Seniors When Wast The Last Time You Saw A Apron?

I never worn one, but I do remember my grandma waring one and using it for hot pad when she needed one but couldn't find one fast enough. She even peeled veggies and place the peelings in her apron on her lap. There were lots of uses for those aprons back then. On another thought, I don't even remember my mom wearing one either..=)

I still use one - and I'm a guy. Whenever I'm painting something or applying a wood preservative, I wear an apron and also wear disposable shoe covers. If I'm working in the kitchen - yeah, this old veteran cooks, too - I'll wear an apron - not so much to protect my clothes, but to keep the food I'm preparing from accidentally being contaminated. And when I scrubbed in on a surgical procedure, I always wore a sterile apron. You wouldn't want me to assist your doctor who's taking out your gall bladder dressed in my street clothes, would you?

I remember my mum using her aprons in the same ways you wrote about. I remember wearing them myself as a kid when I did the dishes. We also wore them at school, the girls only, over our uniforms. Why the boys didn't have to wear them I do not know - they got far more scuffed than the girls.

I wore my vinyl apron which I made myself, just last night when I made savoury mince. I always wear it when I cook some sauce that splashes and when washing up after a big meal for a lot of people. It just needs to be sprayed with cleaner and wiped down. I replace the ties whenever they get worn.

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Could you tell me why you left such huge gaps between your paragraphs ?

We have aprons in our kitchen for when either of us are preping & cooking an entire meal. I & the wife enjoy cooking occasionally but mainly just use the microwave for quick things. Also at our family picnic - the men wear the aprons when doing the BBQing of meats. Many of my late uncles and my male first cousins cook because we enjoy the prep.

Also the TV cooking programs have an equal number of young people who are competing for work as chefs and some wear aprons.

I still put on a fresh apron while working in the kitchen. We don't realize how much "stuff" can collect on our clothes when we are busy doing our normal routines inside the home and out. The apron became as normal for me as all my other clothes because for years I cooked at restaurants, so I have a whole drawer full.

I have several but have never put them to the variety of uses you mention but I do remember the era when that was so. Your question was like a visit in a time machine to my childhood.

I use my aprons but usually only when baking or cooking with oil so that I don't get flour or oil splashes all over my other clothes. It's good to have something handy to wipe my hands on instead of having to look for something else. A well used apron should look like a well used apron and none of mine now look pristine nor did they after just one use.

Thanks for the nostalgia.

Hubby is a Mason, so he wears an apron at every meeting. he has his white leather apron which is the " badge of a Mason " along with his Past Master's apron which he will be buried with.

I still wear an apron because there are many things which can be done with one -- besides protecting the clothing.

I don't know anyone who uses them outside of restaurant workers, but did see a middle-aged lady wearing one in the store when I was working there, it was a pretty apron, looked like she or someone else had made it and she looked quite at ease, I wondered if she needed something for a recipe and had made a quick trip to the store and forgot to take it off. I made several a couple of summers ago after I retired from my other job, that and oven mitts. I wear them when I am working with a lot of flour (bread or pasta) but usually no other time.

I have a few aprons. I still use them.

I have one half apron & about 4 or 5 pinafore aprons.

But the ones without pockets are useless, IMO.

An apron was the first thing I learned to sew. a yellow gingham check. Then I was so proud I made a blue one for my grandmother. The last time I saw one was on lucy the other night. I Love Lucy that is. Thanks for the walk down memory lane. My mom and gram both always wore them. I guess I broke the mold.