Rant: Frustrated with the way people eat biryani
We cherish our Friday Biryani sessions at the office. The biryani served is top of the class, and no one is absent for that. However, there's a tiny aspect that adds a bit of frustration. It's the unique way some of my colleagues choose to eat their biryani—with their hands, crafting rice balls as they go. While I appreciate the enthusiasm for the meal, it's a bit of a turn-off for me. I'm contemplating a way to address this without coming across as a party pooper. Is there a tactful and light-hearted way to suggest that perhaps eating biryani with hands, Indian street-food style, might not be the most common practice in our office culture? Looking forward to suggestions!
FruitOfThePoppy
Stealth
9 months ago
There's no way to do this. Food is a personal matter along with the way you choose to consume it. More than that, Biryani is soul food. Let them have it the they want.
FruitOfThePoppy
Stealth
9 months ago
That's a 'you' problem if I ever heard one.
OP, I will give u an easy option -
1. Capture an uninhabited island near Antarctica, create clones like you
2. Make yourself the crown Prince/ss
3. Declare Biryani as National Food
4. Declare Biryani-Spoon as National cutlery
5. Pass a law on anti nationalism
6. Execute those who can’t eat biryani with spoon
Hail the king of Spoon-Biryani Kingdom!
Can't blame them. Biryani tastes only half as good when not eaten with hands.
donna
Stealth
9 months ago
I feel bad for your colleagues who have to work with an brainless asshole like you
Get a life, dude. How and what people eat should be the least of your concerns. Eating biryani with hands is an emotion, which you clearly don't seem to get. Live and let live ✌️
MightyLazyGeekStar
Stealth
9 months ago
I dont see any meat there. Please call it pulao
Pulao and Biryani are different, pulao is where rice is cooked after the spices are done in the same vessel, from 0 to 100. Biryani is when you half cook the rice, and half cook the spices and then layer them. Biryani is better when cooked over small flame for long time. It's more of a category than a dish.
Eating biryani with your hand is much better than with a spoon. Just keep your nails trimmed and wash your hands and no problems
If you’re making rice balls, might as well toss it a couple times, like people use to, back in the day.
BiryaniEnthu
Stealth
9 months ago
I am offended by the picture of what you call Biryani.
Smartfella
Stealth
9 months ago
Username checksout
@BiryaniEnthu should’ve been you posting about anything Biryani related before anyone else!
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Looks like you have a lot to learn. This isn't even the tip of iceberg!
I also don't like to touch the food with bare hands while eating. But let them be. Let them enjoy.
Using cutlery is important for hygiene. That is the whole purpose of cutlery. It is a choice though and you can turn your head around if you don't like. Find a way to be okay with it.
Smartfella
Stealth
9 months ago
While i respect the way you put your opinion forward, cutlery!=hygiene. As long as i am not touching the food from the common bowl with my hand or the common ladel with my right hand, my hygiene is just as good as anyone.
I don't want to get into debate here friend. Point being east uses chopsticks, west uses spoon - %age population that doesn't touch food with bare hand would likely be higher (for food like biryani).
No amount of debate can convince me that eating food with bare hands is more hygienic. Eatings cake, pastry, rice, curry etc via spoon is more hygienic. Also, imagine being watched by ridiculed eyes abroad or in a white collar gathering when using hands. You don't wanna standout like that. Let me know would you eat via hands or use a spoon in such a situation.
It icks me see people use their hand but I keep it to myself and not make any fuss about it. I think i am being fair to everyone.
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WattCoconut
Stealth
9 months ago
Imagine living such a boring and obnoxious life that something insignificant which brings other person joy concerns you so much.
Buddy, get a life, like seriously.
Actually you know what, yes. Raise this issue in office and complain. Let them also know how dumb and obnoxious you really are(if they don't already).
* faceplam *
Reminds of the Seinfeld episode where Costanza ate snicker bars with fork and knife 😅
As a guy with OCD, I trust my hands with cleanliness more than the cutlery they keep in office where everyone touches to take one.
jameshalliday
Student
9 months ago
That's just how I eat most of my food?
So according to you I've been doing it wrong my entire life?
Or is this post a rage bait?
satan
Stealth
9 months ago
This reminds me of one student we had, when we were preparing at Allen Institute. The KAPIL.
We used to get 10-20 min breaks in between. Even ParleG was not spared. Everyone will ape attack on it.
And then this dude, who guts his food till his wrist while chewing. Once he touches a single aloo parantha, it is considered that it belongs to him now.
Where a single bread will devide into 24 parts for each of us. Depends on how strong and harami you’re, the number of pieces you get of that parantha.
But Bro with KAPIL, we all become santoshi on mutual understanding, “bhai yeh tuhi khali, baki me ham baant lenge”.
First of all, that’s flavoured rice and not biryani. Don’t insult biryani with photos of rice with peas and corn. Secondly, you should watch your food when eating and others faces in case you need to talk to them. It’s basic etiquette not to look in other people’s plates.
Darkyrie
Stealth
9 months ago
Stop being a brown sepoy.
You sound like a joker to me. Unless they are eating with your hand, maybe you should STFU.
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