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Smarty Pants Loyal user 261 Posts |
I believe the practice of blowing out candles on a birthday cake, and then eating the cake, should be abolished in the interest of hygene. Do others ever accept a slice of birthday cake when offered? It is extroadinary that this ancient practice has not been outlawed!
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Marvello Inner circle It's amazing how little I can say in 1612 Posts |
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magicgeorge Inner circle Belfast 4299 Posts |
Ha, yeah, I cottoned on to that one before ever accepting a slice. It's funny that everyone worries so much about mouth inflating balloons when straight after they get their balloon they scoot off for a portion of the old spitcake.
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Emazdad Inner circle Plymouth UK 1954 Posts |
My Parents call it spit cake.
I often get given a piece to take home, do I eat it, No, not because of the spit, but because the boss pinches it and eats it herself. However if It's been given a right spraying by a 4 year old who can't blow, then it will get put in the bin on the way home. Luckily it's not common practice for the kids to eat the cake at the party down here, We do the blowing / singing bit, the carry on with some party dances, meanwhile Mum cuts it up wraps it in a paper napkin and puts it in their party bags. I'm more likely to throw the cake away if the bookers house is a messy hovel, than if it's had a bit of kid spit it.
Yours Funfully
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kimmo Inner circle Sheffield 1193 Posts |
My partner Penny always covers the birthday cake in clingfilm and pushes the candles through it before lighting them. I included this tip on my party planning page on my website:
http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/jkimmo/Party_Planning.htm Scroll down to tip no. 8 I am trying not to accept any food at birthday parties at all any more - I've gained more than 20lbs over the last couple of years!
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Emazdad Inner circle Plymouth UK 1954 Posts |
I've got round that by putting a bit on my tips about not offering me food as I'm on a diet.
http://www.emazdad.co.uk/partytips.htm Kimmo do you mind if I pinch the clingfilm tip and put in on mine?
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kimmo Inner circle Sheffield 1193 Posts |
No problem Emazdad - feel free to use it.
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Emazdad Inner circle Plymouth UK 1954 Posts |
Cheers Kimmo, I've reworded it slighly so it's not exactly the same.
If there's anything on mind you like feel free to use it mate.
Yours Funfully
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Smarty Pants Loyal user 261 Posts |
I understand that at American birthday parties the kids eat the cake at the party, and in England they take it home. Does anyone know why? And, Kimmo, are you suggesting that the little darlings eat the cling film too, as surely it would be hard to remove from the cake without taking off the icing at the same time? Maybe this is a Yorkshire custom...after all they invented the famous Yorkshire Pudding!
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kimmo Inner circle Sheffield 1193 Posts |
Obviously you don't spend much time in the kitchen Smarty! Of course it doesn't pull the icing off. I think you call it saran wrap or plastic wrap in the states. As a yorkshireman I certainly wouldn't be giving the kids the clingfilm to eat. That would be removed and used again at the next party. I'm not made of money, you know.
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Smarty Pants Loyal user 261 Posts |
I always heard that Yorkshire people were wealthy, as they rarely bought a round of drinks!
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Potty the Pirate Inner circle 4632 Posts |
Clingfilm, really? Sounds a bit odd, but I guess it works. How many times have I seen the birthday kid blowing out the candles with a mouth stuffed full of party food? It's not just spit that goes over the cake, it's half a chewed sausage roll as well!
I never accept cake for myself, but if pressed I'll take a piece for one of my puppets, and throw it away later.... |
Bill Scarlett Veteran user Vermont 366 Posts |
You could provide clingfilm at each party with your contact information on it in bold letters, that way when pictures are taken of the candles being blown out, family and friends will know how to reach you. I tried to do a mockup at home but the clingfilm really jammed up my printer.
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magicgeorge Inner circle Belfast 4299 Posts |
I just write my info on the birthday child's forehead with a sharpie, that way it shows up in most of the pictures.
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Lyndel Inner circle wrote the theme to the TV show COPS! 1623 Posts |
Forget the cling wrap and forget the candles. I propose we all switch to small battery powered flickering birthday cake candles on both sides of the pond in order to curb global warming!
Do you have any idea how many BTU's of heat those little cake candles emit!? There! Spit problem solved AND, I can start driving my SUV to shows again! Lyndel |
Tony James Inner circle Cheshire UK 1398 Posts |
What is all this?
Cake without spit simply isn't cake. Same as spit roasted meat. Every true born Englishman knows this. I suppose next you'll be expecting people to have a bath more than once a month.
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
The most common way of passing germs is by shakeing hands, and French kissing, so pay me with your dirty money, shake my hand, pass me some BD cake, and lay a hot wet one mama. Smarty Pants you think too much.
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Habu Veteran user Texas / Alabama 393 Posts |
Well I have an out for the birthday cake, being diabetic I can always just politely excuse myself.
So I am curious as to why there seems to be these differences between the British customs and American birthday customs. I guess the English are just so darned polite and patient compared to us Colonists being greedy and impatient. We want it, we want it all, we want it all right now! And YOURS TOO!!! I have to say, that when I started in this business the first time I would have been so much better prepared having a resource like you fine folks, but then again, there wasn't an internet then either.
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Habu
I live on BD cake, and my A1c is 5.7 Al Angello
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Habu Veteran user Texas / Alabama 393 Posts |
Not so lucky here, still having problems getting it down and I am eating lettuce and water, or at least it feels like it.
My endocrinologist is no magician, but he's working hard.
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