Is it okay to burp in Indian culture?? Absolutely, If you eat at my place and dont burp I am gonna get offended. My mom would be worrying herself sick just thinking "Did he eat well?? Khaana kam toh nahin pada, hope they were not shying and all". So yes, it is okay if you burp in India, we almost expect you to.
My naani (mom's mom) is an excellent cook and whenever she visited us, she would cook awesome delicacies, and boy oh boy you could chew your fingers by mistake at times. Woh meri maa ki bhi maa hai .. rishte mein hai nahin .. culinary skills mein bhi. So when I was a kid I would gorge at whatever she made and then when I was done should would pat me at back lightly till i burped and asked "Dhawww hua??"(prounced as dow of dow jones).
It is mandatory if you go to eat at someone's place in Punjab, that you burp after you are done eating. Well these days people say its rude and all, but in good old days if you eat at someone's place and dont burp, you will be talked about after you are gone "Dekha!!! Mushtandaa kahin ka.. khaaya piya aur dakaar bhi nahin maari". FYI, burp is called Dakaar in hindi, maybe because of the deep abdominal sound when you burp.
Why you should "Dakaar":
1. Good for health.
2. You are complementing the cook\host. I am going to suggest Pal Dhaba and Tehal singh ka dhaba (famous desi eating places in chandigarh) to use burp as a tool for customer feedback the way Pizza Hut uses a bell .
3. Controlling a burp is bad.. hawaa nikal rahi hai toh kahin na kahin se toh nikalegi, burp is still better than other alternatives.
4. You Burp when you are out eating with frenz, analogous to "cheers" when you are drinking, indicating that I had a good meal and you guys are awesome for getting me here or coming here with me.
Better analogy for burp is when you say "Tu mera best fren hai" after you are down 4 Patialas. 'I am drunk and happy' that is what it means when you say that to me when you are drunk. Similarly, Burrrrppp!!! Majaa aa gaya aaj toh, I am stuffed and happiest man on earth.
And lastly, you want to burp and let me burp if you are my best friend. This is an important part of culture and we are kinda losing it thanks to all the "westernization" and I am committed towards keeping it alive.
BTW I am from Rajasthan and we are supposed to grow big moooch (moustaches) and when we are done eating, there is daal dripping from our mooch. Then we take a loud Dakaar and then lick our mooch for the last taste of the gorgeous feast we just had. And then we take another Dakaar to announce that we are done eating and thank you for the feast, it was lovely of you and also please stop belting those ghee rotlaass from kitchen, we are done and we cant take it anymore. Rajasthanis dont believe that you done eating till you take a burp. When you are done eating, we will request you to eat a lil more. We call it "manwaar". More about manwaar some other day.
The juice of entire post, or lets call it the short version.. Please burp and burp well!!!
Born Petite!!!. ( This word salad I tell you )
Sparingly yours
Deepak
My naani (mom's mom) is an excellent cook and whenever she visited us, she would cook awesome delicacies, and boy oh boy you could chew your fingers by mistake at times. Woh meri maa ki bhi maa hai .. rishte mein hai nahin .. culinary skills mein bhi. So when I was a kid I would gorge at whatever she made and then when I was done should would pat me at back lightly till i burped and asked "Dhawww hua??"(prounced as dow of dow jones).
It is mandatory if you go to eat at someone's place in Punjab, that you burp after you are done eating. Well these days people say its rude and all, but in good old days if you eat at someone's place and dont burp, you will be talked about after you are gone "Dekha!!! Mushtandaa kahin ka.. khaaya piya aur dakaar bhi nahin maari". FYI, burp is called Dakaar in hindi, maybe because of the deep abdominal sound when you burp.
Why you should "Dakaar":
1. Good for health.
2. You are complementing the cook\host. I am going to suggest Pal Dhaba and Tehal singh ka dhaba (famous desi eating places in chandigarh) to use burp as a tool for customer feedback the way Pizza Hut uses a bell .
3. Controlling a burp is bad.. hawaa nikal rahi hai toh kahin na kahin se toh nikalegi, burp is still better than other alternatives.
4. You Burp when you are out eating with frenz, analogous to "cheers" when you are drinking, indicating that I had a good meal and you guys are awesome for getting me here or coming here with me.
Better analogy for burp is when you say "Tu mera best fren hai" after you are down 4 Patialas. 'I am drunk and happy' that is what it means when you say that to me when you are drunk. Similarly, Burrrrppp!!! Majaa aa gaya aaj toh, I am stuffed and happiest man on earth.
And lastly, you want to burp and let me burp if you are my best friend. This is an important part of culture and we are kinda losing it thanks to all the "westernization" and I am committed towards keeping it alive.
BTW I am from Rajasthan and we are supposed to grow big moooch (moustaches) and when we are done eating, there is daal dripping from our mooch. Then we take a loud Dakaar and then lick our mooch for the last taste of the gorgeous feast we just had. And then we take another Dakaar to announce that we are done eating and thank you for the feast, it was lovely of you and also please stop belting those ghee rotlaass from kitchen, we are done and we cant take it anymore. Rajasthanis dont believe that you done eating till you take a burp. When you are done eating, we will request you to eat a lil more. We call it "manwaar". More about manwaar some other day.
The juice of entire post, or lets call it the short version.. Please burp and burp well!!!
Born Petite!!!. ( This word salad I tell you )
Sparingly yours
Deepak
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