enormous children was good heavens, i've produced 18 feet of children! >> we had very sensible, new england type food as my mother came from new england. roasts and fresh peas and mashed potatoes, but nobody discussed food a great deal because it just wasn't done. >> in that white anglosaxon society, there were proper things you talked about and things you did not discuss. anything to do with sexuality, you didn't discuss politics, you definitely did not discuss money with people. >> she told people that she was middle class but they had to be really wealthy. the fact that she never cooked, i don't think that her mother cooked. i think the cook cooked.