Recently I attended a birthday party, and the mother of the boy, removed his name from the birthday cake prior to cutting the cake. When asked why, all she said was "the ladies at the office do it"....when pressed for a real answer, she seemed upset.
So, other than the obvious "follower" comment, has anyone any clue as to the meaning of this ??? Where did it come from? Whats the meaning and or purpose?
2006-08-23 02:39:48 · 18 answers · asked by lizroberts.coleslawoffice 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Entertaining
This is done in China, right before cutting the cake. They believe harm will cone to the person if their name is demolished by cutting
2006-08-26 00:13:26 · answer #1 · answered by Calvin of China, PhD 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Im trying to understand the whole cutting a person thing.........a cake is a cake. A person is a person. If you want to cut a person you cut them! You dont vicsiously cut a cake...omg noooo dont cut my name on the cake...lol "In Circles" or not I think its a nutty thing to do. Wiping out the persons name on their own things...I never heard of a sane person do that! Nor have I ever seen anyone do that before or ever heard of it.
And I would have to agree.........if she's following "office procedure" on a cake she needs to realize she's made her own decisions before...and they were probably just fine! Has the boy ever been hurt by cutting the cake with his name on it before? And why would wiping out the name be better than cutting the name? Isn't that like erasing the entire person? Lets get real!
2006-08-23 06:05:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats considered disrespectful to wipe off someones name from their own birthday cake....its like saying that their birthday is just another day, that there isnt anythng special behind the day. its always polite to cut around the birthday boy or girl's name because the name is supposed to be the last slices cut....unless it is a picture cake than the face should be cut last and the background cut first. but wiping off the name is a big slap in the face
2016-03-17 01:22:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds really weird - almost like voodoo. Like she's afraid to cut the cake while the kid's name is still on it, because that would really be cutting him...
Having said that, if the boy's mom does something just because everyone else in the office does it, she needs to get her head checked.
2006-08-23 02:42:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Central Texas you smeared the name for good luck and many more birthdays. It's as simple as that.
2014-07-02 02:51:08 · answer #5 · answered by Dan 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of it...til now. Always just blew out candles for good luck or had an extra candle for good luck...
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Another tradition is to smear out the name of the person for good luck before slicing the cake for serving. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_cake
2006-08-23 04:47:19 · answer #6 · answered by Swirly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea, but when it's my children's birthday's we cut their names out so they can eat that piece of the cake.
2006-08-23 03:51:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't cut somebody. Remember what you do when you break up with your boyfriend? You tear up his picture....So you would not do that to anybody. That's why.
It may not be any..'religious' practice but just not done in some circles.
2006-08-23 02:45:42 · answer #8 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe so you're not cutting the name, or the "person" in half? Good luck, maybe? I've never heard of this practice.
2006-08-23 02:46:18 · answer #9 · answered by cindy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She must work w/ whackos. I've never heard of that. Now, my kids ask to have the peice that has their name on it... but I've never heard of removing the icing name.
2006-08-23 03:10:07 · answer #10 · answered by Sugar Pie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋