People Who Slurp: C/D?

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I just rode home on the subway and sitting next to me was a respectable-looking, middle-aged Asian woman who was slurrrrrping - slurrrrping - her yogurt as she ate. When she finished she put the container in her bag and continued to smack her lips every minute or so for the rest of the journey. Does anyone know if in some Asian cultures it is considered normal, or even polite, to consume food audibly?

― wayoutwest (Nick D), Monday, 25 August 2003 20:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Slurping = CLASSIC!!!!!!!

(Wait, you're talking about food?)

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 25 August 2003 20:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I remember a lot of spitting and noisy throat clearing from my Asian adventures.

― Lara (Lara), Monday, 25 August 2003 20:52 (twenty-two years ago)

(Please desist from posting the obvious)

― Lara (Lara), Monday, 25 August 2003 20:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Wait, you're talking about food?)

Reading previous posts before answering = classic;>

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 25 August 2003 20:53 (twenty-two years ago)

go watch tampopo!

slurping ramen is very classic not to mention efficient.

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 25 August 2003 21:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Slurping is the only way to eat ramen noodles. The broth and noodles are usually so hot that the extra inhale as you're sucking them in slightly cools them and I dunno, you're just supposed to slurp.

Uh, I dunno about yogurt though. It's probably just that many Asians have terrible eating habits. Trust me. My father still hasn't learned to chew with his mouth closed.

― phil-two (phil-two), Monday, 25 August 2003 21:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Also, watch Tampopo for the SUPER HOT OH MY GOD I'M GOING TO FAINT CAN YOU HEAR ME PANTING AND BREATHING ALL HEAVY LIKE HOT HOT HOT makin'-out-with-an-egg scene.

and an insight to ramen culture in japan. but mostly for the egg-yolk scene

― phil-two (phil-two), Monday, 25 August 2003 21:04 (twenty-two years ago)

PHIL = TOTALLY OTM WIF RE: TO TAMPOPO!!!
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― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 04:33 (twenty-two years ago)

I've heard from People Who Would Know that slurping is good table manners in Japan (I only know about Japan here) and that if you truly want to show admiration for the dish you're eating and respect for the person who made it, you would slurp it down. The relative of mine who's married to a Japanese woman, and in fact my Japanese relative as well, slurp down everything that has a broth, from soups to menudo, because he learned a long while back that you show you like what you're eating by slurping.

So if you're slurping to follow a Japanese tradition, it's a classic. But slurping just to slurp -- man, get better (Western-centric) table manners, please.

― Just Deanna (Dee the Lurker), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 04:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Throwing up is good manners in Belgium. It is as if you say to your host, "The meal was so delicious I would like to eat it up all over again".

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 05:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Emma doens't slurp her drinks so mcuh as she glugs them lieka decrepit sink.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 07:21 (twenty-two years ago)

When you slurp you take in air with the food which carries millions of food particles up to your smell sensors in your nose thus doubling the taste/smell pleasure. No need to do it with yoghurt, though, especially if it's cold.

― Mark C (Mark C), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 11:42 (twenty-two years ago)

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