Indian curry smell
So the majority of people think that Indians constantly smell like curry/smell bad in general. This is mostly true.
I have a friend who lived in India for a long time and she told me that when they cooked their Indian dishes, the strong smell of the spices would seep into everything within the vicinity; it would usually waft through the entire house. So if all their clothes/books/bags smell like "curry" after cooking, why don't they just put their stuff into a closet and close the door?
When my mom makes Pho, the smell goes EVERYWHERE and it can be mistaken for B.O., so we close the doors to our bedrooms, close the closets, and open all the windows. One time i forgot to close my closet and bedroom doors so I smelled like Pho the whole day so gross >.< >.< >.<
the gross indian smell is revealed: they shower daily but their food makes them smell like poopoo.
Also I heard that, in general, Indians eat Indian food with their hands? can anyone confirm?
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@iTossSharks: that sounds like a lovely smell
@abakre2: I'm sure that almost everyone eats bread with their hands. Americans have finger foods too, like pizza/burgers/fries, but those are easy to pick up unlike rice. Again, I guess it's a cultural thing.
Gross Indian smell? They smell so nice. wut u talkin bout?
I'm half indian but eat a lot of indian food; it depends on how indian you are.
Let me break it down. You are correct in saying that its the food that makes Indians smell, not their natural odor. The thing is that you're over generalizing. Actually, you'll find that 1/40 Indians smell. It's just that the smell is so strong that we get stereotyped for it. Now you're right; the smell comes from the mixture of spices in our food. But people only get the smell when they do oily cooking (primarily south indian food) which is infrequent.
I'm making my race look bad in a sense, but the same thing applies to all other cultures. One of my best friends is Chinese, and I've gone over to her house only to be overcome with a STRONG smell of asian food. Now, everytime I see her, I can smell that subtle scent on her. The only difference for Indians is that we have a diverse array of foods and we use a diverse array of spices which make the smell a bit stronger. The same thing applies for us as applies to you -- if we don't close the door while someone's cooking really oily food, our clothes are gonna smell like spice. I'm don't ever smell (just because my family doesn't cook oily food) but I know people who do and I have had to deal with cooking-ladies who come over and cook for parties who make really oily food and stink up the whole house.
Now for your second question, not all Indians eat with their hands but some do. A majority of people use utensils (and pretty much everyone in this generation), but the older crowd still tends to eat with their hands. It's not disgusting -- we eat bread with our hands and dip it in other stuff. Some people eat rice with their hands just because they're accustomed to it. This who hand-eating thing really only applies to people in India -- here in America, people just eat with utensils (unless they're eating bread of course).
@ninjasmasher: oh didn't know that was possible lol
@formaldehyde: your mum is smart
At least I smell good and that is all really matters.
@Metacafe: It can be
I'll always know when someone's cooking on my street by the smell.
[quote=ninjasmasher]It smells worse than you think. My whole street would start smelling if someone were to start cooking. Also a lot of indian kids are just lazy as hell and would rather smell than have to put their stuff away. As for the eating with the hands it's true but it's dry food not wet food, we use utensils for wet food and rice.[/quote]
the smell can't be that strong can it? lol
So it's just a cultural thing I guess. Like how Asians use chopsticks instead of forks/spoons.
curry taste good on my chicken fried rice
Pho FTW
It smells worse than you think. My whole street would start smelling if someone were to start cooking. Also a lot of indian kids are just lazy as hell and would rather smell than have to put their stuff away. As for the eating with the hands it's true but it's dry food not wet food, we use utensils for wet food and rice.
For your last sentence, it depends. Indians in America/Canada/other places do not, but Inidans in India do. Some of them do, as I have seen it.