Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s2.t1.147

c7.s2.t1.147

For the preparation of a meal the whole of the kitchen floor and a part of the enclosing walls, or if the operations had to be performed in the open, as much of the space as was required for cooking and eating purposes had to be plastered with cow-dung and earth. A Hindu stripped himself of clothes except his *dhoti* or loin cloth, before eating. If the Hindu belonged to the Brahman caste, especially of the sub-caste of *Agnihotris* and a few others, he or his wife cooked their food personally and the cooking, as well as the eating, was concealed from public view.¹