1. Welcome! Please take a few seconds to create your free account to post threads, make some friends, remove a few ads while surfing and much more. ClutchFans has been bringing fans together to talk Houston Sports since 1996. Join us!

  2. ROCKETS GAMEDAY
    The Rockets continue their home tour of tanking teams with a contest against the 21-56 Utah Jazz. Join Dave & Ben for live postgame.

    LIVE! ClutchFans on YouTube
Welcome ClutchFans Live

Get a fork!

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by rockHEAD, Nov 17, 2001.

Tags:
  1. rockHEAD

    rockHEAD Member

    Joined:
    Mar 22, 1999
    Messages:
    10,337
    Likes Received:
    123
    I realize this is the start of Ramadan and some Muslims fast during the day then eat at night... well these guys have fasted all day and now it's time to eat!.... hey... mix in a fork or a spoon there or is this the traditional way to eat after fasting??

    [​IMG]
    Abdul Samad, left, and Nader Mohmand share a traditional Afghani rice and lamb dish to break their fast at New York City's largest Afghani mosque, the Masjid Hazrat-I-Abubakr, on the first night of Ramadan, Friday, Nov. 16, 2001. Ramadan, a monthlong holiday of fasting and purification, celebrates the month in which God revealed the Quran, Islam's holy book, to Prophet Mohammad. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
     
    #1 rockHEAD, Nov 17, 2001
  2. Francis3

    Francis3 Member

    Joined:
    Mar 29, 1999
    Messages:
    3,640
    Likes Received:
    4
    If I didnt eat for a long period of time, I would do that too.

    Leave them alone, let them grub.

    Mashala. hahaha
     
    #2 Francis3, Nov 17, 2001
  3. gr8-1

    gr8-1 Member

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 1999
    Messages:
    7,918
    Likes Received:
    4
    I think there are certain kinds of foods that they eat without utensils.
     
    #3 gr8-1, Nov 17, 2001
  4. Smokey

    Smokey Member

    Joined:
    Oct 3, 1999
    Messages:
    13,367
    Likes Received:
    752
    Using your hands and eating out of the same plate is the traditional way to eat in many countries not just used to break a fast.
     
    #4 Smokey, Nov 17, 2001
  5. ROXRAN

    ROXRAN Member

    Joined:
    Oct 12, 2000
    Messages:
    19,163
    Likes Received:
    5,548
    ....ewww, is it also customary to sit like that with your nasty feet getting too damn close to the food?

    Don't get me wrong, I respect people's differences, but I am slightly culture shocked I suppose.
     
    #5 ROXRAN, Nov 17, 2001
  6. Smokey

    Smokey Member

    Joined:
    Oct 3, 1999
    Messages:
    13,367
    Likes Received:
    752
    I don't think having your feet next to the plate is a custom, but since they are in a Mosque, I suspect their feet are clean (or should be clean).
     
    #6 Smokey, Nov 17, 2001
  7. fadeaway

    fadeaway Member

    Joined:
    Apr 25, 2000
    Messages:
    14,850
    Likes Received:
    1,228
    Notice how they eat using only their right hand.

    They never eat with their left hand. Back in the desert where there isn't any toilet paper, the left hand was traditionally used for "cleaning up."
     
    #7 fadeaway, Nov 17, 2001
  8. IVFL

    IVFL Member

    Joined:
    Jul 6, 2001
    Messages:
    1,449
    Likes Received:
    580
    I lived in Saudi Arabia for a few years, thats how they do it. I would go over to my freinds house and their would not be a fork or spoon in sight.
     
    #8 IVFL, Nov 17, 2001
  9. TheFreak

    TheFreak Member

    Joined:
    Feb 18, 1999
    Messages:
    18,447
    Likes Received:
    3,581
    That's like sticking your whole mouth in the rice!

    From now on, just take one handful, and end it...
     
    #9 TheFreak, Nov 17, 2001
  10. DREAMer

    DREAMer Member

    Joined:
    Feb 15, 1999
    Messages:
    2,173
    Likes Received:
    3
    Yeah, that sucks for 'southpaws' like myself....
     
    #10 DREAMer, Nov 17, 2001
  11. Sonny

    Sonny Member

    Joined:
    Mar 20, 2001
    Messages:
    5,436
    Likes Received:
    8
    Is there a cigarette butt in that damn food??? :eek:
     
    #11 Sonny, Nov 18, 2001
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)

Share This Page