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THE RETCHING CUSTOM

When it comes to food and the related habits and gestures, it might be said that what was polite in the past is impolite today and vice versa.

Retching is considered, nowadays, one of the most disgusting and impolite gestures that anyone can do. Even more, when you are invited to a friend’s house for dinner and you should behave like a respected guest, you probably fight and struggle to avoid retching after a rich and copious meal, in order to preserve appearances and to be polite. Still, retching hasn’t always been an impolite action, as surprising as it may seem...

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