Considering Hygiene in Cooking

Written by: Mir Aqa Etibar

Wedding and Quran recitation ceremonies are held in different ways in different parts of Afghanistan. Most people like to invite more guests to their parties The owners of parties to prepare variety of foods and drinks but if they do not pay attention to hygiene of food, some guests might face some health problems.
AEPO’s writer/producer has talked to some people about this issue.

Sayed Abid Hasam, a resident of Nangarhar province says, “I had participated in a wedding party. After eating dinner, I feel pain in my stomach and they take to the hospital and I spent thousands of Afghanis for my treatment.”
Gul Agha, a resident of Kabul province says, “once I had participated in my cousin’s wedding party. The party was held at home and the foods were extraordinary but the dinner set was so contaminated that no one dared to eat food. I did not ate food at that day but my wife and children had eaten food and they were badly faced nausea.”

What do some people think about the causes of this issue?

Samiullah Ibrahimi, a resident of Paghman district, Kabul province says, “I had participated in a wedding ceremony. The number of guests increased and there was no one to wash the dishes and the cook was distributing foods in the mentioned dishes. On the other hand, they had well-washed the vegetables and these issues caused health problems for some of the guests.”

Muhammad Arif, a resident of laghman province says, “Once I was invited to a wedding party. The cook had picked up small sands from the rice and this issue caused troubles for some guests.”

What points some people suggest for the party owners?

Samiullah Ibarhimi says, “On the wedding day of my son, I assigned some responsible youths for chicking dishes before distributing food to the guest.

I took two boys with me and rent new and clean dishes for the party. I was controlling the cook and taking care of dishes not to be contaminated.”

Nilofar Wardak says, In the parties that belong to us, we (the girls of the party owner) take the responsibility of receiving guests. If some mothers have more children, we want them if they let their children, we would take them to another room for eating their food, and if they do not accept, we wish them to take care of their children during eating food.”