In the right place and they were being kind.
We were each brought In a dinner plate crammed to the edges and piled high meaning there was no room to cut the meat and potato's. The tinned veg had not been strained properly so the water was running over the edge of the plate. We are both sitting on a low sofa which has seen better days, almost sinking right Inside It In fairly smart clothes. We have this plate piled high on our laps which also had an over generous dollop of gravy granule gravy which Is also now seeping over the edges. I asked If they had trays but no.
My side of the sofa, I had their dog drooling from his perch on the arm.
We can't eat It because we were not expecting It and certainly didn't want It. So you then have this humilating time of making polite excuses for not being able to eat It.
When we couldn't eat It, we were horrified to be told as we were leaving that they had put the leftovers for us In a container to take home :yh_rotfl
You don't get that sitting at a table. Guests can help themselves to as little or as musch as they like.
With everything else "drop dry" - or suitable for wear straight from the tumbler ....... I don't think we can find the iron with which to remove the wrinkles in a table cloth. Place-mats do the job.
The trick Is to Iron them when they are damp.
Last year, we did the rounds delivering Christmas presents. The last on the list told us not to eat as they were preparing some food. We assumed this to be sausage rolls etc but no.
Totally unexpected, we get there to find they had actually cooked a Christmas roast dinner for us. We'd already filled up at other houses on nibbles.
No dining table so this was dished up on plates In the kitchen.
Now, everyone Is going to think I am being a prize cow here, but I have to say that It was one of the most revolting plates of food I had In my life and my husband agreed with me.
I know what you are all thinking and Yes, their hearts were In the right place and they were being kind.
We were each brought In a dinner plate crammed to the edges and piled high meaning there was no room to cut the meat and potato's. The tinned veg had not been strained properly so the water was running over the edge of the plate. We are both sitting on a low sofa which has seen better days, almost sinking right Inside It In fairly smart clothes. We have this plate piled high on our laps which also had an over generous dollop of gravy granule gravy which Is also now seeping over the edges. I asked If they had trays but no.
My side of the sofa, I had their dog drooling from his perch on the arm.
We can't eat It because we were not expecting It and certainly didn't want It. So you then have this humilating time of making polite excuses for not being able to eat It.
When we couldn't eat It, we were horrified to be told as we were leaving that they had put the leftovers for us In a container to take home :yh_rotfl
You don't get that sitting at a table. Guests can help themselves to as little or as musch as they like.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. R.L. Binyon
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Oscar Namechange;1463969 wrote: I appreciate times have changed. Parents work and there Is just not enough time these days to cook from scratch and lay a table.
I disagree I made us a lovely meal tonight that took about 15 minutes
There are absolutely loads of meals that take half an hour or less,, and even ones that take longer can take at least little effort,, ten minutes to peel and chop some veg,, chuck it in a roasting tin with some olive oil, rosemary and garlic,, sit down and have a nice glass of red while it cooks for 30-40 mins,,, then add a couple of lamb or pork steaks in to the oven for 15 - 20 minutes and hey presto a gorgeous meal with very little effort at all
Cooking from scratch quite often takes no longer than a convenience meal, and of course its much tastier. I make it enjoyable by putting on some good music and having a nice sing and dance along while i cook,,, yes it may look strange to passers by peeking in my kitchen window but i am past caring
I disagree I made us a lovely meal tonight that took about 15 minutes
There are absolutely loads of meals that take half an hour or less,, and even ones that take longer can take at least little effort,, ten minutes to peel and chop some veg,, chuck it in a roasting tin with some olive oil, rosemary and garlic,, sit down and have a nice glass of red while it cooks for 30-40 mins,,, then add a couple of lamb or pork steaks in to the oven for 15 - 20 minutes and hey presto a gorgeous meal with very little effort at all
Cooking from scratch quite often takes no longer than a convenience meal, and of course its much tastier. I make it enjoyable by putting on some good music and having a nice sing and dance along while i cook,,, yes it may look strange to passers by peeking in my kitchen window but i am past caring
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In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Oscar Namechange;1463979 wrote: The trick Is to Iron them when they are damp.
Last year, we did the rounds delivering Christmas presents. The last on the list told us not to eat as they were preparing some food. We assumed this to be sausage rolls etc but no.
Totally unexpected, we get there to find they had actually cooked a Christmas roast dinner for us. We'd already filled up at other houses on nibbles.
No dining table so this was dished up on plates In the kitchen.
Now, everyone Is going to think I am being a prize cow here, but I have to say that It was one of the most revolting plates of food I had In my life and my husband agreed with me.
I know what you are all thinking and Yes, their hearts were In the right place and they were being kind.
We were each brought In a dinner plate crammed to the edges and piled high meaning there was no room to cut the meat and potato's. The tinned veg had not been strained properly so the water was running over the edge of the plate. We are both sitting on a low sofa which has seen better days, almost sinking right Inside It In fairly smart clothes. We have this plate piled high on our laps which also had an over generous dollop of gravy granule gravy which Is also now seeping over the edges. I asked If they had trays but no.
My side of the sofa, I had their dog drooling from his perch on the arm.
We can't eat It because we were not expecting It and certainly didn't want It. So you then have this humilating time of making polite excuses for not being able to eat It.
When we couldn't eat It, we were horrified to be told as we were leaving that they had put the leftovers for us In a container to take home :yh_rotfl
You don't get that sitting at a table. Guests can help themselves to as little or as musch as they like.
omg horrendous! :wah:sitting on a sofa with a roast dinner !
I must admit i like us at the table but i serve up on plates mostly.. i put the gravy out separate if there is call for gravy and i do a big bowl of salad separate if we are having a meal with salad.... at Christmas or special occasions I will do a few dishes separate on the table for people to help themselves,, such as stuffing, pigs in blankets, roasties etc,,
Im looking forward to Christmas now
think its gonna be at my house this year
Last year, we did the rounds delivering Christmas presents. The last on the list told us not to eat as they were preparing some food. We assumed this to be sausage rolls etc but no.
Totally unexpected, we get there to find they had actually cooked a Christmas roast dinner for us. We'd already filled up at other houses on nibbles.
No dining table so this was dished up on plates In the kitchen.
Now, everyone Is going to think I am being a prize cow here, but I have to say that It was one of the most revolting plates of food I had In my life and my husband agreed with me.
I know what you are all thinking and Yes, their hearts were In the right place and they were being kind.
We were each brought In a dinner plate crammed to the edges and piled high meaning there was no room to cut the meat and potato's. The tinned veg had not been strained properly so the water was running over the edge of the plate. We are both sitting on a low sofa which has seen better days, almost sinking right Inside It In fairly smart clothes. We have this plate piled high on our laps which also had an over generous dollop of gravy granule gravy which Is also now seeping over the edges. I asked If they had trays but no.
My side of the sofa, I had their dog drooling from his perch on the arm.
We can't eat It because we were not expecting It and certainly didn't want It. So you then have this humilating time of making polite excuses for not being able to eat It.
When we couldn't eat It, we were horrified to be told as we were leaving that they had put the leftovers for us In a container to take home :yh_rotfl
You don't get that sitting at a table. Guests can help themselves to as little or as musch as they like.
omg horrendous! :wah:sitting on a sofa with a roast dinner !
I must admit i like us at the table but i serve up on plates mostly.. i put the gravy out separate if there is call for gravy and i do a big bowl of salad separate if we are having a meal with salad.... at Christmas or special occasions I will do a few dishes separate on the table for people to help themselves,, such as stuffing, pigs in blankets, roasties etc,,
Im looking forward to Christmas now
think its gonna be at my house this year FOC THREAD PART1
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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kazalala;1463992 wrote: omg horrendous! :wah:sitting on a sofa with a roast dinner !
I must admit i like us at the table but i serve up on plates mostly.. i put the gravy out separate if there is call for gravy and i do a big bowl of salad separate if we are having a meal with salad.... at Christmas or special occasions I will do a few dishes separate on the table for people to help themselves,, such as stuffing, pigs in blankets, roasties etc,,
Im looking forward to Christmas now think its gonna be at my house this year
That experience actually got worse. As we were leaving, I was asked If I'd like the Turkey carcas for my Foxes. They added that there was a lot of meat on It as they had only served the breast. When we got home and I unwrapped the carcas, It was totally raw. The Inside of the legs and around the breast bone, completely raw.
I agree you can cook a meal from scratch In about 20 minutes. I was thinking of my pal with 3 jobs who doesn't even get 20 minutes to cook. Next time I am oup norrrfff, I'm coming round your house Mrs for dinner. :wah:
Ahhhh Christmas... I'm with you.
It's funny that only a month ago we were buying summer clothes and now I am buying for Christmas. I have a Christmas dinner service, red with gold stars. Last year one of our guests broke a plate and I still can't replace It from E Bay. That's the last time I have the local Tories round for drinks and nibbles. Bloody drunken hooligans.
I must admit i like us at the table but i serve up on plates mostly.. i put the gravy out separate if there is call for gravy and i do a big bowl of salad separate if we are having a meal with salad.... at Christmas or special occasions I will do a few dishes separate on the table for people to help themselves,, such as stuffing, pigs in blankets, roasties etc,,
Im looking forward to Christmas now
think its gonna be at my house this year That experience actually got worse. As we were leaving, I was asked If I'd like the Turkey carcas for my Foxes. They added that there was a lot of meat on It as they had only served the breast. When we got home and I unwrapped the carcas, It was totally raw. The Inside of the legs and around the breast bone, completely raw.
I agree you can cook a meal from scratch In about 20 minutes. I was thinking of my pal with 3 jobs who doesn't even get 20 minutes to cook. Next time I am oup norrrfff, I'm coming round your house Mrs for dinner. :wah:
Ahhhh Christmas... I'm with you.
It's funny that only a month ago we were buying summer clothes and now I am buying for Christmas. I have a Christmas dinner service, red with gold stars. Last year one of our guests broke a plate and I still can't replace It from E Bay. That's the last time I have the local Tories round for drinks and nibbles. Bloody drunken hooligans.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. R.L. Binyon
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Oscar Namechange;1463979 wrote: ....... We were each brought In a dinner plate crammed to the edges and piled high meaning there was no room to cut the meat and potato's. The tinned veg had not been strained properly so the water was running over the edge of the plate. We are both sitting on a low sofa which has seen better days, almost sinking right Inside It In fairly smart clothes. We have this plate piled high on our laps which also had an over generous dollop of gravy granule gravy which Is also now seeping over the edges. I asked If they had trays but no.
My side of the sofa, I had their dog drooling from his perch on the arm.
We can't eat It because we were not expecting It and certainly didn't want It. So you then have this humilating time of making polite excuses for not being able to eat It.
When we couldn't eat It, we were horrified to be told as we were leaving that they had put the leftovers for us In a container to take home ....
There are no words to express the disgust I am feeling at this moment, but thankfully there is a moticom to do it for me:
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My side of the sofa, I had their dog drooling from his perch on the arm.
We can't eat It because we were not expecting It and certainly didn't want It. So you then have this humilating time of making polite excuses for not being able to eat It.
When we couldn't eat It, we were horrified to be told as we were leaving that they had put the leftovers for us In a container to take home ....
There are no words to express the disgust I am feeling at this moment, but thankfully there is a moticom to do it for me:
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Fish & Chips are best from the paper - not put onto a plate, although, having said that, I occasionally put the the paper on a plate (on the rare occasions I have them these days - diet & all) but that is only to stop anything from soaking through the paper, or to avoid the paper tearing, etc. There is just something that feels fundamentally wrong about putting them onto a plate - let alone at the table.
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Oscar Namechange;1463997 wrote: That experience actually got worse. As we were leaving, I was asked If I'd like the Turkey carcas for my Foxes. They added that there was a lot of meat on It as they had only served the breast. When we got home and I unwrapped the carcas, It was totally raw. The Inside of the legs and around the breast bone, completely raw.
I agree you can cook a meal from scratch In about 20 minutes. I was thinking of my pal with 3 jobs who doesn't even get 20 minutes to cook. Next time I am oup norrrfff, I'm coming round your house Mrs for dinner. :wah:
Ahhhh Christmas... I'm with you.
It's funny that only a month ago we were buying summer clothes and now I am buying for Christmas. I have a Christmas dinner service, red with gold stars. Last year one of our guests broke a plate and I still can't replace It from E Bay. That's the last time I have the local Tories round for drinks and nibbles. Bloody drunken hooligans.
Maybe she could invest in a slow cooker?
I dont have a christmas dinner service but i have a couple of bowls and gravy boats etc that are christmassy :wah: also tablecloths of course
I agree you can cook a meal from scratch In about 20 minutes. I was thinking of my pal with 3 jobs who doesn't even get 20 minutes to cook. Next time I am oup norrrfff, I'm coming round your house Mrs for dinner. :wah:
Ahhhh Christmas... I'm with you.
It's funny that only a month ago we were buying summer clothes and now I am buying for Christmas. I have a Christmas dinner service, red with gold stars. Last year one of our guests broke a plate and I still can't replace It from E Bay. That's the last time I have the local Tories round for drinks and nibbles. Bloody drunken hooligans.
Maybe she could invest in a slow cooker?
I dont have a christmas dinner service but i have a couple of bowls and gravy boats etc that are christmassy :wah: also tablecloths of course
FOC THREAD PART1
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King Jr.