[QUOTE=jjimm]
Hurrah for Google Video! No upload limit.
My dear chowder, I present to you: How to use chopsticks, the English way, with special guest appearances by Cookie Monster and a bowl of macadamia nuts.
Good Christ I sound posh. I don’t sound like that in my own head.
(BTW to eat noodles, do it leaning over the bowl - it’s how the locals do it.)
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Heh, very educational so I gave it a try…ye Gods it works!
Managed to pick up a peanut (Planters, the big uns) but as yet my attempts to pick up more than one are proving less of a success. Practice will be the order of the day.
Cor mate you do sound ever so posh. The cat is a cute little rascal
[QUOTE=spooje]
I can use them quite well. But frankly, I don’t see the point. Western utensils easier to user and more efficent.
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I find chopsticks are easier for certain things, like sushi, some kinds of dim sum, or cooking in a hot pot. Hell, eating out of a Chinese takeout box is easier with chopsticks, because forks are too short. Also, sometimes I eat Doritos with chopsticks when I’m at the computer so I don’t gunk up the keyboard. Try doing that with another utensil.
[QUOTE=sturmhauke]
Also, sometimes I eat Doritos with chopsticks when I’m at the computer so I don’t gunk up the keyboard. Try doing that with another utensil.
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That´s actually a very good idea, let´s all pretend that I came up with it in the first place!.. no? :dubious:
[QUOTE=sturmhauke]
I find chopsticks are easier for certain things, like sushi, some kinds of dim sum, or cooking in a hot pot. Hell, eating out of a Chinese takeout box is easier with chopsticks, because forks are too short. Also, sometimes I eat Doritos with chopsticks when I’m at the computer so I don’t gunk up the keyboard. Try doing that with another utensil.
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One thing that I haven’t noticed in this thread yet, but is worth mentioning:
IF YOU ARE LEFT HANDED:
The good news is that there is no real cultural taboo against using the things in your left hand - at least not in the (Sino-)Vietnamese culture I’m used to (but I can’t speak for Korea, Japan, etc…). Go to a Vietnamese restaurant, and you’ll see a person here and a person there eating happily with the left hand. And that’s fine, but…
THE BAD NEWS is that you really, really need to remember when taking your seat to either sit next to a fellow left hander, or sit at the left edge of the table.
[QUOTE=chowder]
Heh, very educational so I gave it a try…ye Gods it works!
Managed to pick up a peanut (Planters, the big uns) but as yet my attempts to pick up more than one are proving less of a success. Practice will be the order of the day.
Cor mate you do sound ever so posh. The cat is a cute little rascal
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