‘What’s something your family always did that you never realised was gross until later in life?’ – 23 horrifying domestic confessions

12.

‘Accidentally dropping cigarette ash into food and just stirring it in.’
–MikMinaj

13.

‘Our Christmas turkey every year was huge, so didn’t fit in the fridge, we spent up to a week making sandwiches off that thing while it festered covered in foil on the kitchen table!’
–SufficientRead1

14.

‘My worst was my mother used to love high fibre meals so plumbing was pushed. So we kept a bucket to add additional flush if needed. Went to stay at my boyfriend’s after two weeks home and needed the bucket. Embarrassing. Live away from home, less fibre, less constipation, no need for bucket.’
–Timely_Egg_6827

15.

‘I’m of a generation that had a ‘chip pan’. You keep the cooking oil in it and it was used frequently. Over time, blackened burnt bits would develop and sit in the oil. Instead of binning and replacing the oil, we strained it through a pair of my mum’s old tights. Bosh, squeaky clean cooking oil.’
–BocaSeniorsWsM

16.

‘We used to have raw mince and onion sandwiches. My mother was German and this was the closest replica to some types of salami. Ate it for years, delicious. Only stopped when my brother’s girlfriend, who was training as a nurse was horrified that we’d all get worms. Still might sneak a bit of raw mince if making a Bolognese. Surely no different from steak tartare?!’
–Famous_Address3625

17.

‘Hung inflated pigs’ bladders from a canoe in the garage to dry.

Dad was a morris dancer (1970s and 1980s). After the pigs’ bladders dried out they were tied to sticks so ‘The Fool’ in the dance troupe could hit children on the heads with them when the dancers performed out and about (balloons are used now). I would get hit with pigs bladders frequently ‘for a laugh’.’
–CrepuscularNemophile

18.

‘Dad made us throw all our dirty toilet paper in the trash. Yes all of it. I guess he was worried about the plumbing? But knowing my dad… ¯_(ツ)_/¯’
–TinyLittleWeirdo

19.

‘Once saw my ex’s dad use a slotted scraper (the sort you flip pancakes with) to clean up cat poop… Then he washed it and put it back. I loved the guy but never went near his cutlery drawer again.’
–darthpaul1978

20.

‘Dad spitting on his hanky to ‘clean’ my face when I was small. Nothing hygienic about it!’
–amberscarlett47

21.

‘Not my family but I was at a friend’s house once, both in our twenties. I sneezed and asked for a tissue to blow my nose. She passed me the dishcloth.’
–jesuseatsbees

22.

‘My family would always leave leftovers in the pot that the food was made in on the stovetop overnight, sometimes for a few days. Leftovers would be eaten from that pot for the next few days. I was an adult when I started refrigerating leftovers. It’s a miracle I never got food poisoning.’
–nothisisnotadam

23.

‘My dad would grab snails directly off plants, BBQ them and eat them.’
–InfamousOil6871

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