Eating habits

1) I'm not sure...comfort?
To me, sitting at a table is less comfortable than reclining or lying slightly back on a pillow.

2/3) Depends on how one does it, I suppose.
If done without proper support, it can be fairly uncomfortable, IMO.

4) Possibly, which is why I'm digging into Scripture for an answer.
Here are some results:

Sitting ( is this literal? I think so ): Matthew 9:10, Luke 24:30.
Eating at a literal table: Judges 1:7, 1 Kings 4:27, Matthew 15:27, Mark 7:28, Luke 22:29-30, John 12:2.

To me, it's difficult to sit at a table without having a chair ( seat ) to sit in.


5) Yes. Psalms 23:5 among others.

6) Fried chicken?
Frying is mentioned ( or at least the frying pan is ) in Leviticus 2:7, as well as other means of cooking mentioned in the same chapter.
Chicken being in the Middle East?
Fowl in general come in different sub-species, and are found all over the world...and for thousands of years in the past.


Okra?
That's like asparagus, kale and spinach ( I like it raw, not cooked ), isn't it?...bleah.
To me, they are weeds that need flavoring to get them past the gag reflex.

 

So did they also either walk, drive a chariot, or ride a donkey and go to the take out window and request clean or unclean to go?... Hey I'm only asking... Brother Glen

You want the Jewish or the Gentile plate?

 

I believe reclining is actually laying down on the floor being propped up with your elbow. It has nothing to do with elevated tables and chairs like we have in the West.

 

Why did the Romans recline while feasting?

This might help.

 

My problem is not sitting or reclining but walking away.

 

Informative, but you may want to skip the last line.