In many Brahmins houses there is a practice of keeping daily (food) eating plates of our own totally separate from other plates, etc. I do not know how many of us continue to do so. We do. A curious (non-Brahmin) lady piqued at this asked us. "Hey, you are only eating from the plates and why you keep them separate in your own house." I replied that "this is the practice followed by us in our family always." I do not want to explain or narrate further.