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THEME 6 APPENDIX

11 Different Ways of Eating 9 GRADE
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INTERESTING FOOD CUSTOMSESTING FOOD CUSTOMS
What is considered to be weird or acceptable can differ across cultures. Learning about different cultures
helps us understand different perspectives. Here are some interesting food customs around the world
that would appear seriously strange to someone from another culture:

China India
Eating with chopsticks Indians eat with their
is a well-known Chinese hands. It might seem
tradition. When dining in strange for the others who
China, the thing that you use forks and knives when
should never do is pointing eating, but Indians believe
at a person or an object with that it is the best way
chopsticks or sticking chopsticks upright in your to relish food. Wash your hands thoroughly
rice. Another thing that you should know is to before you eat, and never use your left hand
leave a small amount of food on your plate if you while eating. Just like the people in the Middle
don’t want to eat more. To finish the plate can be East, Indians use the left hand for other
considered a good gesture for most cultures, but functions such as washing, bathing, and using
in China, the empty plate shows that you are still the restroom. So, if you eat with your left hand,
hungry and want some more food. it might seem disrespectful and unhygienic.

Japan Korea

In Japan, slurping loudly Respect for the elders is
while eating your noodle very important in Korea.
soup is a sign that you are The oldest person at the
enjoying the food. Japan table starts eating first.
also has the habit of using When the food arrives,
chopsticks. The thing that you should wait for them
you should avoid doing is sharing your meal to start eating. The other thing you should avoid
with another person with your chopsticks. It is doing is eating directly from communal dishes. It
considered rude to pass food from one set of is considered disrespectful and rude.
chopsticks to another.

A Read the text above and write True (T) or False (F) for the statements below.

1 Learning more about other cultures can help us understand and respect them.
2 In China, leaving food on your plate is a sign to the host that you don’t want to eat more.

3 In India, you should use your left hand while eating.
4 In Japan, it is rude to make a loud noise while you are drinking your noodle soup.

5 In Korea, you should let the oldest person start eating first before you get started.

B Work in groups. Prepare a presentation about interesting food customs or eating habits in
your country, including the table manners that are considered rude or acceptable. Then,
present it to your classmates.

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