I was baking potatoes the other night and it reminded me of this story - its totally random but I thought I would share.
So Dan and I were over at his parents house and I was helping his mom with dinner and she asked me to wash the potatoes, wrap them in foil, poke holes in them with a fork, and put them in the oven. POKE HOLES IN THEM??? I asked her why I needed to poke holes in them and our conversation went something like this.
Leesa (Dan's mom) - haven't you cooked potatoes before
Me - yes
Leesa - Well if you don't poke holes in them they will explode
Me - I have heard of that in the microwave - but not in the oven. My mom never poked holes and I have never poked holes in the potatoes we cook in the oven and we have never had an explosion
Leesa - Really? Well lets just poke them anyway, just in case.
HAHAHAHA - obviously Leesa was told her entire life that if she didn't poke holes in the potatoes, they would explode, and so instead of testing it and chancing having an oven full of exploded potatoes, she just did it. So that got me thinking, how many things like this have we been told that are not true, but no one knows they aren't true because no one wants to deal with the consequences if they are!
Lisa, I have always been told to poke holes. I always do! Now I know that I don't have to. Maybe I'm a little slow...
ReplyDeleteOne my favorite wive's tales is one that my MIL tells. She swears that if you don't peel a cucumber in a certain direction you'll end up with a bitter cucumber (I forget whether it's from the top down or from the bottom up). I told her that I've tried both ways but she doesn't believe it.
Another one... the more hearburn you have during your pregnancy, the more hair the baby will have. My worst hearburn came with baby #5 and he had the least amount of hair.
I love stories like this! I think everyone has a few :)
ReplyDeleteO.k, I've always poked holes when I use the microwave, but not the oven. So, should I not poke holes when using the microwave??? I don't know! Ha ha ha, supposed to be going to bootcamp with Ashley and Brandi in a few hours, ouch!
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