On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Kiran Jonnalagadda <j...@pobox.com> wrote: > 2009/6/6 Srini RamaKrishnan <che...@gmail.com> > >> >> The Tamil equivalent is "yechal" i.e saliva - in very traditional >> households it is common to never let the lips touch the vessel or >> utensil used, and in extreme cases even the food - so even scalding >> hot coffee is poured down with great relish down one's throat where it >> touches barely, (if that) the tongue. > > > Telugu "engiLi", where the practice is that it's not acceptable if it's been > touched by someone else's lips. Sipping your own meal is okay. > > Incidentally, something I didn't grow up with and therefore encountered with > surprise in the homes of relatives: it is a great offense to serve rice > before any other item. Serving rice first apparently implies you're too poor > to eat anything else. > > Is this common practice elsewhere? > > > -- > Kiran Jonnalagadda > http://jace.zaiki.in/
In Srinagar, if you eat chappatis instead of the local bread (which is also called roti), then you are considered poor and menial. -- Zainab Bawa Ph.D. Student and Independent Researcher Gaining Ground ... http://zainab.freecrow.org http://cis-india.org/research/cis-raw/histories-of-the-internet/transparency-and-politics
