Latgalian cuisine: habits, believes, sayings

• Don’t pour liquid into the bowl backwards, because in this way evil is wished
• If the food is too salty, the cook has fallen in love
• Don’t leave food on the table and water in the kitchen without cover, because overnight the devil will appear there
• If you scatter salt while eating, then there will be a big quarrel
• If someone takes a piece of bread, forgets to eat it and takes one more piece, it means that the eater is very hungry
• Don’t clean the crumbs off the table with your hand, because there will be no money at home
• If you put the bread loaf upside down on the table, there will be hunger in your house
• If bread falls, kiss it while lifting it up, then God will not be angry
• One can’t spoil porridge with butter
• Hunger is the best sauce
• If you don’t empty your bowl, then the next day you will have no power
• If you eat bread bitten by somebody, you can read their thoughts
• If you look into the mirror while eating, you will lose your memory
• If the bite falls out of your mouth while eating, it means that somebody envies you
• If you swing your legs while eating, you swing devil’s children