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Post by gato on Jan 1, 2022 11:06:15 GMT -5
The Chinese invented both the fork and chopsticks. I've managed fairly well with their forks, but chopsticks? Never had any success with them.
Besides, using chopsticks when you have a perfectly good fork in hand, is like holding up your pants instead of using a belt. It can be done, but the limitations become obvious when you're handed two drinks at Starbucks. Nobody wants to see you wobbling out to the car with your pants around your ankles.
I think Bill Cosby said it best: "you can't eat Jello Pudding with chopsticks. I tired it and they put me in prison."
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Post by RufusTeleStrat on Jan 1, 2022 11:20:46 GMT -5
But they work if used properly.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jan 1, 2022 11:24:09 GMT -5
Tony Soprano on why the Chinese didn’t invent macaroni:
“Why would people who eat with sticks invent something you need a fork to eat?”
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Post by rickyguitar on Jan 1, 2022 11:51:41 GMT -5
Just takes practice. Chinese have blunt ends and spearing food is considered gauche. Japanese are pointy for spearing. No good for soup tho, either one.
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Post by Leftee on Jan 1, 2022 12:09:32 GMT -5
It is literally the only song I can play on piano.
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Post by Taildragger on Jan 1, 2022 13:14:34 GMT -5
I used to eat with 'em frequently, but do so less often nowadays on account of of arthritis in both thumbs. I'm still adept with them, but my right thumb starts bothering me after after using them to eat an entire meal.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jan 1, 2022 13:54:16 GMT -5
It is literally the only song I can play on piano. Yeah but you play it with a fork. |
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Post by jazzguy on Jan 1, 2022 14:11:32 GMT -5
I'm good w them and never use a fork but have you ever been to a Chinese restaurant when the staff is eating?
Forks.....
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Post by hushnel on Jan 1, 2022 16:02:51 GMT -5
I use them for appropriate foods, I don’t use forks for soup either.
When I’m snacking on nuts and dried fruit, I use chopsticks as a kind of portion control. I find them handy for grilling bacon too. I have a couple of breakdown sets too, I’ll put a set in my pocket when going to parties and camping.
I knock out larger sets when wilderness camping to move coals from the fire around, controlling heat for cooking and moving embers to the dutch oven.
I find them useful, and preferable to plastic ware. The bamboo makes a great dowel pin in a pinch.
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Post by Ricketi on Jan 1, 2022 16:45:17 GMT -5
A chop stick with a hole in the center can be used for soup
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Post by rok-a-bill-e on Jan 1, 2022 18:24:39 GMT -5
My only use for them is with sushi. As for soup, many Asians indeed use chopsticks with soup. They stir stuff around and sweep ingredients into their open mouths, where they are supping from the bowl. If I get Miso with my sushi, I do the same.
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Post by FlyonNylon on Jan 1, 2022 19:07:05 GMT -5
I like eating chinese/japanese/thai food with chopsticks. Something is nice about picking up smaller bits of food in a dexterous fashion. I’m sure there’s a great youtube tutorial explaining how to use them. Basically hold near the back of the sticks, keep the one proximal stationary held between the dominant hand thumb interphalangeal joint and the lateral side of the distal phalanx of the long finger. Hold the other stick between your index and thumb fingerpads like a pen and move it up and down in the same plane as the other stick.
Bam, chopsticks.
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Post by professor on Jan 2, 2022 19:23:19 GMT -5
80% of their use is as a shovel when the bowl is held close to the mouth, or the mouth is down close to the bowl. The noodles or bits of vegetable, meat, or fish are small enough that you’re not stuffing too much in at any given time.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jan 2, 2022 20:34:06 GMT -5
My grandmother used to travel to China frequently (she stayed 6 months once), and once she brought back chopsticks for my sister and I and taught us how to use them. That pair is long gone, but I ordered a lot of like 200 disposable pairs from Amazon years ago. I do use them from time to time, I even keep some at work.
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Post by gato on Jan 3, 2022 6:14:43 GMT -5
The Chinese invented the fork as well as the chopstick. Why they went with the sticks over the fork? Dunno.
I guess it's like if you invented the chisel and screwdriver. You discover that the blade of the chisel can work to turn screws, so why bother with screwdrivers.
I know what you're thinking: there are no Phillips head chopsticks, right? Well, there are no Phillips head chisels either. But you can use a fork as a back scratcher.
Except in China.
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Post by rickyguitar on Jan 3, 2022 10:20:02 GMT -5
But who invented the Phillips head backscratcher?
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Post by tahitijack on Jan 3, 2022 14:16:45 GMT -5
I eat Chinese food with chop sticks, slows me down and I enjoy the flavors more. Also eat pasta with spoon and fork...same same. Best invention is the spork which is best used to eat Hula Pie at one of the TS Restaurants...Dukes, Hula Grille, Jakes at the Beach...
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Post by gato on Jan 3, 2022 14:25:01 GMT -5
I eat Chinese food with chop sticks, slows me down and I enjoy the flavors more. Also eat pasta with spoon and fork...same same. Best invention is the spork which is best used to eat Hula Pie at one of the KS Restaurants...Dukes, Hula Grille, Jakes at the Beach... I tried slow-eating with toothpicks and tweezers, but that got old pretty fast. |
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Post by oldfartbassplayrwalt on Jan 4, 2022 15:47:46 GMT -5
Well besides the physical challenges, did you ever consider you can be Politically Incorrect in your misuse?
The 10 commandments of chopstick use to deal with (according to
everythingchopsticks.com):
1. Don't leave your chopsticks stuck vertically in your food. That's associated with death.
2. Don't eat directly from serving dishes. Place food first on your plate and eat from there.
3. Don't stick food with your chopsticks. Accept the challenge and grab food instead.
4. Don't play with your chopsticks, rap them on your plate like drumsticks, make noise or wave them in the air.
5. Don't use your personal chopsticks to get food from the serving dish. Use serving chopsticks instead.
6. Don't use your chopsticks to push around dishes on the table.
7. Don't sort through food in the serving dish.
8. Don't place your chopsticks directly on the table. Put them across your dish or on a rest.
9. Don't hold your chopsticks in your mouth with no hands, such as when passing a dish.
10. Don't point your chopsticks at other people around the table.
Of course, there are the 8 commandments of chop stick use according to andiamo.com
You can pick and choose whom you insult with your misuse:
1) Do not rub your chopsticks together
Rubbing your chopsticks together is seen as an insult in Japan. If you rub your chopsticks together
it implies you’re trying to get rid of splinters because they’re cheap.
2) Do not stick chopsticks upright into your food
it is seen as a lack of respect because it’s traditionally done at funerals.
3) Do not pass food to another pair of chopsticks
It can be seen as rude to pass food from your chopsticks to someone else’s.
4) Do not use one chopstick
Don’t stab your food with one chopstick.
5) Do not leave your chopsticks crossed on your bowl or the table
Place them neatly side by side next to your plate or bowl.
6) Do not point with your chopsticks
Pointing with your chopsticks is considered very rude.
7) Do not take food from a sharing place using the chopsticks you’ve eaten with
. If not given special serving sticks, use the clean, fat end of your chopsticks.
8) Do not wave your chopsticks over dishes
It is also considered impolite to hover your chopsticks in the air indecisively above all of the dishes in front of you.
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Post by oldfartbassplayrwalt on Jan 4, 2022 15:52:14 GMT -5
I was going to challenge the group to come up with their own list of rules about chopstick
use, but given our particular flavor of creativity, it would probably be blocked fairly early...
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Post by Vibroluxer on Jan 4, 2022 16:09:04 GMT -5
That was funny.
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Post by gato on Jan 4, 2022 16:28:07 GMT -5
Well besides the physical challenges, did you ever consider you can be Politically Incorrect in your misuse? The 10 commandments of chopstick use to deal with (according to everythingchopsticks.com): 1. Don't leave your chopsticks stuck vertically in your food. That's associated with death. 2. Don't eat directly from serving dishes. Place food first on your plate and eat from there. 3. Don't stick food with your chopsticks. Accept the challenge and grab food instead. 4. Don't play with your chopsticks, rap them on your plate like drumsticks, make noise or wave them in the air. 5. Don't use your personal chopsticks to get food from the serving dish. Use serving chopsticks instead. 6. Don't use your chopsticks to push around dishes on the table. 7. Don't sort through food in the serving dish. 8. Don't place your chopsticks directly on the table. Put them across your dish or on a rest. 9. Don't hold your chopsticks in your mouth with no hands, such as when passing a dish. 10. Don't point your chopsticks at other people around the table.
Of course, there are the 8 commandments of chop stick use according to andiamo.com You can pick and choose whom you insult with your misuse: 1) Do not rub your chopsticks together Rubbing your chopsticks together is seen as an insult in Japan. If you rub your chopsticks together it implies you’re trying to get rid of splinters because they’re cheap. 2) Do not stick chopsticks upright into your food it is seen as a lack of respect because it’s traditionally done at funerals. 3) Do not pass food to another pair of chopsticks It can be seen as rude to pass food from your chopsticks to someone else’s. 4) Do not use one chopstick Don’t stab your food with one chopstick. 5) Do not leave your chopsticks crossed on your bowl or the table Place them neatly side by side next to your plate or bowl. 6) Do not point with your chopsticks Pointing with your chopsticks is considered very rude. 7) Do not take food from a sharing place using the chopsticks you’ve eaten with . If not given special serving sticks, use the clean, fat end of your chopsticks. 8) Do not wave your chopsticks over dishes It is also considered impolite to hover your chopsticks in the air indecisively above all of the dishes in front of you. How about this? |
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