Georgian customs
When meeting guests or ordinary friends, they usually shake hands. Relatives and friends, whether men or women, should touch their faces and hug when meeting or saying goodbye. Moreover, to show friendship, when shaking hands, they often fold the back of the other person's hand lightly, look at it kindly, and smile on the face. When meeting, addresses and greetings are generally preceded by Mr., Miss, etc., and close friends are even called by their first names, and family members are often used by pet names or nicknames. When listening to elders or guests, you should not hold your head with one hand and play with the other, otherwise you will be regarded as disrespecting each other or deliberately embarrassing others.
When visiting Georgians 'homes, they often send flowers to the hostess, and the flowers are in even numbers. Avoid sending chrysanthemums and white and purple flowers. During social activities, it is common to give gifts to each other. Gifts are mostly perfumes, wine, swords and other things. When visiting, pay attention to sitting and standing up from the left side of the chair. They express displeasure at making too loud a noise when eating food, and don't like picking their teeth and spitting in front of others, and feel that it is unrefined. When Muslims in Georgia bid farewell to relatives, friends or guests, they are accustomed to crossing their hands on their chests and bowing 90 degrees to show respect and farewell.
Georgians mainly eat pasta. The staple foods include wheat, corn, potatoes and Mchadi (a kind of pasta), and the non-staple foods include beef and mutton, dairy products, eggs, various vegetables and fruits. Milk and bread are necessities in life, and knives and forks are used as utensils during meals. I love to cook dishes with spinach, fruits, poultry and various spices; at the same time, I love to eat roasted and smoked meat, peppers cured and vinegar soaked food, as well as fried snacks, fruits and vegetables. The taste is heavy and likes sweet and sour taste. They also love cheese. Locally made cheeses are mellow, have a good taste, and have a wide variety. Among them, the salty cheese "Suuguni" is one of the best products in the cheese family.
Common grilled dishes include: kebabs (large pieces of beef, sheep, pork), roasted suckling pig, roasted chicken, grilled fish, roasted mushrooms, etc. Traditional dishes include "Saqivi" with turkey as the main ingredient,"boiled steamed buns", grilled meat baked by burning firewood into charcoal, and a large cake baked with cheese filling-Hachaburi. Most of the dishes on the table are shared meals, not like Westerners, where each person has one serving. The banquet host is generous and will encourage people to drink and eat meat in large chunks to show their generosity and hospitality.
Georgia is rich in fruit production, with excellent quality grapes, pears, lychees, apples, etc. It is one of the birthplaces of wine and has a long history. Georgian wine was a state banquet wine during the former Soviet Union. The word "wine" was translated from Georgian into Latin, English, German, French and Russian.
The ancestors of Georgians were mainly engaged in agricultural production, and grape planting is the main source of material and spiritual life for this nation. During the autumn harvest, screening grapes for wine making is the most meaningful and important day in their lives. Georgians love wine very much. There is no banquet without wine. Georgian table culture is also dominated by wine. Without a toast on the table, it is regarded as disrespectful and indifferent to guests.
Therefore, each table has a Tamada served by an elderly person. A banquet without a toast will be regarded as disrespectful and indifferent to the guests. Toasts generally take peace, motherland, ancestors, future generations, friendship, health, ladies, success, etc. as the themes. The language is sincere and the emotion is touching. Everyone at the table can toast, but only with the approval of the "Wine Commander".
They also like to drink coffee, cocoa and black tea. Tea planting in Georgia originated in China-in the late 19th century, a person surnamed Liu China first planted tea trees on the Black Sea, so the habit of drinking tea gradually became popular in Georgia. To this day, in western Georgia, the pronunciation of "tea" is still "Liu tea".
Georgia's desserts are commendable, many of which are made with nuts and fruits and are very healthy. They specially introduced me to the string of brown "sausages" on the dessert stand-Sujiuha). It is a famous product in Georgia and is very troublesome to make: you mash plums and boil them with spices until gelatinous, then put the walnut kernels threaded with thread in, roll on the plum glue, and repeat it many times until it is wrapped. It is covered with a thick gel, hung up and air-dried, and it is ready to eat. This is their famous tea. In addition, there is also a dessert that looks like dough but tastes like fruit bark. It is made of grape juice and starch.
Of course, Muslims here also abstain from pork and donkey meat, and avoid eating all animals that died naturally and their blood. They also hate black, especially black cats. Since most people believe in Orthodox Christianity, they think the number "13" is unlucky and hate both the numbers "13" and "666". I like the numbers "7" and "3" and think red is a symbol of courage and fearlessness.