It's easy to believe that our way of doing things is universal even if
it really isn't. This week a casual friend dropped by just when I was
making a tuna sandwich. I spread the mayo on the bread and he was
genuinely startled. Why do you need extra mayo when the tuna salad is
already mayo-based? But you always put mayo on the bread, I said.
Not when you're using tuna or egg salad with its own full ration of
mayo, he said. Everyone knows that, we both said, meaning opposite
things.

So, do you 'dress' the bread/toast first or just spread the tuna/egg
salad on directly?

What other 'everyone knows that' things have you discovered to be less
than universal? -aem

"aem" > wrote :
>
> So, do you 'dress' the bread/toast first or just spread the tuna/egg
> salad on directly?

No extra mayo for me.

cybercat wrote:
> "aem" > wrote :
>>
>> So, do you 'dress' the bread/toast first or just spread the tuna/egg
>> salad on directly?
>
> No extra mayo for me.

Nor me.

On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:19:42 -0800 (PST), aem >
wrote:

>It's easy to believe that our way of doing things is universal even if
>it really isn't. This week a casual friend dropped by just when I was
>making a tuna sandwich. I spread the mayo on the bread and he was
>genuinely startled. Why do you need extra mayo when the tuna salad is
>already mayo-based? But you always put mayo on the bread, I said.
>Not when you're using tuna or egg salad with its own full ration of
>mayo, he said. Everyone knows that, we both said, meaning opposite
>things.
>
>So, do you 'dress' the bread/toast first or just spread the tuna/egg
>salad on directly?

Tuna goes on plain bread, or on buttered toast. Egg salad gets mayo.
Tuna often gets a slice of American cheese, too.

>What other 'everyone knows that' things have you discovered to be less
>than universal?

The order in which dishes are washed. There IS a correct order!

Carol, OCD

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On Jan 1, 9:28*am, Damsel in dis Dress >
wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:19:42 -0800 (PST), aem >
> wrote:
> [snips]
> Tuna goes on plain bread, or on buttered toast. *Egg salad gets mayo.
> Tuna often gets a slice of American cheese, too.
>
> >What other 'everyone knows that' things have you discovered to be less
> >than universal?
>
> The order in which dishes are washed. *There IS a correct order!
>
Glassware first, then silver, then dishes? -aem

On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:31:36 -0800 (PST), aem >
wrote:

>On Jan 1, 9:28*am, Damsel in dis Dress >
>wrote:
>> On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:19:42 -0800 (PST), aem >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >What other 'everyone knows that' things have you discovered to be less
>> >than universal?
>>
>> The order in which dishes are washed. *There IS a correct order!
>>
>Glassware first, then silver, then dishes?

You got it! A woman after my own heart (actually, my mom's). Pans
are last, then I do a separate load of plastic. I hate washing
plastic. It's usually too dirty to put before anything that might be
greasy, but it can't be washed in greasy water. Did I mention that I
hate washing plastic?

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aem > wrote in

> So, do you 'dress' the bread/toast first or just spread the
> tuna/egg salad on directly?
>
> What other 'everyone knows that' things have you discovered to
> be less than universal? -aem

No extra mayo here.

"aem" > wrote in message
...
> It's easy to believe that our way of doing things is universal even if
> it really isn't. This week a casual friend dropped by just when I was
> making a tuna sandwich. I spread the mayo on the bread and he was
> genuinely startled. Why do you need extra mayo when the tuna salad is
> already mayo-based? But you always put mayo on the bread, I said.
> Not when you're using tuna or egg salad with its own full ration of
> mayo, he said. Everyone knows that, we both said, meaning opposite
> things.
>
> So, do you 'dress' the bread/toast first or just spread the tuna/egg
> salad on directly?

Of course one puts mayo on the bread. On both slices. One can never have too
much mayo (assuming it's Hellman's).

Felice

aem > wrote in message
...
[snip]
> So, do you 'dress' the bread/toast first or just
> spread the tuna/egg salad on directly?

Dress bread first, lettuce, then a helping of tuna/egg salad.

> What other 'everyone knows that' things have
> you discovered to be less than universal?

Dressing the cheese side of a meat-and-cheese sandwich with
mayo, laying down mustard on the meat side, setting up multiple
slices of cheese, then hearty helping of sliced meat, then
laying down an assortment of veggies in the middle, and
finishing off with diagonal cut across sandwich. A friend's mom
taught me this; keeps the bread from getting soggy from the
vegetables. but freaks most people out with the back and forth
when they stand and watch.

Salting the water for pasta (and, in my case, adding oil upon
the boil.)

The Ranger

"aem" > wrote in message
...
> It's easy to believe that our way of doing things is universal even if
> it really isn't. This week a casual friend dropped by just when I was
> making a tuna sandwich. I spread the mayo on the bread and he was
> genuinely startled. Why do you need extra mayo when the tuna salad is
> already mayo-based? But you always put mayo on the bread, I said.
> Not when you're using tuna or egg salad with its own full ration of
> mayo, he said. Everyone knows that, we both said, meaning opposite
> things.
>
> So, do you 'dress' the bread/toast first or just spread the tuna/egg
> salad on directly?
>
> What other 'everyone knows that' things have you discovered to be less
> than universal? -aem

I never either! Heard of such a thing, that is :-) Plain bread here
whether it's egg salad or tuna salad.

TammyM

Damsel in dis Dress > wrote in
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[snip]
> The order in which dishes are washed. There IS a correct
> order!

Damned straight, grrlfriend! Dishes and plates first, followed
by serving bowls, silverware, and if there's still room on the
bottom rack, a couple pots or pans. The top rack then gets all
glass and stemware. Load tab into soap tray, shut door and
press start. Leave remaining "containers" in sink for future
run.

Any other "method" is immediately suspect and inferior.

The Ranger

On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:55:49 -0800, "The Ranger"
> wrote:

>Damsel in dis Dress > wrote in
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>[snip]
>> The order in which dishes are washed. There IS a correct
>> order!
>
>Damned straight, grrlfriend! Dishes and plates first, followed
>by serving bowls, silverware, and if there's still room on the
>bottom rack, a couple pots or pans. The top rack then gets all
>glass and stemware. Load tab into soap tray, shut door and
>press start. Leave remaining "containers" in sink for future
>run.
>
>Any other "method" is immediately suspect and inferior.

<Damsel moons Ranger>

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> <Damsel moons Ranger>

And such a FULL moon it is!

The "R,D&H" Ranger

TammyM > wrote in message
...
> I never either! Heard of such a thing, that is :-) Plain
> bread here whether it's egg salad or tuna salad.

That's cuz you won't (not can't) use a much more superior
product than that petroleum-based white crude you always tout.
I wouldn't want to add more of it to anything I was eating
either.

The Ranger

On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 10:01:22 -0800, "The Ranger"
> wrote:

>Damsel in dis Dress > wrote in
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>> <Damsel moons Ranger>
>
>And such a FULL moon it is!
>
>The "R,D&H" Ranger

Well, I never!

Carol

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aem > wrote in message
...
> It's easy to believe that our way of doing things is universal even if
> it really isn't. This week a casual friend dropped by just when I was
> making a tuna sandwich. I spread the mayo on the bread and he was
> genuinely startled. Why do you need extra mayo when the tuna salad is
> already mayo-based? But you always put mayo on the bread, I said.
> Not when you're using tuna or egg salad with its own full ration of
> mayo, he said. Everyone knows that, we both said, meaning opposite
> things.
>
> So, do you 'dress' the bread/toast first or just spread the tuna/egg
> salad on directly?
>
> What other 'everyone knows that' things have you discovered to be less
> than universal? -aem

I don't use mayo on the bread with either tuna or egg salad sandwiches.
After moving to this area many years ago - near some relatives, found 'they'
do things a lot different than my family - and I - do. Such as - always
putting tuna into macaroni salad. Thinking the only way fish is served is
breaded and deep fried. I first had bread pussing at a relatives - and they
were stumped when I asked for rice pudding on the menu when they threw a
college graduation party for me (I went back to college to learn about
computers when I was 54).

They had no use for soy products of any kind - until a grandchild was found
to be allergic to milk and they had to get soy milk. Vegetables - other
than potatoes - seldom served. Lima beans, Brussels sprouts, broccoli,
yellow beans - they knew what they were but didn;t serve them. No whole
grains.

JonquilJan

Learn something new every day
As long as you are learning, you are living
When you stop learning, you start dying

The Ranger > wrote in message
ndwidth...
> Damsel in dis Dress > wrote in
> message ...
> [snip]
> > The order in which dishes are washed. There IS a correct
> > order!
>
> Damned straight, grrlfriend! Dishes and plates first, followed
> by serving bowls, silverware, and if there's still room on the
> bottom rack, a couple pots or pans. The top rack then gets all
> glass and stemware. Load tab into soap tray, shut door and
> press start. Leave remaining "containers" in sink for future
> run.
>
> Any other "method" is immediately suspect and inferior.
>
> The Ranger
>
>
LOL. I live alone - no dishwasher - except myself. I wash/rinse off dishes
when I need them.

JonquilJan

Learn something new every day
As long as you are learning, you are living
When you stop learning, you start dying

Well! Im with your friend on this one, LOL. I dont put mayo on the
bread with either tuna or egg salad.

One oif MY little weirdnesses is, I insist on my turkey sands being
schmeared with Miracle Whip, NOT mayo.

I had this friend who used to take a bath by taking off her clothes,
then getting in to the EMPTY bath tub...THEN turning on the water. We
were room mates and often in the bathroom at the same time. When I saw
her do this, I said, "ARE YOU MAD? Everybody KNOWS you put the water
in first!"

She looked up at me, amazed. "Really?" "This is how my mother used to
bathe all of us...and I never thought of doing it the other way."

I pointed out the advantage of NOT having to set your bare butt on the
COLD tub surface and she lit up like it was the greatest discovery in
the world.


Lass

My Home Ec teacher in 9th grade said, "SILVERWARE first, then glasses,
then plates, then serving dishes, then pots and pans." Reason being,
the silverware goes INTO your mouth...glasses only touch your lips.
Supposedly, the water will be hotter and not already mucked up with
"germs".


Lass


Well, I never!

Group: rec.food.cooking Date: Thu, Jan 1, 2009, 11:37am (EST-1) From:
(Damsel*in*dis*Dress)
On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:31:36 -0800 (PST), aem >
wrote:
On Jan 1, 9:28*am, Damsel in dis Dress >
wrote:
On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:19:42 -0800 (PST), aem >
wrote:
What other 'everyone knows that' things have you discovered to be less
than universal?
The order in which dishes are washed. *There IS a correct order!
Glassware first, then silver, then dishes?
You got it! A woman after my own heart (actually, my mom's). Pans are
last, then I do a separate load of plastic. I hate washing plastic. It's
usually too dirty to put before anything that might be greasy, but it
can't be washed in greasy water. Did I mention that I hate washing
plastic?
Carol
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On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 12:48:15 -0500, "Felice" >
wrote:

>Of course one puts mayo on the bread. On both slices. One can never have too
>much mayo (assuming it's Hellman's).

I will pass on the Hellmans....always looks curdled. Kraft Mayo is
smooth and rich. A fat boy can't be wrong on that one.

Now...I butter my bread on each side and then add peanut butter on one
side and the jelly on the other side.

Lass Chance_2 wrote:

> Well! Im with your friend on this one, LOL. I dont put mayo on the
> bread with either tuna or egg salad.
>
> One oif MY little weirdnesses is, I insist on my turkey sands being
> schmeared with Miracle Whip, NOT mayo.
>
> I had this friend who used to take a bath by taking off her clothes,
> then getting in to the EMPTY bath tub...THEN turning on the water. We
> were room mates and often in the bathroom at the same time. When I saw
> her do this, I said, "ARE YOU MAD? Everybody KNOWS you put the water
> in first!"
>
> She looked up at me, amazed. "Really?" "This is how my mother used to
> bathe all of us...and I never thought of doing it the other way."
>
> I pointed out the advantage of NOT having to set your bare butt on the
> COLD tub surface and she lit up like it was the greatest discovery in
> the world.


Ooh, and not only that, you add the hot water first, then add some cold
as necessary so the faucet isn't hot so the babies in the bath water
can't burn themselves on the plumbing...

And, if the little ones are prone to bathtime play, food coloring in the
water is much less likely to cause rashes than bubble bath. Shaving
cream makes for good, clean fun, and a rubber spatula is good for
pretend shaving of the face or legs (depending on gender).

On Jan 1, 12:49*pm, (Lass Chance_2) wrote:
> My Home Ec teacher in 9th grade said, "SILVERWARE first, then glasses,
> then plates, then serving dishes, then pots and pans." *Reason being,
> the silverware goes INTO your mouth...glasses only touch your lips.
> Supposedly, the water will be hotter and not already mucked up with
> "germs".
>
> Lass
>
> Well, I never! *
>
> Group: rec.food.cooking Date: Thu, Jan 1, 2009, 11:37am (EST-1) From:
> (Damsel*in*dis*Dress)
> On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:31:36 -0800 (PST), aem >
> wrote:
> On Jan 1, 9:28*am, Damsel in dis Dress >
> wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:19:42 -0800 (PST), aem >
> wrote:
> What other 'everyone knows that' things have you discovered to be less
> than universal?
> The order in which dishes are washed. *There IS a correct order!
> Glassware first, then silver, then dishes?
> You got it! A woman after my own heart (actually, my mom's). Pans are
> last, then I do a separate load of plastic. I hate washing plastic. It's
> usually too dirty to put before anything that might be greasy, but it
> can't be washed in greasy water. Did I mention that I hate washing
> plastic?
> Carol
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First glassware, then china/dishes/stoneware, then serving dishes,
then pots & pans, then flatware (has been soaking in a big pot or
whatever), then utensils. I have very little plastic. I don't
recycle, but i re-use glass jars & lids for leftovers, or, as I like
to think of them, future science projects.
Lynn in Fargo

On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 13:49:51 -0500, (Lass
Chance_2) wrote:

>My Home Ec teacher in 9th grade said, "SILVERWARE first, then glasses,
>then plates, then serving dishes, then pots and pans." Reason being,
>the silverware goes INTO your mouth...glasses only touch your lips.
>Supposedly, the water will be hotter and not already mucked up with
>"germs".

Yabbut ... glasses don't get nearly as soiled as flatware does. Time
for her to re-think her position, IMHO.

Carol

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"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:31:36 -0800 (PST), aem >
> wrote:
>
>>On Jan 1, 9:28 am, Damsel in dis Dress >
>>wrote:
>>> On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:19:42 -0800 (PST), aem >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >What other 'everyone knows that' things have you discovered to be less
>>> >than universal?
>>>
>>> The order in which dishes are washed. There IS a correct order!
>>>
>>Glassware first, then silver, then dishes?
>
> You got it! A woman after my own heart (actually, my mom's). Pans
> are last, then I do a separate load of plastic. I hate washing
> plastic. It's usually too dirty to put before anything that might be
> greasy, but it can't be washed in greasy water. Did I mention that I
> hate washing plastic?
>
> Carol
>
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Ahhhhhhhh..........glassware, dishes, flatware, then pots and pans.......If
plastic involved, it falls between the glassware and the dishes. And Carol,
my son corrected me........it's CDO - in alphabetical order AS IT SHOULD
BE.....or so I was told by the famed superhero.....OCD BOY..
-ginny

On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:22:27 -0600, Damsel in dis Dress
> wrote:

>Yabbut ... glasses don't get nearly as soiled as flatware does. Time
>for her to re-think her position, IMHO.

Doesn't make any difference to me!! I just tell Lupe to press
"start"! <vbg>

On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:59:57 -0600, Kathleen
> wrote:

>Ooh, and not only that, you add the hot water first, then add some cold
>as necessary so the faucet isn't hot so the babies in the bath water
>can't burn themselves on the plumbing...
>
>And, if the little ones are prone to bathtime play, food coloring in the
>water is much less likely to cause rashes than bubble bath. Shaving
>cream makes for good, clean fun, and a rubber spatula is good for
>pretend shaving of the face or legs (depending on gender).

You're a FUN mom!

Carol

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"aem" > wrote in message
...
> It's easy to believe that our way of doing things is universal even if
> it really isn't. This week a casual friend dropped by just when I was
> making a tuna sandwich. I spread the mayo on the bread and he was
> genuinely startled. Why do you need extra mayo when the tuna salad is
> already mayo-based? But you always put mayo on the bread, I said.
> Not when you're using tuna or egg salad with its own full ration of
> mayo, he said. Everyone knows that, we both said, meaning opposite
> things.
>
> So, do you 'dress' the bread/toast first or just spread the tuna/egg
> salad on directly?
>
> What other 'everyone knows that' things have you discovered to be less
> than universal? -aem


It depends on who made the tuna/egg salad. My eldest, who is addicted to
tuna, makes what can only be referred to as tuna soup. Definitely no extra
mayo there as he would then have to eat his sandwich from a bowl. If the
egg salad or tuna is dry, I will occassionally add mayo (not that
abomination called Miracle Whip) to the bread. If fairly smooth, then no,
it goes on dry bread.

It all depends on who is making the salad.
-ginny

aem wrote:
> It's easy to believe that our way of doing things is universal even if
> it really isn't. This week a casual friend dropped by just when I was
> making a tuna sandwich. I spread the mayo on the bread and he was
> genuinely startled. Why do you need extra mayo when the tuna salad is
> already mayo-based? But you always put mayo on the bread, I said.
> Not when you're using tuna or egg salad with its own full ration of
> mayo, he said. Everyone knows that, we both said, meaning opposite
> things.
>
> So, do you 'dress' the bread/toast first or just spread the tuna/egg
> salad on directly?
>
> What other 'everyone knows that' things have you discovered to be less
> than universal? -aem
Never spread the mayo on the bread for either egg or tuna salad, it's
already in the salad. Geez!

"aem" > wrote in message
...
> It's easy to believe that our way of doing things is universal even if
> it really isn't. This week a casual friend dropped by just when I was
> making a tuna sandwich. I spread the mayo on the bread and he was
> genuinely startled. Why do you need extra mayo when the tuna salad is
> already mayo-based? But you always put mayo on the bread, I said.
> Not when you're using tuna or egg salad with its own full ration of
> mayo, he said. Everyone knows that, we both said, meaning opposite
> things.
>
> So, do you 'dress' the bread/toast first or just spread the tuna/egg
> salad on directly?
>
> What other 'everyone knows that' things have you discovered to be less
> than universal? -aem

Extra mayo for me, but lightly, or lemme do it. (Please see new thread)

Steve

Oh here's one! Our mom's taught us to "always wash your hands after
using the bathroom".

Poo is one thing, and it makes perfect sense, of course, to wash hands
after a poo to protect against the possible transference of
e.coli....but no part of our bodies is as germ-laden as our hands...and
we OUGHT to wash them BEFORE touching our genitals, as we generally wear
undies and our "privates" (usually!) are MUCH less "germ-y", protected
as they are by two layers of clothing, than our hands.

Also, urine is STERILE, unless you have a bladder infection. Thus, we
are MUCH more likely to transfer germs TO our genitals from our hands
than vice versa.

As if that wernt enough..no place in the bathroom, except the inside of
the toilet, is as teeming with bacteria as the door knob....so we really
ought to wash hands before going potty, then again after opening the
bathroom door to exit....
(better yet, of course, is to sanitize the door kinobs and light
switches and sink faucet handles often)

I saw on TV that somebody did lab tests and found that the handles of
shopping carts are almost always seriously contaminated with e.coli,
staph and a host of other harmful bacteria as well as the common rhino
virus.

The most likely place to contract the deadly "flesh eating bacteria",
MRSA, is your doctor's office or the hospittal.

It isnt found on the instruments, which are sterilized,...but on the
light switch, the door knob, the doc's neck tie or other dry-cleanable
clothing, the part of the exam table NOT covered by the table paper....

My own doc, for instance, always washes his hands when he comes into the
exam room, probably to let the, the patient know he isnt touching me
with the same hands he just touched the patient before me, which is
great...BUT, then he sits down and opens his lap top and begins to type
in my weight, BP, temp and so on. I asked him, last time, "How often do
you sanitize that keyboard?" He looked at me with an "are you nuts?"
kind of look and replied, "well...never." I pointed out that I noticed
he always washed his hands, but that IF the last patient had anything
communicable, "it" was all over the frickin keys. He thought for a
moment, then said, "God...you're right. I never even thought about it."

This is pretty serious. There's no getting rid of MRSA except to
eventually amputate whatever body part gets infected by it.

The CDC has sent it's reccomendations to every hospital and medical
clinic explaining how to sanitize against MRSA, (simple as wiping down
door knobs, light switches, exam tables, etc. with a mild bleach
solution) but so far, there are no laws, just "reccomendations". Many
doctors have switched from wearing dry-cleanable clothes that might
carry MRSA and be worn more than once before dry-cleaning, to "scrubs"
that are laundered with bleach between wearings.

Still...you have to be your own advocate when visiting your doctor or
checking in to a hospital room. The TV guy also suggested calling the
hospital before checking in and asking for it's MRSA rate (number of
MRSA cases to date) as well as asking what that particular hospital's
MRSA prevention routine is.

You DO have the right to insist your hospital room be sanitized with
bleach, --floors, switches, telephone---everything BUT the bed linen
which, of course, is always laundered with bleach. OR, bring your own
spray bottle and spritz to your heart's content.

"Paranoid?" You say?

One woman checked into the hospital for a planned C-section, ended up
contracting MRSA from the O room...had to have her uterus removed. A few
weeks later, both arms were amputated.

Lass

"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:19:42 -0800 (PST), aem >
> wrote:
>
>>It's easy to believe that our way of doing things is universal even if
>>it really isn't. This week a casual friend dropped by just when I was
>>making a tuna sandwich. I spread the mayo on the bread and he was
>>genuinely startled. Why do you need extra mayo when the tuna salad is
>>already mayo-based? But you always put mayo on the bread, I said.
>>Not when you're using tuna or egg salad with its own full ration of
>>mayo, he said. Everyone knows that, we both said, meaning opposite
>>things.
>>
>>So, do you 'dress' the bread/toast first or just spread the tuna/egg
>>salad on directly?
>
> Tuna goes on plain bread, or on buttered toast. Egg salad gets mayo.
> Tuna often gets a slice of American cheese, too.
>
>>What other 'everyone knows that' things have you discovered to be less
>>than universal?
>
> The order in which dishes are washed. There IS a correct order!
>
> Carol, OCD
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Yes, there is. But the trouble is that nobody does it right, like I do at
MY house.

Steve

aem wrote:
> It's easy to believe that our way of doing things is universal even if
> it really isn't. This week a casual friend dropped by just when I was
> making a tuna sandwich. I spread the mayo on the bread and he was
> genuinely startled. Why do you need extra mayo when the tuna salad is
> already mayo-based? But you always put mayo on the bread, I said.
> Not when you're using tuna or egg salad with its own full ration of
> mayo, he said. Everyone knows that, we both said, meaning opposite
> things.
>
> So, do you 'dress' the bread/toast first or just spread the tuna/egg
> salad on directly?
>
> What other 'everyone knows that' things have you discovered to be less
> than universal? -aem

I don't regard my preference as universal, but I prefer my
mayo-based sandwiches to be pretty dry, so no additional mayo for
me. I see it both ways here, and probably "dressed" is more common.

--
Jean B.

On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:19:42 -0800 (PST), aem >
wrote:

>So, do you 'dress' the bread/toast first or just spread the tuna/egg
>salad on directly?

I'm in the no extra mayo camp and still startle deli sandwich makers
when I tell them "no extra mayo on that".
>
>What other 'everyone knows that' things have you discovered to be less
>than universal?

When I was younger, there were quite a few. I've forgotten most of
them by this time. The tip of the iceberg was discovering there were
actually people who *didn't* like their beef served rare. I shouldn't
have had that attitude, because my sister didn't like her cow
mooing... but I just thought she was a weird. You know how that goes.



--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

Lass Chance_2 wrote:
[snip]
> I had this friend who used to take a bath by taking off her clothes,
> then getting in to the EMPTY bath tub...THEN turning on the water. We
> were room mates and often in the bathroom at the same time. When I saw
> her do this, I said, "ARE YOU MAD? Everybody KNOWS you put the water
> in first!"
>
> She looked up at me, amazed. "Really?" "This is how my mother used to
> bathe all of us...and I never thought of doing it the other way."
>
> I pointed out the advantage of NOT having to set your bare butt on the
> COLD tub surface and she lit up like it was the greatest discovery in
> the world.
>
>
> Lass
>

Shudder.

--
Jean B.

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:59:57 -0600, Kathleen
> > wrote:

>> And, if the little ones are prone to bathtime play, food coloring in the
>> water is much less likely to cause rashes than bubble bath. Shaving
>> cream makes for good, clean fun, and a rubber spatula is good for
>> pretend shaving of the face or legs (depending on gender).
>
> You're a FUN mom!
>
> Carol

My dad taught me to shave with a spoon. I miss him.

Becca

"Lass Chance_2" > wrote in message
...
My Home Ec teacher in 9th grade said, "SILVERWARE first, then glasses,
then plates, then serving dishes, then pots and pans." Reason being,
the silverware goes INTO your mouth...glasses only touch your lips.
Supposedly, the water will be hotter and not already mucked up with
"germs".


That is how I do it.

"aem" > wrote in message
...
> It's easy to believe that our way of doing things is universal even if
> it really isn't. This week a casual friend dropped by just when I was
> making a tuna sandwich. I spread the mayo on the bread and he was
> genuinely startled. Why do you need extra mayo when the tuna salad is
> already mayo-based? But you always put mayo on the bread, I said.
> Not when you're using tuna or egg salad with its own full ration of
> mayo, he said. Everyone knows that, we both said, meaning opposite
> things.
>
> So, do you 'dress' the bread/toast first or just spread the tuna/egg
> salad on directly?
>
There is no other way.

Debbie

"aem" > wrote in message
...
>
> What other 'everyone knows that' things have you discovered to be less
> than universal? -aem

Do you put butter on bread/toast with peanut butter? I count the
peanut/almond whatever butter as the butter and don't add more. My DH
always used butter with his.

Debbie

"The Ranger" > wrote in message
...
> TammyM > wrote in message
> ...
>> I never either! Heard of such a thing, that is :-) Plain bread here
>> whether it's egg salad or tuna salad.
>
> That's cuz you won't (not can't) use a much more superior product than
> that petroleum-based white crude you always tout. I wouldn't want to add
> more of it to anything I was eating either.
>
> The Ranger

Oh kiss my tookus! Some of us make our own mayo and don't rely on that uber
HFCS-sweetened garBAGE that you call a sandwich spread.

Hrrrrmmmppphhhhh.

TammyM (sending HNY wishes to Castle Ranger and hoping the best for the
injured player)

George Shirley > wrote in message
...
[snip]
> Never spread the mayo on the bread for either egg
> or tuna salad, it's already in the salad. Geez!

That is just so wrong (and twisted)!

The Ranger