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Depends, where? If you go to a village in India they probably offer you some food so delicious you could never imagine. But in the west alcohol is all people kn

• Pet_Ant 2y ago
  It goes with food if you are European. It's part of the hospitality. You can see it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zxVcpOzOPY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zxVcpOzOPY Both the Italian man in the mountains, and the Greek lady in the mediterranean. As well as various Georgians in this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFFZpLbvJqQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFFZpLbvJqQ Not saying you have to do it, but it's part of European cultures for centuries. There is no need to be dismissive of it. My partner is Indian, doesn't drink, and Indian food is no more or less delicious than genuine European food. I have no problem with people not drinking, just the smugness of those who make it a personality trait.
  • bobthepanda 2y ago
    this isn't super crazy different across cultures, just the beverage is. In Europe it is beer because that is what is locally most present. Often it's coffee or tea where that is more locally available, and honestly even Europeans offer coffee or tea as part of hospitality. coffee actually used to be considered as, or more sinful than alcohol when it came to being a social lubricant. (it did not help that coffee houses became known as hotbeds of revolutionary thought in Europe.)
• nerdbert 2y ago
  However people don't live very long in India. In East Asia, where people do live a long time, you will be offered alcohol routinely. I'm not saying there's a causal relationship here, but I don't think that example works well.
• OfficeChad 2y ago
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