Can someone please explain to me as to why some patrons in restaurants and food halls, seem to choose the use of 2 sticks, be they plastic or wood, to shovel, and I mean shovel ,food in their mouths when knives and forks are available? Is it some primitive obsession ? look at me, I can feed myself with 2 sticks. I just don't get it.
I have not tried them. Can't think why I would want to. My parents taught me to use a knife and fork.
It's a matter of culture in certain Asian Countries, China, Korea, Japan. You were taught to use a knife and fork, they were taught to use chopsticks. I lived in Hong Kong in the early to mid 1960s and learnt to use them, not proficiently, but good enough to get by. Rice is virtually shovelled into the mouth by holding the bowl close to the mouth and using chopsticks to shovel it in. It's also very easy to pick up food items to place in your mouth. Food from these Countries is always cut into small pieces before being served, so there is no need for a knife.
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I find that when I use chopsticks I don't eat so quickly an enjoy the meal more. I also find that by eating slower I don't have that need to immediately race over to the kitchen to try and get seconds. I wouldn't use them with most meals, but anything cooked in the Asian way it is the only way to go.
When we have Asian food we always use chop sticks , probably enhances the experience a bit more . We went to Japan a few years ago and you could use Knife and fork but not many did . and after all they have been using chop sticks a hell of a lot longer than the other alternative, may be we are the primitive ones.
I enjoy using them, I believe that you get to taste each individual part of the meal as normally you can only pick up 1 thing at a time.
When using a knife and fork the I mix the flavors of the food I'm eating.
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I learnt to use chopsticks while serving in Malaysia. Persons living there very quickly learn to use them because if you ask for a knife and fork in a restaurant they know you are a tourist and the price goes up.
Anyhow I enjoy keeping up the skill on the odd occasions that we eat out in a Chinese restaurant. I am able to eat most things using them, I found that button mushrooms were the hardest as they would slip out of the ends of the sticks.
I use chop sticks when eating Asian food, my motto is "when in Rome do as the Romans do", its fun, Embarrassing when I drop the food before it gets to my mouth, but we have a good laugh., same as eating Pasta, I twirl it on my fork before putting it in my mouth., you get a lot more in this way
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,food in their mouths when knives and forks are available? Is it some primitive obsession ? look at me, I can feed myself with 2 sticks. I just don't get it.
