Hiding food: is that a "Desi thing"?

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Okay so the OP can correct me if I'm wrong but I think most of you are misundestanding the original post.

I don't think she means that desi's aren't hospitable.......actually quite opposite. She is talking about mothers/aunites hiding food from people in their own household, in order to save it for guests. Hence when guests come over all this food pops up that you had no idea exisited in your house.

My mother does that. She doesn't hide all of the food, but she does set aside certain items for guests and she knows her children very well...............if there was no 'hiding' there would NEVER be any food in the house when guest came over lol

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I dnt knw its desi thing or not...but hve seen aunties hiding stuff lke chocolates pop or junk food from their younger kids...
My mom used to hid our hallowen candy whn we were kids...and would give us limited amount of candy everyday...and we still hid pop from our kid brother cus thts alll he drinks...and he want coke wid each meal...so prefer hidding thm as its just not healty...

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I'm actually very amused by this thread! I honestly didn't realize people hid food from guests or even their own family members!

Growing up, I never saw this in our house. With things like dessert or candy....of course my mom controlled how much we had....but we always knew it was there (but we knew if we ate it without permission, we'd get a beating from dad!). But fruits, food etc....everything was always within our reach. Same with guests....actually, we never had guests that showed up without an invitation. So as a result, BEFORE guests came....mom always made sure we had "good stuff" to serve them...lol (now that's when we could get away with eating extra sweets without getting in trouble!).

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^ I don't think this is a "desi" thing. I know desi and non-desi mom's who do this with their young children when it comes to sodas, sweets, etc.

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Exactly, just because we are desi and see it happening around us doesn't mean its not done by others. There is nothing wrong in controlling how much unhealthy food is eaten by young children in the house. I know what the OP is referring to but I don't think she realizes the intention is not to HIDE food but to CONTROL over eating of unhealthy foods. Also, something to note everyone is mentioning only unhealthy food that is hidden/controlled so its not regular meals/fruits/bread etc.

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This.

That makes a huge difference. We always had and still have many............MANY people come over without calling or an invitation.

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It makes it a desi thing, of the way desi mothers hide the food. it's more about being cheap than protecting the family from bad foods.

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You are not serious are you? :konfused: If you are, then I don’t know anyone like that.

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beating child on eating hidden food is another dilemma of our culture.

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^^I think she was being sacrastic.................. I hope or she just indirectly called my mama cheap :/

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I think so too, :hehe: just confirming!

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i dont think that she really meant it.

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Oh yeah, my mom does that. She hide’s candy in her room, far away from the snack closet in the kitchen because she knows my sister and I will kill it in one day. That’s why whenever i’m craving sugar I go treasure hunting in her room :smiley:

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THIS.

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I have seen that back in Pakistan. I think it is because snacks that are usually served for guests are actually a tad expensive for some to afford all the time. So if they buy some for one guest and there are cookies etc left over they will save/hide them so that the kids don't eat them. Desi thing or not, I think it is in many cases just a practical thing to do.

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hahaha

That is so my MIL :slight_smile:

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My mum does it as well..

It is beyond annoying to run out to the shops for something I’d thought we’d run out of then find out later we had it at home all along - but for guests :mad:

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Thts wat my mama says LOLZ!!!

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When we have food at our home means Naamkoo, Paapsi etc, guests don't come but as soon as these things are finished, guests come. Seriously on Eid etc nobody comes until we finish all the stuff. so my mother does not hide anything from us........... in fact if any food item or stuff remains there more than 24 hours my mother starts saying "itna kuch ghar main rakha hai, kuch kha lya karo" :p

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ok.........i tell you people.......

this behavior stems from the habbits developed while living in a joint family system.....
in those households........where kitchen is common..........this behavior is observed.........reason being........... the main meal is common..........but the rest of the stuff fruits, snacks,sweets etc etc are purchased/paid for people themselves out of their personal expenses (and not from the central kitchen expense)............

if these items were left in the open........other 'families' /people will eat that stuff in no time......like.....it would just disappear..........and the person who bought it.....wouldn't get any...

hence the ''hiding''.......