- Never say “great food, next time I’ll tell you how to make the salan.”
- Be there on time.
add please…
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If its a potluck please eat at least a littel bit of everything. its very hurtful when all dishes are fully finished and one stays lonely and untouched 
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To the masses :
When you are ready to get another serving of curry from the curry bowl , make sure you pour it carefully into your plate , without leaving a trail of gravy behind over the dining table, tablecloth, and your table mat 
ooohh and yeah , if you cant stop that stinky burp , do physically excuse yourself away from the group for a few seconds , instead of just saying loudly excuse me 
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wash ur hands and invite others to wash hands (do not wipe them, defeats the sunnah)
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let the host tell u went to start
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don’t touch your nose or scratch down there :o
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do not eat everything, leave something for others!!!
- do not eat everything, leave something for others!!!! :(
Now,reading this actually made me laugh :p
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Ok I want to ask something .. .say there are 6 guests and 3 members of the host family… and the among many dishes the host made 5 kababs in a plate .
Considering the number of people , what do you do , not eat kabab at all , or take half of it ? 
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host shouldn’t hav made 5 kababs. duh. 
I would take one. Im selfish like that
Don't forget to say Bismillah!
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Don't be offended if the host politely suggests to make sure you don't have two bowls stuck together
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Lijiey na...aur lijiey naaaaaaaa... :D
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ALWAYS say thank you when leaving - someone has gone to a lot of effort to do something especially for you.
Never nit pick at things or complain about something - if you think you can do better, than show everyone how its done next time by hosting something at your house!
No loud burping at the dinner table/while eating... it can be controlled!
Don't pick something up for the sake of it if you know you are not going to eat it/be able to finish it off.
Don't get greedy there is PLENTY of food to go around.
Offer to help clear the table especially if you can see your host is struggling - they may refuse but at least you offered.
That's all I can think of for now, from my experience of hosting/attending dinner parties.
In response to Chicken Biryani's questions...if there weren't enough kebabs to go round I wouldn't take one.
To Sara - that's why I'm not overly keen on pot luck dinners - someone always gets upset if there dish hasn't been touched, and it could be that it's their favourite dish to cook/eat and it leaves them wondering what was so wrong with it that nobody wanted to even try it. We prefer to just take turns hosting and doing everything rather than doing these pot luck dinners :)
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^ I actually prefer a pot-luck style meal over one person making everything.....this way the work is divided
At the whole thing about no on touching one dish...if I see a dish that no one has touched, I naturally progress towards it, also when one person has tried it..many other people will slowly follow
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We usually divide the work out between us, but meet at the hosts house earlier so that we can all do the prep.
I'm like you, I'll steer towards the stuff that people aren't trying and have a little of everything as opposed to a lot of one or two things.
One thing that annoys me about myself, is that I get full up easily - and then later on I think about the things I wish I had eaten when I had the chance lol
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dont eat with ur hands....... fingers? please its ok to eat with hands at ur own home... but not when in public.... especailly rice with a lot of shurba!! all the surp surp is disgusting!!! ..... and dont lick ur fingers!! beyond the tips of fingers
this happened to me.... well she was the host..... she was eatting rice and with lamba shorba... first she was doing surp surp.. and then licking ALL her fingers from tip to bottom. I almost vomited! i couldnt eat and she was like why arent u eatting? not liking the food?? i was like.... no i am not liking how u are eating.... get a spoon.... or a straw!! plzz!
so dont do disgusting things in front of ur host or guest!
try not to cry while eating spicy food!! me being a bad guest... always end up teary while eating spicy food. :(
ps. i dont have any problem with ppl who eat rice with fingers..... i think it very down to earth thing. but just have a problem who dont know how to eat and just end up becoming a disgusting act!
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....dont act like you just got out of prison or after being marooned on an island, and fill your plate with stuff and waste a lot of it..its rude and its also just not right in any context, religious, economic, courtesy,...
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put the seat down after you use heir toilet
put the seat down after you use heir toilet
people are dining in the toilet?
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^^they go there after they are done dinning!
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show up at the time that the host has asked, and not a few hours later. (i.e. - pst, pakistani standard time)
if you can't make it to the davat, please call in advance so that the host is aware of it, and everyone isn't just sitting around waiting for the one family to come so that dinner can get started. it's common courtesy people!
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- show up at the time that the host has asked, and not a few hours later. *(i.e. - pst, pakistani standard time) *
LOL!