1. Do you think that food defines a culture?If so, how?
Food is a part of culture because
1. Food resources quantity as few things are available abundantly and few are rare .
2. Following the recipes from long long ago .
3. Based on climatic condition, few things grow in respective area .
4. People used to wander a lot olden days and get settle at some place and those people food becomes habituate in further coming days in that place .
5. Fertility of land, type of land.
2. What are the eating habits in your country?
The average Ukrainian's diet consists of relatively inexpensive and bland staple foods, traditional Ukrainian dishes, fast/junk food, and a few personal idiosyncracies. Low-budget staple foods include: bread, oatmeal, rice, buckwheat, porridge, noodles, sunflower oil, vegetables in season, sausages, eggs, sauces, etc.
3. Are there any foods that bring back special memories for you?
Yes, there is many
Paska, Borscht, Varenyky, Holubtsi, Holodets
4. Are there any eating rules in your family?
Yes, when taking a small break in eating, the fork and the knife should balance on the rim of the plate; when receiving a second helping, they should lie parallel on the right side of the plate; and when you've finished your meal, they should lie parallel either across the plate or on a diagonal
Most families have a few superstitions flowing through them, even if it’s only the older members who still hold to them diligently. And if there’s one feature most of these superstitions have in common, it’s that they’re totally, utterly inexplicable. Like a chocolate kettle paired with a paper teapot, they make no sense whatsoever.
Unlike the above, though, they do tend to have their own backstory. Some superstitions derive from half-forgotten religious practices, but others have origins in the practical wisdom of their times.
In this series we’re going to look at some of the more common family superstitions, and find out where the heck they originally came from. Some of them, you might find, are not quite so ridiculous after all. (Although most of them definitely are.)
In this first part we’re going to look at some very old superstitions, those thought to have originated several centuries ago or even in pre-Christian times.