@ossobuco,
I think I need to post an apology, well, a tempered apology. My husband's mother lived, according to her children, in a fanciful world of her youth. I could only agree with them the many times we talked. On challenging her, I'm not the bitch I seem, plus that was their family, so I was quiet. (imagine!)
She probably was not well when she made the lime jello with the mustard, plus she had to deal with the apostate who lived with her son.
So I don't want to make fun - just to mark an action that can spark a reaction.