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PJMcK

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5. There's an elegance to using chopsticks

Reply to Glorfindel (Reply #1)

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.

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How To Use Chopsticks - In About A Minute 🍜 [View all] YoshidaYui Jan 2 OP

Why, sinice the invention of forks, knives, and spoons Glorfindel Jan 2 #1

There's an elegance to using chopsticks PJMcK Jan 2 #5

Once I WAS down in Chinatown with a couple of girl friends and we stopped into this semi famous restaurant YoshidaYui Jan 2 #7

More businesses need to be willing to toss people PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2 #8

Cheers to the chef! People who use chopsticks are usually less obese than the fork & spoon Ziggysmom Jan 3 #11

I use them every day. Harker Jan 2 #9

Thank you for this video! karin_sj Jan 2 #2

I hold mine differently - index and middle finger for the top stick/ bottom stick stabilized on the ring finger... 3catwoman3 Jan 2 #3

Good video PJMcK Jan 2 #4

I'm going to try again................ Lovie777 Jan 2 #6

My daughter taught me how to use chopsticks Americanme Jan 2 #10