Why don t Indians choose chopsticks and cutlery, but insist on pilaf?

When traveling abroad, encounter the strange customs of foreigners, which is also a very interesting thing in the journey, after all, it is common sense that things in the world are strange, for example, Chinese use chopsticks when eating, but Indians use their hands to grab food directly. So why don't Indians choose chopsticks and tableware, and insist on pilaf? The reason for this is to the point.

Although India is a large country with the famous Ganges River running through it, in fact, their climate is hot, and if they want to farm and make a living, they already need to consume a lot of water resources, and plants can only be born and grow by natural precipitation.

The overall economic situation in India is very polarized, in fact, those rich people in India are also very hygienic and civilized, or their rich people are very westernized, and their living habits should try to imitate Europeans and Americans, so they will choose to use knives and forks to eat.

But poor families may not even be able to afford a house, so how many resources are there to buy tableware? Even if ordinary people can afford cutlery at home, they may not be able to afford so much wood because large-scale production of wood cutlery is required, and India does not have the capacity to provide so much water for irrigation.

And using other materials to make tableware has high requirements for industrial capacity, so it is not a good choice. Coupled with the hot climate in India, they have developed the habit of eating warm and cold food, and this way of eating is not too hot even if they are directly grasped by hand, so it is logical to develop the habit of hand pilaf.

And the most classic curry of Indians, although all the ingredients are stewed into a paste, but it is not just a thing to eat curry, just like the Northeast people love miso, and it is not just like eating miso empty. Indians will make solid foods such as bread and rice and eat curry together, especially the traditional flatbread in India, which can be scooped up like a spoon, which is very suitable for grasping and eating, so Indians, who are limited by water resources, have become a country of this kind of pilaf.

Because in ancient India, only the nobles enjoyed the privilege, the common people did not have tableware, and Indians like to eat cold food, easy to grasp by hand, no need to wash the tableware, over time to develop the habit of eating with hands.

It's because India is a water-scarce country, they don't have that much water to wash dishes, and even they don't have enough wood to make dishes. And it may also have something to do with their habits, they can also use the residual heat of their hands to heat up when they eat with their hands.

Because of the large poverty gap in India, many people are still very poor, and most of the time they can't eat enough, so they naturally can't use chopsticks. And they want to eat with a knife and fork like Westerners, and they don't want to use chopsticks.

Because chopsticks are made of wood, water is very scarce in India, and there is no water to irrigate the trees, so they are all pilaf.

This is because each country has its own dining habits, and Indians believe in religion, they feel that it is more godly to use their hands to eat rice, and it is very happy to be able to directly perceive food with their hands, they all adopt a separate meal system, one plate per person, and only grasp the rice on their own plate, so it does not affect others. Compared to chopsticks, they don't know how to use them, and they are not used to it, just as the Chinese are not used to using knives and forks, and there is no fuss.

The reasons why India eats with their hands instead of chopsticks are: 1) it is related to the beliefs of the Indians, 2) it is because of the caste system of India itself, and 3) it is related to the climate of India. Indians still use utensils, forks and spoons for more formal occasions.

Most people in India believe in Hinduism, and believe that the bridge is given by God, and it is rude and too cold to touch the sacred relics with utensils, which is offensive to the gods.

India is a country with a caste system, due to historical reasons. High-caste people would rather use their hands to eat rice than share plates, knives and forks with lower-caste people.

The temperature in India can reach up to fifty degrees in summer, which makes Indians prefer to eat cold food. Eating cold food eliminates the need to use utensils and saves time on cleaning utensils.