[potlatch]

Stupid of a mother to do that! My 4 children sat down to dinner every night and stayed till they ate. Otherwise they got nothing else.

New foods required ‘a bite’ to see how it tasted. They also had to ask to be excused from the table.

[68skylark]

My 4 children sat down to dinner every night and stayed till they ate. Otherwise they got nothing else. New foods required ‘a bite’ to see how it tasted. They also had to ask to be excused from the table.

That sounds like my own upbringing. But that seems to be out-of-fashion with lots of people now.

[devolve]

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“May I be excused?”