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Kitty said: Yes.What are the eating utensils of choice in India/ Asia?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(What are the eating utensils of choice in India/ Asia?),it will help you,my kids.
In the West, the knife, fork and spoon are the eating utensils usually used. In China, the chopsticks. So what of Indian sub-continent?
Answer:
impeccably clean fingers (right hand only)
Fingers.
I know in India they use their hands to eat and in Thailand they use a spoon but not sure about the other countries
Stainless steel fingers
bare hands or fork and spoon, it depends upon the occassion
in the Indian sub continent there are no specific eating utensils. The sophisticated or rather Anglicised people use fork and knife while eating. As per the Indian Tradition one eats with hands.
Yes God given Hands. Which you know in all good sense is a part of you. When He made us in His image he gave us the power to stand erect ( though gradually) Mostly the right hand is made use of for eating like all good things that are done with that hand. In olden days a thief was punished for stealing by getting his right habd chopped off , which was an indication of his punishment and to put him to shame and an outcast in the tribe.Noone eats with right hand . As its this hand that is usually used for wiping ones back side after the toilet.
As A practise every Indian prior sitting down to eat washes his hands and feet and then after praying and commences eating. Now with the advent of dining table sometimes only hands are washed prior intake of food. Immaterial rich or poor all used hand for eating whether Hindu or Muslim or Sikh irrespective of religion thats where all think alike.
In Sri Lanka it is the fingers but the food should not go beyond the 2nd knuckle. They do it very neatly and don't make a big mess. It's not as easy as it looks.
They use their fingers
I use a knife and fork
Fingers or if absolutely necessary they use a spoon. Many restaurants however, will provide you with a knife and fork on request if they're not already on the table.
Fingers. If you're lucky you have five on each hand. Traditionally only the five on the right hand are used. In the north they use bread to soak up sauces, in the south they mainly use boiled rice.
fingers+
spoons, forks and knives like everywhere else!
Matter of choice.
Hands ...
There are utensils, however people prefer eating with their hands.
they obviously ALWAYS wash hands before eating. and after.
i eat with my hands always, and in restaurants utensils.
however restaurants in asia you can eat with your hands as because everyone else is doing it and its not embarassing. and its great.
Like FC said, we dont make a mess at all. The mess wont never go above your knuckles
i tend to enjoy food more by eating with hands and not with knife and fork (dont know why)
eating with hands is most orginal way of eating.
how did everyone eat before knife/fork and spoons were invented?
Like the Southern Africans, it is hands. Food tastes so much better when you use your hands. My work colleagues here in the UK have adapted to me using my hands when I have my lunch at work and a couple of them do it too.
Proper table manners vary from culture to culture, although there are always a few basic rules. This holds true for dining in an Indian household or restaurant. Indians traditionally don't use cutlery for eating, as many foods - such as Indian breads and curry - are best enjoyed when eating with the hand. There is a story that the Shah of Iran, on a visit to India, was so impressed by the custom that he remarked that to eat with a spoon and fork is like making love through an interpreter. However, spoons (occasionally two used in a clasping motion) and forks are commonly used to distribute foods from a communal dish, as it is considered rude to touch the foods of others.
Indians usually give the following explanation for the practice of eating with hands: "Food is divine and needs to be enjoyed with touch, smell and taste. There is no joy in using a knife and thorns to eat it."
Eating with your hands is a technique that is not messy if done correctly. First, the hands must be thoroughly washed, with particular attention paid to the fingernails. Having long fingernails in India is considered unhygenic (with the exception of sadhus and other ascetics), due to the tendency of bacteria to gather there.
The food should be scooped into the fingers and quickly brought to the mouth. In North India, when eating curry, the gravy must not be allowed to stain the fingers up to your knuckles--only the fingertips are used. However, in South India, it is acceptable to use more of your hand. Bowing one's head to the plate, or occasionally bringing the plate closer to the mouth is acceptable.
When flatbreads such as chapati, roti, or naan are served with the meal, it is acceptable and expected to use pieces of them to gather food and sop-up gravies and curries.
Right hand
The cardinal rule of dining is to always use the right hand when eating or receiving food and never the left. The left hand is considered unclean and to use the left hand when eating is considered vulgar and uncouth.
It is however acceptable to use the left hand if there are any spoons/cutlery for taking food from the dish onto your plate.
The fork was introduced to Europe from the middle east and used for centuries almost exclusvely by the aristocratic classes.
"The fork's arrival in northern Europe was more difficult. Its use was first described in English by Thomas Coryat in a volume of writings on his Italian travels (1611), but for many years it was viewed as an unmanly Italian affectation. Some writers of the Roman Catholic Church expressly disapproved of its use, seeing it as "excessive delicacy": "God in his wisdom has provided man with natural forks — his fingers. Therefore it is an insult to Him to substitute artificial metallic forks for them when eating." It was not until the 18th century that the fork became commonly used in Great Britain. It was around this time that the curved fork used today was developed in Germany. The standard four-tine design became current in the early nineteenth century."
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Kitty said: Yes.What are the eating utensils of choice in India/ Asia?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(What are the eating utensils of choice in India/ Asia?),it will help you,my kids.
In the West, the knife, fork and spoon are the eating utensils usually used. In China, the chopsticks. So what of Indian sub-continent?
Answer:
impeccably clean fingers (right hand only)
Fingers.
I know in India they use their hands to eat and in Thailand they use a spoon but not sure about the other countries
Stainless steel fingers
bare hands or fork and spoon, it depends upon the occassion
in the Indian sub continent there are no specific eating utensils. The sophisticated or rather Anglicised people use fork and knife while eating. As per the Indian Tradition one eats with hands.
Yes God given Hands. Which you know in all good sense is a part of you. When He made us in His image he gave us the power to stand erect ( though gradually) Mostly the right hand is made use of for eating like all good things that are done with that hand. In olden days a thief was punished for stealing by getting his right habd chopped off , which was an indication of his punishment and to put him to shame and an outcast in the tribe.Noone eats with right hand . As its this hand that is usually used for wiping ones back side after the toilet.
As A practise every Indian prior sitting down to eat washes his hands and feet and then after praying and commences eating. Now with the advent of dining table sometimes only hands are washed prior intake of food. Immaterial rich or poor all used hand for eating whether Hindu or Muslim or Sikh irrespective of religion thats where all think alike.
In Sri Lanka it is the fingers but the food should not go beyond the 2nd knuckle. They do it very neatly and don't make a big mess. It's not as easy as it looks.
They use their fingers
I use a knife and fork
Fingers or if absolutely necessary they use a spoon. Many restaurants however, will provide you with a knife and fork on request if they're not already on the table.
Fingers. If you're lucky you have five on each hand. Traditionally only the five on the right hand are used. In the north they use bread to soak up sauces, in the south they mainly use boiled rice.
fingers+
spoons, forks and knives like everywhere else!
Matter of choice.
Hands ...
There are utensils, however people prefer eating with their hands.
they obviously ALWAYS wash hands before eating. and after.
i eat with my hands always, and in restaurants utensils.
however restaurants in asia you can eat with your hands as because everyone else is doing it and its not embarassing. and its great.
Like FC said, we dont make a mess at all. The mess wont never go above your knuckles
i tend to enjoy food more by eating with hands and not with knife and fork (dont know why)
eating with hands is most orginal way of eating.
how did everyone eat before knife/fork and spoons were invented?
Like the Southern Africans, it is hands. Food tastes so much better when you use your hands. My work colleagues here in the UK have adapted to me using my hands when I have my lunch at work and a couple of them do it too.
Proper table manners vary from culture to culture, although there are always a few basic rules. This holds true for dining in an Indian household or restaurant. Indians traditionally don't use cutlery for eating, as many foods - such as Indian breads and curry - are best enjoyed when eating with the hand. There is a story that the Shah of Iran, on a visit to India, was so impressed by the custom that he remarked that to eat with a spoon and fork is like making love through an interpreter. However, spoons (occasionally two used in a clasping motion) and forks are commonly used to distribute foods from a communal dish, as it is considered rude to touch the foods of others.
Indians usually give the following explanation for the practice of eating with hands: "Food is divine and needs to be enjoyed with touch, smell and taste. There is no joy in using a knife and thorns to eat it."
Eating with your hands is a technique that is not messy if done correctly. First, the hands must be thoroughly washed, with particular attention paid to the fingernails. Having long fingernails in India is considered unhygenic (with the exception of sadhus and other ascetics), due to the tendency of bacteria to gather there.
The food should be scooped into the fingers and quickly brought to the mouth. In North India, when eating curry, the gravy must not be allowed to stain the fingers up to your knuckles--only the fingertips are used. However, in South India, it is acceptable to use more of your hand. Bowing one's head to the plate, or occasionally bringing the plate closer to the mouth is acceptable.
When flatbreads such as chapati, roti, or naan are served with the meal, it is acceptable and expected to use pieces of them to gather food and sop-up gravies and curries.
Right hand
The cardinal rule of dining is to always use the right hand when eating or receiving food and never the left. The left hand is considered unclean and to use the left hand when eating is considered vulgar and uncouth.
It is however acceptable to use the left hand if there are any spoons/cutlery for taking food from the dish onto your plate.
The fork was introduced to Europe from the middle east and used for centuries almost exclusvely by the aristocratic classes.
"The fork's arrival in northern Europe was more difficult. Its use was first described in English by Thomas Coryat in a volume of writings on his Italian travels (1611), but for many years it was viewed as an unmanly Italian affectation. Some writers of the Roman Catholic Church expressly disapproved of its use, seeing it as "excessive delicacy": "God in his wisdom has provided man with natural forks — his fingers. Therefore it is an insult to Him to substitute artificial metallic forks for them when eating." It was not until the 18th century that the fork became commonly used in Great Britain. It was around this time that the curved fork used today was developed in Germany. The standard four-tine design became current in the early nineteenth century."
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