[HN Gopher] Crows of Karachi
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       Crows of Karachi
        
       Author : renameme
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2023-01-16 20:40 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | birdymcbird wrote:
       | Really enjoyed reading this article.
       | 
       | > The wedding was held outside, the food prepared out in the open
       | air as it always is. The crows sat on their electric poles
       | overlooking the venue as preparations were made. If an
       | opportunity presented itself, they did not hesitate: a piece of
       | meat for a skewer, a half-chopped onion, old bits of lettuce and
       | tomato, all went one by one to the crows who commanded the
       | territory.
       | 
       | Aware developing countries have lower work safety standards but
       | didnt realize food safety also missing. street vendor food is all
       | outside, yes..but Pakistani weddings i think would not be street
       | vendor but catering service. To learn food prepared outside in
       | 40+ Celsius heat shocks me.
        
         | erklik wrote:
         | > Pakistani weddings i think would not be street vendor but
         | catering service
         | 
         | Largely depends on how rich you are. Middle-class and above
         | tend to hire a Wedding Marquee, which basically means a hall
         | and catering service along with decoration shenanigans. So,
         | largely, yeah, food is catered.
         | 
         | However, poorer folks will not be able to afford such a thing.
         | Therefore, food is going to be cooked the traditional way. Now,
         | since weddings tend to be fairly big, huge events with over
         | 300/400 people at the minimum. This means that you need big
         | pots and pans to cook lots of food. Kitchen ovens are often
         | smaller sized and difficult to cook on, so specially made
         | massive pots for cooking are used on wood fire outside where
         | cooking is done.
         | 
         | Although, I will say, I've eaten at a fair few weddings, and
         | actually aided the cooking effort in two or three, none would
         | ever allow any bird or any other sort of animal near it, and
         | hygiene was as high as it could be. Food ingredients are kept
         | covered with some sort of netting/clean cloths while pots and
         | pans are always covered with a lid. More so, meat and other
         | perishables that might be affected by the heat are basically
         | brought directly out of fridge and into pot.
         | 
         | Crows and other birds getting some food is only when leftovers
         | are thrown to the side somewhere, so this, hopefully, isn't a
         | common thing.
        
       | lofaszvanitt wrote:
       | Just put out some wasabi coated peanuts... and have a good laugh
       | when you see them with their open beaks trying to relieve the
       | spiciness and cool down their mouths :DDDD.
        
       | busyant wrote:
       | beautifully written
        
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