Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, is of Indian (the country) descent, and as such, he will occasionally eat with his hands.

Apparently some people are making a big deal out of this. Someone posted a video of him at a restaurant and the social media poster pointed out that “he eats with his hands” as if that is a bad thing.

I’m neutral when it comes to politics, so I’m staying far away from that, but when it comes to eating with our hands, I must speak out. With humor, of course. Because a lot of cultures eat with their hands, including Mexicans. Of which I am!

A colleague also pointed out that he “love(s) tearing a piece of my flour tortilla and using my hand to scoop up my chorizo con papas y huevos. Yum!”

There is so much food that is meant to be eaten with our hands.

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