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Glorfindel

(10,015 posts)
1. Why, sinice the invention of forks, knives, and spoons
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 04:11 PM
Jan 2

would anyone want[ ]to use such clumsy, primitive implements? I don't get it.

PJMcK

(23,195 posts)
5. There's an elegance to using chopsticks
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 04:27 PM
Jan 2

One eats differently with these implements and there's a delicacy to dining with them.

To each their own, of course, but I cannot imagine eating Japanese or Chinese cuisines with western tableware.

YoshidaYui

(43,045 posts)
7. Once I WAS down in Chinatown with a couple of girl friends and we stopped into this semi famous restaurant
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 04:38 PM
Jan 2

to have some wonderful Chowmein. While there this very loud couple, tourists from Alabama came into the restaurant The man when he sat down saw chopsticks sitting at his plate and started yelling about why there were no forks, knives and spoons? The waiter was very frustrated, as they only kept their traditional green plastic chopsticks and had to walk up and down the block looking for a restaurant that would give them some plastic forks, spoons and knives and grabbed four. By the time he brought back the utensils, the couple had gotten their meal served and were bitching " WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO EAT THIS WITH MY HANDS??? You said you would bring me some utensils!! At this point he was being totally obnoxious and driving some of the regulars to leave the restaurant , and in the mean while the couple was harrassing the waiter, even though he went way out of his way to find the utensils they needed,. I was never so embarrassed for them in all my life. You don't go into a Chinese resturant and start screaming cause if you do the cook might come out with his Chopping blade and tell you to get the hell out.... and that's what he did, and when they left, everyone applauded the cook!

Ziggysmom

(3,674 posts)
11. Cheers to the chef! People who use chopsticks are usually less obese than the fork & spoon
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 12:59 AM
Jan 3

clan. I wonder if that is due to the food, or if people eat slower with chopsticks and savor the food instead of shoveling it in?

karin_sj

(1,135 posts)
2. Thank you for this video!
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 04:17 PM
Jan 2

I've always had a problem with using chopsticks and now I know how! It's definitely a useful skill and I appreciate the lesson.

3catwoman3

(25,875 posts)
3. I hold mine differently - index and middle finger for the top stick/ bottom stick stabilized on the ring finger...
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 04:25 PM
Jan 2

...and in the crook of the thumb.

I'm quite proficient. I can pick up a single grain of rice with my chopsticks. A skill developed while being stationed in Japan for 2 years with the Air Force nurse corps.

PJMcK

(23,195 posts)
4. Good video
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 04:25 PM
Jan 2

I was fortunate to learn how to use chopsticks when I was young so it's always been second nature to use them.

There's an elegance to eating when using chopsticks. I cannot imagine eating sushi/sashimi with a fork and lo mein wouldn't be the same using a fork and spoon!

Lovie777

(15,542 posts)
6. I'm going to try again................
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 04:30 PM
Jan 2

my daughters (4) knows how to use them from 8 - 22, baby number 5 is 2 years old and is learning, but I can't do it.

Americanme

(105 posts)
10. My daughter taught me how to use chopsticks
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 05:57 PM
Jan 2

She took me out for Japanese sushi and for Korean sushi. I loved the food, and I enjoyed using chopsticks.

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