Food Cultures and Customs

In _____, don’t eat your bread as an appetizer with your meal. Instead, it should be eaten with your main meal.

• Japan

• France

• Turkey

• Great Britain

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

In _____, never stick your chopsticks in your rice. This is only done at funerals in this culture.

• Japan

• Chile

• Thailand

• Russia

In _______, it's considered polite to be 20 minutes late for your lunch or dinner.

• Turkey

• Argentina

• Tanzania

• Chile

In ______, you should hand items to people with both hands as a sign of respect.

• Uzebekistan

• Brazil

• Ethiopia

• South Korea

In ______, it's rude to eat anything with your hands, even French fries.

• Liberia

• Chile

• Honduras

• Canada

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

In _______, you should only use a fork to push food onto your spoon. You shouldn’t put the fork in your mouth.

• China

• Mongolia

• Thailand

• South Africa

In ______, it's considered rude to tip your waiters.

• Japan

• Mongolia

• Hungary

• Brazil

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

In _______, it’s cool to hang out in graveyards for a picnic because they’re nicely kept like parks.

• Nicaragua

• Denmark

• Canada

• Greenland

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

In all these places EXCEPT this one, it is considered rude to eat with your left hand.

• the Middle East

• Parts of Africa

• India

• Brazil

• Sri Lanka

Chewing gum in public places in _______ is illegal.

• China

• Taiwan

• India

• Singapore