Monday, November 19, 2007

Dining Etiquette


Dining in Afghanistan is a Different Experience



  • Remove your shoes at the door if visiting a home.

  • If eating at someone's home, you will be seated on the floor

  • Food is served on plastic or vinyl tablecloths spread on the floor.

  • Wait to be shown where to sit.

  • Sit cross-legged. Otherwise sit as comfortably as you can. Do not site with legs outstretched and your feet facing people.

  • Food will be shared from the same dish.

  • Do not eat with the left hand.

  • Always pass and receive things using your right hand.

  • Food is eaten with the hands. Food is usually scooped up into a ball at the tip of the fingers, then eaten.

  • Leave food on your plate otherwise it will keep getting filled up again.
Michael Brlit

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