PeppyCupcake
PeppyCupcake

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!

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SparklyPanda
SparklyPanda

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.

PeppyCupcake
PeppyCupcake

it’s gross!! 😷

SparklyPanda
SparklyPanda

That's a 'you' problem if I ever heard one.

MagicalQuokka
MagicalQuokka

Can't blame them. Biryani tastes only half as good when not eaten with hands.

PeppyCupcake
PeppyCupcake
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ZoomyMuffin
ZoomyMuffin

I feel bad for your colleagues who have to work with an brainless asshole like you

CosmicDumpling
CosmicDumpling

I dont see any meat there. Please call it pulao

ZoomyUnicorn
ZoomyUnicorn
Adobe18mo

It is tehri 😂

GroovyPretzel
GroovyPretzel

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.

GoofyQuokka
GoofyQuokka

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 ✌️

PrancingCoconut
PrancingCoconut
Amazon18mo

Eating biryani with your hand is much better than with a spoon. Just keep your nails trimmed and wash your hands and no problems

BubblyQuokka
BubblyQuokka
Meesho18mo

Looks like some britisher left their kid in 1947

ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
Hinge18mo

I am offended by the picture of what you call Biryani.

SwirlyPretzel
SwirlyPretzel

Username checksout

GroovyKoala
GroovyKoala
Eviden18mo

@BiryaniEnthu should’ve been you posting about anything Biryani related before anyone else!

MagicalBagel
MagicalBagel

If you’re making rice balls, might as well toss it a couple times, like people use to, back in the day.

PeppyWaffle
PeppyWaffle

😂

WobblyNugget
WobblyNugget
Swiggy18mo

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.

SwirlyPretzel
SwirlyPretzel

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.

WobblyNugget
WobblyNugget
Swiggy18mo

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.

SqueakyPenguin
SqueakyPenguin

Looks like you have a lot to learn. This isn't even the tip of iceberg!

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