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Why Did Indians Traditionally Eat With Their Hands?

Indian hand-eating is a highly developed culinary and etiquette system suited to foods such as rice, dal, vegetables and flatbreads. Touch can enrich sensory perception, but modern claims about five…

Primarily Symbolic/Cultural

Why Did People Eat With Their Hands?

Eating with the hands persisted across sophisticated cuisines because it is practical, culturally encoded and sensorially rich—not because utensils were unknown. Touch can influence food perception, but claims that fingers…