Some general rules for eating

1. Before eating, one should eat food by praising Annapurna Mata, thanking her and praying to God that all the hungry get food.

2. For a householder, there is a provision for eating food only in the morning and evening.

3. One who eats food after washing both hands, both legs and mouth, lives long.

4. Eating with wet feet increases lifespan.

5. Dry feet, wearing shoes, standing, sleeping, walking, sitting on the bed, keeping in the lap, carrying in the hand, in a broken vessel, with the left hand, in the temple, in the evening, midnight or darkness. One should not eat food.

6. One should not eat a full meal at night.

7. Curd, sattu and sesame should not be consumed at night.

8. One should not eat food while laughing, crying, talking, without desire, during solar eclipse or lunar eclipse.

9. Eating food facing east increases lifespan.

10. Eating food facing north brings longevity and wealth.

11. Eating food facing south helps in attaining the spirit.

12. Eating food facing west makes a person sick.

13. Food should always be eaten alone.

14. If the wife is eating, one should not look at her.

15. After feeding children and old people, eat food yourself.

16. Do not eat food without bathing, worshiping or performing havan.

17. You can consume reed, water, milk, fruits and medicines without bathing.

18. Do not eat food in the same vessel with anyone. (Never with your wife) Do not give your pussy to anyone, nor eat anyone else’s pussy yourself.

19. Eating food in bronze utensils (except Sunday) increases lifespan, intelligence, fame and strength.

20. Do not criticize the food served, whatever it is, you should eat it with love. Food eaten with respect increases strength and energy.

21. Food eaten at the time of jealousy, fear, anger, greed, attachment and hatred creates disorders in the body and invites disease.

22. Eat sweet food first, salty and sour food in the middle and bitter food at the end.

23. Any sweet item like halwa, kheer, malpua etc. should be eaten only after offering it to the gods and ancestors.

24. Except water, honey, milk, curd, ghee, kheer and sattu, no food should be eaten completely. This means that a little bit should be left in the plate.

25. Never eat food at the place of someone you do not love.

26. One should not eat food in case of fast urination, in an environment of discord, in excessive noise, under peepal or banyan tree.

27. Half eaten fruits, sweets etc. should not be eaten again.

28. One should not eat again after leaving food.

29. A householder should not eat more than 32 grams.

30. One who eats a little gets health, age, strength, happiness, beautiful children, and beauty.

31. Never eat from someone who makes you eat by boasting.

32. Never eat food that has been touched by a dog, taken out of Shraddha, stale, cooled by blowing through the mouth, food with fallen hair, disrespectful or served with complete disregard.

33. One should never eat food given by a miser, by a king, by a characterless person or by a liquor seller.

34. Prepare food in the kitchen only after taking a bath, with a pure heart, while chanting mantras, and first of all take out 3 rotis separately for the cow, dog and crows and then after offering them to Agni Dev, feed them to the family members.