[Closed] Chopsticks

Me, for one.

I eat Chinese food so rarely that I never saw the point in learning, other than as a pissing contest to show how superior I am. Makes me laugh seeing people doggedly struggling impotently with them, I've never had any problems going "can I have a fork please?"

a pissing contest to show how superior I am

...is what yet another pointless thread should be titled.

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I don't eat Chinese food.
It's cultural appropriation.

In fact, apart from this place, I only communicate in Lancashire dialect.

Currently in Japan, so this is a daily struggle, I even brought my own spork......in my defence I have limited feeling in my right hand first three fingers and thumb and similiar on yhe left..... thankful the staff in most places just gave a fork and knife under the chopsticks...

Is there any advantage in using chopsticks?

I use the bastardised version even when it is part of my culture or way of life. i.e. I don't hold my chopsticks properly even when my parents attempted to right me many times as a kid.

I can use chopsticks but the way I hold them is ugly and not very effective.

Instead of holding this shape "\ /" ("V shape") I ended up "||" ("eleven Shape"). The former you pick up food with strength and precision, while the latter just sloppy food hanging sticks ...

I am ashamed of myself ... 😳

Richmars - I find I eat slower, allowing me to enjoy the food more, and probably enabling my stomach to acknowledge it has been satisfied sooner.

poly,
So no real advantage then!

I find I eat slower, allowing me to enjoy the food more, and probably enabling my stomach to acknowledge it has been satisfied sooner.

I achieve the same effect by not shovelling quite so fast. (-:

Isn't that just because you can't use them as well as a fork? Fairly sure I've seen Chinese (I think) folk using them by holding the bowl a couple of inches from their face and hoovering up rice as fast as their hands can move.

I had a couple of chinese mates when I was at school

They presented me with a pair of chopsticks as a gift once and then made me a bowl of noodles. Took a while to get it approximately sorted foir picking up wet noodles, which amused them no end.

Then they ate theirs the "proper way" - tip bowl & use chopsticks just to shovel the stuff into their mouths. Seems picking up individual bits is a western affectation mostly.

richmars - Member
So no real advantage then!

Well, you can pick your nose, or someone elses, without having to put your eating irons down.

I suppose Americans, who struggle with a knife and fork, must fail, but everyone else can, surely?

Even the Chinese get it wrong sometimes:

http://metro.co.uk/2016/11/12/man-rushed-to-doctor-with-chopstick-stuck-in-his-penis-6253541/

Is there any advantage in using chopsticks

Not sure about advantage, it's just an alternative. Not using metal cutlery, particularly, with certain foods, means you don't get a metallic taste.

I had no idea you were so sensitive, CFH.

Bless...

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Americans seem to manage just fine..

Is there any advantage in using chopsticks?

Stops your fingers from getting greasy.

Well, you can pick your nose, or someone elses, without having to put your eating irons down.

Is there anyone who can't use them?

Me. What's the problem Cap'n?

I learnt in a tokyo ramen bar. It was a matter of survival. Use them occasionally at home and on holiday when apprpriate. Food taste better. Bit like eating chips out of paper with a wooden fork.

I use chopsticks to remove nits from my kids heads, I then dip the nits in Tabasco and eat.

No problem here, if I eat Chinese or Japanese I automatically pick up the supplied chopsticks and just get on with eating.
I did have the advantage of going out with a lovely half-Chinese girl whose family always used chopsticks at home when eating Chinese.
Not if her dad made one of his wonderful curries, though.

URL tells you all you need to know.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/11/11/man-gets-chopstick-lodged-in-penis.html

I prefer chopsticks as I eat to quickly with a knife and fork. My technique could be better, I always hold them too close to the tip.
Many Americans use a fork in the dominant hand to shovel food in whilst using a knife in the other to assist scooping up the food.

Many Americans use a fork in the dominant hand to shovel food in whilst using a knife in the other to assist scooping up the food.

Seems imminently sensible to me.

Bit like eating chips out of paper with a wooden fork.

Sounds like something only a tourist would do.

They are second nature for me. I remember when I was younger at Dim Sum the locals used to make gleeful comments. Eating rice with chopsticks is really easy. Alot easier than you'd think.

Me, I prefer a spoon so I can shovel it in better.

What's the story of the edits?

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This American seems to manage just fine

What's the story of the edits?

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There is no [s]spoon[/s]chopsticks...

I use a wooden chopstick to test the temperature of the oil in the pan before I deep fry the sh*t out some chicken and shovel it in my face with my western utensils

I think chopsticks are fine for shovelling in rice.. more so that an spoon.. straight from the bowl 🙂

CharlieMungus - Member

This American seems to manage just fine

That's exactly how I hold my chopsticks. i.e. Not the proper way instead of the correct "V" position, the position is "X".

Me, I prefer a spoon so I can shovel it in better.

Is that a dessert spoon or a tablespoon? I prefer the latter.

WTF is the point of chopsticks anyway? Oh I know, noodle knitting!

I can use them fine but I dislike it when the give you a plate to use them with. Should be a wee bowl so you can hold it up to you mouth and actually use the things properly.

The only chopsticks ringing in my ears..

But you never need em' when scoffing this stuff..

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Shovelling is the main advantage. Bowl needs to be virtually in your face and go crazy flicking the stuff in. Rice in particular.

I'm used to chopsticks and it's part of the cultural experience, even if we all eat western basterdised versions of Asian dishes.

As for Americans, they can't even stick knife and forks in the correct hands.

These days, whenver I go into a restaurant (McDonalds) I take a pop up tent to eat in just in case some public school educated, polymath, cultural icon spots the lowly, bovine manner in which I slurp the shit off my cardboard box and seeks to correct my manners. Save a lot of awkwardness all round.