Never would reach, Ma said it was not polite. Having said that would you please pass the potatoes. And the gravy. Never mind the peas.
You have to eat your peas first.
Mother said.
Don't chew with your mouth open & elbows off the table, unless you would like strike from a wooden spoon.
Ask politely to be excused from the dinner table.
My mother was of German stock born in the Depression, can grew up on a farm in northern Michigan.
My grandmother was not to be crossed.
To put it lightly.
Later, we became great friends. But when I was a kid..