What is the weirdest kitchen stuff your parents did?

When I was a kid, if my dad was going to cook a chicken, he would wash it in the sink and then put it on the (empty) dish rack to drip dry. And not clean the dish rack afterwards. I asked him, 'Won't bacteria get into the rack from the chicken?' And he was like, 'oh it's fine.'

This is the same guy who made me wash dishes in water so hot it almost scalded my poor little hands. Holy cognitive dissonance, Batman!