Food Habits of our Ancestors

[dsath]

[tscii:24e326e7ba]Hi All,
I am very interested in what our ancestors ate.

What was our food etiquette and culture? It always amuses me that only some Asian regions advocate using fingers for picking up food, I mean we don’t use spoons or chopsticks. Are there any references in our old text to matters concerning this?

There are lots of ancient texts regarding the dos and donts. Does it include food by any chance.

Are there any very old recipes available transmitted through the generations?


Any takers for discussing this?

Thanks
Dsath.
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[gaddeswarup]

Pl. see whether this is the type of information that you are interested; i read only the first one some time ago:
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/seta/2002/09/26/stories/2002092600010200.htm
http://www.hinduonnet.com/seta/2004/10/21/stories/2004102100111600.htm
http://www.hindu.com/seta/2004/11/04/stories/2004110400061500.htm
http://www.kamat.com/database/articles/vnagar_foods.htm
Of a different flavour:
http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:qVFCrFmYZUcJ:www.knaw.nl/publicaties/pdf/20021013.pdf+food+habits+of+ancient+Indians&hl=en&gl=au&ct=clnk&cd=60&ie=UTF-8

[dsath]

Thats brilliant. Thanks very much.
The fact that Idili has its origin outside India is really amusing.