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Fish with milk in Pakistan Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:37 am  Fish with milk in Pakistan
 

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In Pakistan, if you ask someone to drink milk after they have eaten fish, they will be more than shocked. Here, all believe that milk after fish causes skin pigmentation. What do you have to say about it? Rolling Eyes

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Fish with milk in Pakistan Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:45 am  Fish with milk in Pakistan
 

In the United States, people would be shocked and a bit amused if you mentioned the Pakistani objection to consuming milk after fish, because Americans of every age normally drink milk with dinner, and we suffer no ill effects from drinking milk with our fish dinner.
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Fish with milk in Pakistan Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:26 am  Fish with milk in Pakistan
 

Hi Tom,
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In Pakistan, if you ask someone to drink milk after they have eaten fish, they will be more than shocked. Here, all believe that milk after fish causes skin pigmentation. What do you have to say about it?


In my country, people can drink milk in the morning and in the evening and it's not a problem for them when they drink milk after eating fish. Very Happy
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Fish with milk in Pakistan Sun Apr 15, 2007 19:37 pm  Fish with milk in Pakistan
 

Except for young children, drinking milk with meals is very uncommon in Spain, as in many other parts of the world (some cultures never even drink cow's milk). Actually, I've only seen it done by people in American films -- another regular on their table seems to be mashed potatoes, by the way!
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Fish with milk in Pakistan Sun Apr 15, 2007 19:42 pm  Fish with milk in Pakistan
 

Conchita wrote:
Except for young children, drinking milk with meals is very uncommon in Spain, as in many other parts of the world (some cultures never even drink cow's milk). Actually, I've only seen it done by people in American films -- another regular on their table seems to be mashed potatoes, by the way!.

Another thing you'll notice in American films is that waitresses put down glasses of water as soon as they approach the table, and before the person has examined the menu. You can ask for all the water you want, and you never pay for it.
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Fish with milk in Pakistan Sun Apr 15, 2007 19:53 pm  Fish with milk in Pakistan
 

Jamie (K) wrote:
Another thing you'll notice in American films is that waitresses put down glasses of water as soon as they approach the table, and before the person has examined the menu. You can ask for all the water you want, and you never pay for it.

I haven't noticed that, but you often see waitresses refill coffee cups -- something they don't do here.

PS: We also get all the water we want for free, as long as it isn't bottled (mineral water), though. The bread with our meal is often free, too.
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Fish with milk in Pakistan Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:16 pm  Fish with milk in Pakistan
 

I don 't like milk and I don't eat fish
so I can't say : )
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Fish with milk in Pakistan Sat Apr 21, 2007 16:56 pm  Fish with milk in Pakistan
 

Hi Tom,
I have heard of this for the first time. Let me examine one of my brothers as milk and fish is his habitual dish for dinner.Jokes aside, that is no more than a false assumption, however there are scores of people that acquired an allergy to milk. Maybe, skin pigmentation is one of the symptoms of an allergy. Cool
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Fish with milk in Pakistan Tue Apr 24, 2007 22:14 pm  Fish with milk in Pakistan
 

I have such white spots and when I got them, in our STRICT HINDU household, even onions and garlic were banned as these are considered Out-of-Bounds of being STRICTLY VEGETARIAN... and there is absolutely no question of fish being cooked there.

So I MOST DEFINITELY KNOW that this is just an urban legend... Myth.. Whatever...

However, my problem is, my wife-to-be BELIEVES in it... Sad

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