Thanks, Ann. We used to use finger bowls here after meals. I mean, if you set an elegant table you would include finger bowls. I guess that isn't done here anymore, at least, not in the places I go. Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 5:57 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Prayers For Our Staff In India Hi all, Actually, Sue, it isn't at all. You're thinking of how toddlers eat, using their whole hand. No, this is a delicate, refined art, using the fingertips. The food rests on the pads of the fingers and doesn't touch the palm of the hand at all. It's kind of hard to explain. They taught me how to do it at the school for the blind in Bangalore. No, this is, as I say, a well-thought-out, process. One is presented with finger bowls after a meal so that one can wash one's hand in warm water, complete with a slice of lemon in it. No, no, it is *not* gross at all. Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons Portal Tutoring EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx web site: http://www.portaltutoring.info blog: http://www.samobile.net/users/akp/blog Skype: Putertutor "All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost." Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.12/1822 - Release Date: 12/1/2008 8:23 AM To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.