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In the mail there is an article about cutlery. We are being racist if we eat with a knife and fork. We should use our fingers. What on earth is going on!!
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If you get beyond the headline in the Daily Wail, which is deliberately designed to get 'Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells' and 'Equally Disgusted of Cinderford' up in arms (because that's the way the Wail works), the main core of what Joshna Maharaj says is actually perfectly reasonable:
"We shouldn't be teaching kids that they're not supposed to eat with their hands at all or that eating with cutlery is a more refined or sophisticated way to eat.
Different people eat their food in different ways... The better message, I think, is that sometimes we eat with our hands and sometimes we eat with cutlery."
I normally use cutlery but, like many people, I'll pick up a slice of pizza to eat it with my hands and if, for example, I'm in a restaurant serving North African food, I'll probably eat rice or couscous with my fingers.
"We shouldn't be teaching kids that they're not supposed to eat with their hands at all or that eating with cutlery is a more refined or sophisticated way to eat.
Different people eat their food in different ways... The better message, I think, is that sometimes we eat with our hands and sometimes we eat with cutlery."
I normally use cutlery but, like many people, I'll pick up a slice of pizza to eat it with my hands and if, for example, I'm in a restaurant serving North African food, I'll probably eat rice or couscous with my fingers.
Chris, I remember the first time I ever went to a pizza restaurant (they were quite new once upon a time) and the menu said "In Italy pizza is traditionally eaten with the fingers". So we did.
Perhaps the equivalent menus in Britain said "Don't eat with your hands, you dirty little oiks." But I doubt it.
Perhaps the equivalent menus in Britain said "Don't eat with your hands, you dirty little oiks." But I doubt it.
>>> I resent being called racist for eating with a knife and fork
The Daily Wail has a racist and xenophobic agenda, which it pursues by feeding bait to its readers to make them throw up their arms in horror at things.
Don't take their bait, Caran.
Read what Ms Maharaj has really said (in my quote above) and you'll see that
(a) she's not calling you, or anyone else 'racist' ; and
(b) it actually makes a great deal of sense.
The Daily Wail has a racist and xenophobic agenda, which it pursues by feeding bait to its readers to make them throw up their arms in horror at things.
Don't take their bait, Caran.
Read what Ms Maharaj has really said (in my quote above) and you'll see that
(a) she's not calling you, or anyone else 'racist' ; and
(b) it actually makes a great deal of sense.
>>> " . . . since kids routinely eat things like chips with their hands all the time, I don't know why either side are getting their knickers in a twist"
For many decades I always followed the formal British ways of doing things, such as the ridiculously impractical way of eating peas or baked beans with the tines facing downwards and using a knife and fork to eat a leaf salad. These days the tines of my fork face upwards and I use my fingers to stuff salad leaves into my mouth. (Indeed, I'll probably consume an entire salad meal without the aid of cutlery). It's got nothing much to do with 'cultural awareness; though; it's simply a recognition of the easiest way to do things.
For many decades I always followed the formal British ways of doing things, such as the ridiculously impractical way of eating peas or baked beans with the tines facing downwards and using a knife and fork to eat a leaf salad. These days the tines of my fork face upwards and I use my fingers to stuff salad leaves into my mouth. (Indeed, I'll probably consume an entire salad meal without the aid of cutlery). It's got nothing much to do with 'cultural awareness; though; it's simply a recognition of the easiest way to do things.
This is from the original article,
"We shouldn’t be teaching kids that they’re not supposed to eat with their hands at all or that eating with cutlery is a more refined or sophisticated way to eat. Different people eat their food in different ways. My father’s instructions were very detailed, with a big focus on being tidy and efficient and maintaining Hindu customs around cleanliness and purity. There is a very mannered way to eat with your hands, and there are more than a billion people around the world who eat this way."
This is the link to the article,
shorturl.at/pqtS6
"We shouldn’t be teaching kids that they’re not supposed to eat with their hands at all or that eating with cutlery is a more refined or sophisticated way to eat. Different people eat their food in different ways. My father’s instructions were very detailed, with a big focus on being tidy and efficient and maintaining Hindu customs around cleanliness and purity. There is a very mannered way to eat with your hands, and there are more than a billion people around the world who eat this way."
This is the link to the article,
shorturl.at/pqtS6
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