What are your thoughts on chopsticks?

[GirlyGymRat]

no wonder you know about the bowl-to-mouth thing.

I realized I was moving my food too far and i was a quick study with the sticks.

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I realized I was moving my food too far and i was a quick study with the sticks.

china-born chinese? or american?

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chivalrous or chauvinistic?

[evander87]

wow, thats impressive. i always thought only the head chef/owner would be japanese, and all the servers would be locals.

guess you can simply ask them if its fine to use your hands, but i'm sure they won't mind. most restaurant adapt to the local culture instead of sticking strictly to the owner's culture. even the recipe may be slightly different. i always assume that sushi in japan will taste quite different from sushi elsewhere in the world.

personally, i hate getting my fingers sticky and oily.

As far as I know in the formal sense of sushi chopsticks are used to remove a piece from the "community plate" to your personal plate then hand from plate to mouth.

Kinda like the formal tradition of fork on left hand knife in right to cut the food. Set the knife down and switch from left to right hand to put the food in your mouth.

Who does that crap anymore? Lol

[tigerspawn]

I enjoy using them to eat.

[Honkey_Kong]

Apparently you don't have kids, cause there's a hellacious learning curve on forks. It starts at about 8 months and they finally get it down around 4 or 5 years old.

You're right I don't have any kids. But I will say in nearly 33 years, I still haven't figured out how to use chopsticks.

[lovbyts]

I've lived in Asia, and can eat just as quickly with chopsticks as with a fork. Even the rice is not safe around my plate!

That's because Asians know how to make real sticky rice to you can get a mouth full with only one chop stick.

It's amazing though how fast some of them can shovel the food in with chop sticks though.

[GirlyGymRat]

china-born chinese? or american?

I think born in america. About 6 ft tall. Very odd. Parents were tiny.

[GirlyGymRat]

chivalrous or chauvinistic?

Chivalrous

[GirlyGymRat]

You're right I don't have any kids. But I will say in nearly 33 years, I still haven't figured out how to use chopsticks.

It's all about relaxing the fingers. U might have a deaf grip on those poor chops.

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As far as I know in the formal sense of sushi chopsticks are used to remove a piece from the "community plate" to your personal plate then hand from plate to mouth.

Kinda like the formal tradition of fork on left hand knife in right to cut the food. Set the knife down and switch from left to right hand to put the food in your mouth.

Who does that crap anymore? Lol

I enjoy using chopsticks and can "shovel" just as effectively with em as i can with a fork.

I have always cut with left hand and so i never had to switch. For me eating is about satisfying my hunger, so i assume i automatically used left hand to cut as i am a right handed fork guy!

[austinite]

I enjoy using chopsticks and can "shovel" just as effectively with em as i can with a fork.

I have always cut with left hand and so i never had to switch. For me eating is about satisfying my hunger, so i assume i automatically used left hand to cut as i am a right handed fork guy!

Blasphemy!

[panntastic]

I enjoy using chopsticks and can "shovel" just as effectively with em as i can with a fork.

I have always cut with left hand and so i never had to switch. For me eating is about satisfying my hunger, so i assume i automatically used left hand to cut as i am a right handed fork guy!

Finally another right handed fork holder

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Finally another right handed fork holder

Shoot man i dont even think i became aware that its "proper" to use my right hand to cut until i was in my teens! This may be surprising to u knowing that my mom is english. I always wondered why she cut and then Switched hands to eat! That is way tok much a pain inthe ass!!!

[evander87]

I have always cut with left hand and so i never had to switch. For me eating is about satisfying my hunger, so i assume i automatically used left hand to cut as i am a right handed fork guy!

Probably would have been burned at the steak as a warlock. lol

Damn lefties.