https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 09:54:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/old-wives-tales-1#post-2540061 Tue, 03 May 2016 15:52:52 +0000 Raindrop 2540061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha it looks like it’s both true and false?</p> <p>It looks like if you open the door once or maybe a few times you should be fine… but if you open it too often your soufflé is in troubles!</p> <p><a href="http://www.rd.com/health/wellness/popular-old-wives-tales-fiction-or-fact/" rel="nofollow">http://www.rd.com/health/wellness/popular-old-wives-tales-fiction-or-fact/</a></p> <p>Never open the door when baking a souffle.</p> <p>False. Is it an old wives' tale that you should not open the oven door when baking a soufflé? Opening the oven door is unlikely to be a disaster unless your kitchen is very draughty, but you are much more likely to make a successful soufflé if you keep the oven door closed during cooking. The soufflé should increase in volume by at least half and sometimes as much as double and to do this it must cook at the correct temperature. Opening the oven door will cause a sudden drop in temperature.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/baking-school-day-5-dessert-souffle-s-222483" rel="nofollow">http://www.thekitchn.com/baking-school-day-5-dessert-souffle-s-222483</a></p> <p>Don't open the oven! As the soufflé bakes, resist opening the oven. Like with all baking, opening the oven door causes the temperature in the oven to drop dramatically, and the more you open it, the harder it is for the oven to get back up to temperature. With a soufflé, opening the oven too often can make it rise less dramatically. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/old-wives-tales-1#post-2540056 Tue, 03 May 2016 15:47:56 +0000 Raindrop 2540056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: So for me... personally I don't think old wives tales HAVE to be false. It's just something your parents pass down to you ... well that's my impression. I can be totally wrong of course! Ha! </p> <p>The souffle one came up on a lot of "popular old wives tales" lists. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/old-wives-tales-1#post-2540050 Tue, 03 May 2016 15:44:16 +0000 travellingbee 2540050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I believe the soufflé one and would not have called that a wives tale. It's happened to me.</p> <p>Carrots have beta carotene which does help vision but of course the science binehind it is more complicated than that. In theory does help eyesight. But the science behind it of course is more complicated than that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/old-wives-tales-1#post-2540028 Tue, 03 May 2016 15:29:03 +0000 stiletto_mom 2540028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought these were real! XD</p> <p>- SHAVING MAKES THE HAIR GROW BACK THICKER.<br /> - READING IN DIM LIGHT OR SITTING TOO CLOSE TO THE TV DAMAGES YOUR EYES.<br /> - CARROTS WILL IMPROVE YOUR EYESIGHT. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/old-wives-tales-1#post-2539927 Tue, 03 May 2016 14:08:20 +0000 sleepybear 2539927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The soufflé one has some truth - opening the oven door can drop the temperature enough to affect whatever you're baking. I also voted for knocking on wood - I don't really believe it, but I like to keep my bases covered :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/old-wives-tales-1#post-2539921 Tue, 03 May 2016 13:58:08 +0000 Umbreon 2539921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted that opening an umbrella inside is bad luck because I think it's just asking for something to get knocked over or broken, and thus resulting in bad luck.</p> <p>I also voted for the souffle one because I think that one is true (at least that's what Master Chef taught me) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/old-wives-tales-1#post-2539909 Tue, 03 May 2016 13:45:02 +0000 Raindrop 2539909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: @Adira: You guys are soo cute! :)</p> <p>I'm so sorry my thread has caused you any grief! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/old-wives-tales-1#post-2539908 Tue, 03 May 2016 13:44:56 +0000 Adira 2539908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: I give up. Everything I ever knew is a lie... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/old-wives-tales-1#post-2539906 Tue, 03 May 2016 13:44:27 +0000 Adira 2539906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bahhh!!! Apparently the sitting close to the TV = bad for eyes is also a myth!!! My parents just told me lie after lie after lie!! And I've already been perpetuating those lies to my kids!!!! :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/old-wives-tales-1#post-2539905 Tue, 03 May 2016 13:43:53 +0000 LBee 2539905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: It appears we've all just been taught just a web of lies....</p> <p><a href="http://www.aao.org/eye-health/ask-ophthalmologist-q/can-close-tv-viewing-damage-eyes" rel="nofollow">http://www.aao.org/eye-health/ask-ophthalmologist-q/can-close-tv-viewing-damage-eyes</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/old-wives-tales-1#post-2539902 Tue, 03 May 2016 13:42:14 +0000 Raindrop 2539902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: LOL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/old-wives-tales-1#post-2539901 Tue, 03 May 2016 13:42:01 +0000 Adira 2539901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sitting too close to the TV is bad though, right?? I'm already teaching that one to my kids... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/old-wives-tales-1#post-2539898 Tue, 03 May 2016 13:40:04 +0000 Raindrop 2539898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Torchwood: Actually I'm not sure... the first few are ones from my head but the rest... I just googled quickly. I'm going to guess... the oven door. I will say I think some of these *might* be facts... but I'm not sure... it's suppose to play on what you parents told you growing up. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/old-wives-tales-1#post-2539897 Tue, 03 May 2016 13:40:03 +0000 Adira 2539897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: Gahh, the knuckles/arthritis thing isn't true either????? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/old-wives-tales-1#post-2539895 Tue, 03 May 2016 13:39:20 +0000 Adira 2539895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: Wait - carrots don't make your eyes better?????</p> <p>Xander literally was just saying last night "Carrots help me see at night!" while eating them. What have I done???? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/old-wives-tales-1#post-2539889 Tue, 03 May 2016 13:38:04 +0000 Torchwood 2539889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you mean the oven door or the front door with the soufflé? Because opening the oven door can cause many types of baked goods to fall. </p> <p>But generally speaking I don't believe any of these. They're mostly superstitions, and I've read studies on several disproving them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/old-wives-tales-1#post-2539885 Tue, 03 May 2016 13:36:08 +0000 LBee 2539885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: Back again, I also googled the arthritis / knuckles thing thinking that was strict fact.... again, mind blown! I'm learning so much. I need to stop trusting my parents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/old-wives-tales-1#post-2539880 Tue, 03 May 2016 13:34:11 +0000 Raindrop 2539880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: *bows* Thank you.</p> <p>Oh the ladder and mirror one are probably more common! You are right. Darn! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/old-wives-tales-1#post-2539879 Tue, 03 May 2016 13:32:50 +0000 LBee 2539879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You forgot walking under ladders and breaking mirrors! Those are much more common than the soufle one. </p> <p>As an aside, I am impressed with how dedicated you are to your polls.</p> <p>Also, I started to reply that I was pretty sure the carrots / eyesight thing wasn't an old wives tale, but strict fact... and then I googled it. MIND BLOWN. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/old-wives-tales-1#post-2539874 Tue, 03 May 2016 13:29:19 +0000 Raindrop 2539874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>During my chat with my friend about white hairs, I told her I plucked them and she asked if I was worried about having 2-10x as many grow back! She is not touching her white hair! I laughed and said I don’t believe in that…. And sure enough… the next day I had 3 pop up around the one I might have just plucked. I called her and told her she cursed me!! Haha. We had a good laugh about it.</p> <p>So I’m listing a few old wives tales that I think are pretty common. Check the ones you believe in! If you have one that isn’t listed please let me know!</p> <p>Which old wives tale do you believe in? </p>