The Moth

Don't Touch

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Mercia Tapping experiences a clash between her British upbringing and US food culture. 

Tags Food Relationships Kindness of strangers Friendship Cultural traditions Habits Community Funny Hopeful Optimistic

Storyteller

Mercia Tapping

Original Air Date

August 31, 2022

Recorded Date

July 24, 2018

“When I grew up in England, it was considered to be extremely impolite to touch somebody else's food.”

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