On our stay in the city of Marseilles, 1826-1831 [ Practices ]
… We also received about 100 chairs to sit on, since in this country it is considered strange for people to sit on a kind of rug spread out on the floor – indeed, the very fact of sitting on the floor amazes them. Then, they laid the … they never eat from copper plates or receptacles – not even if they have been tinplated, as these are used for cooking only. However, they do always use enamel plates. With them, meals consist of several set stages, each of which may … else’s knife or fork or drink from someone else’s glass. They claim that this is cleaner and healthier." … France … Drinking … Text : Rifa‘a Rafi‘ Al-Tahtawi, An Imam in Paris. Account of a Stay in France by an Egyptian Cleric (1826-1831) , …
France | Drinking
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