Food related myths.

[muqawwee123]

Re: Food related myths.

@Mirch

Share your cooking related myths here. I can write some :

1. food tastes good if cooked in clay pot / matti key hadi. I know of someone who brought clay pot from India to cook daal and karhi in it, she swears on her life that food tastes better when cooked in it.

2. Thanda vs garam khana , I am referring to after effect (taseer) of certain food coming from Hakeem key hikmat.

3. Masala grinded in electric grinder does not taste as good grinded in sill batta .

4. Shan masala vs hand made masala do not taste the same.

**5. Drinking milk after eating fish can give you juzaam/burs - I do not know what this disease is called in English.

6. Drinking water after eating peanuts will give you cough.
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7. Drinking or eating cold things while you have cough or cold will make it worse.

8. Eating too much sour stuff will give man boobs to men/boys.

9. Drinking water after eating water melon or pear will give you diarrhea.

My Mom also believe in 5 & 6 and makes sure we also follow that.

Some other myths ( of a different categories),

(1) Bachpan main jab hum school se lota karte the to Ammi tawwe pe rotiyan daal rahi hoti thin. Agar rotiyan ziada phoollti to wo kehtin ’ Aaj mere bachon ko ziada bhook lagi hai’

(2) My friend told that his Mom says Agar roti naram bani ho to iska matlab hai ke kisi mohabbat karne wale hathon ne aata goondha hai. I said ‘Aajkal ki aksar ladkian to na naram roti bana sakti hain na seedhi. Iska matlab wo apne miyan se pyar nahin kart?’

(3) My Naani avoids to lend Namak ‘Salt’ after Maghrib to any neighbor bcoz she said ’ Raat main ghar se rizq bahar nikalne se barkat khatam hojati hai’. LOL

One more thing, my Mom also says not to eat Keri (Raw mango) with Kakri or water Melon, as that causes vomiting! Also she doesn’t serve fish & chicken together for some reason.