sawinredneck
Treehouser
I tell you, if I was an Asian I'd starve to death! Been trying for over 20 years now, I still can't use the damn things!
Stupid chop sticks!
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SkwerI
Treehouser
Why do you think they are all so skinny? 
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bill22
Guest
Me either, I've been shown many times but still can't get it. I just use one and stab my food.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
I lived in Japan for three years. Chopsticks ain't nada, 'less it's soup.
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bill22
Guest
Really? That must have been cool.
SkwerI
Treehouser
Maybe they have special hollow chopsticks that you can use like a straw for stuff like soup. 
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Actually, they use big, flat bottomed spoons for that.
Yes Bill, it was uber cool. I was going into the 7th grade.
Yes Bill, it was uber cool. I was going into the 7th grade.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Wow, Andy, even a four year old can do it. No problemo for me, except other things have a tendency to slip off if eating fermented soybeans with my rice.
Maybe you are holding them wrong?
Maybe you are holding them wrong?
SkwerI
Treehouser
Yeah Jay, he's trying to hold them like a fork.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Some foreigners stab with them. 
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
SoonerFan
TreeHouser
Andy, you must have a thumb before you can use chopsticks.
SkwerI
Treehouser
Damn, that's cold, Dennis!
SoonerFan
TreeHouser
I couldn't help myself. Surely Andy will forgive me.
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kikori
Guest
If you use them right you only really move the top stick with your thumb, pointer and middle finger.
The bottom stick should be wedged in the crotch of you thumb towards the top of the stick. Opposite pressure is then put on the lower half of the bottom stick with your ring finger.
A bit hard to describe.
And skwerl-most of them are so thin because they, on the whole, have healthier diets, and are genetically a smaller race-in general.
The bottom stick should be wedged in the crotch of you thumb towards the top of the stick. Opposite pressure is then put on the lower half of the bottom stick with your ring finger.
A bit hard to describe.
And skwerl-most of them are so thin because they, on the whole, have healthier diets, and are genetically a smaller race-in general.
Paul B
I dig hammocks.
Chop stickers? No problem, I am good to go, show me food and show me the tools to eat, I will conquer.
NickfromWI
King of Splices
I eat with them a lot. I even carry them around with me to many places I go...
But I was born in Japan, so maybe it's sorta engrained in my history!
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nick
But I was born in Japan, so maybe it's sorta engrained in my history!
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nick
I wouldn't call that young woman skinny, I'd call her normal.
At least normal a few years back.
We are getting so used to almost everybody carrying excess weight, that normal now seems skinny.
We are catching up to you americans by the way, a recent survey showed that 58% of all male danes are overweight.
In one county in mid Jutland, which is our equivalent to the corn belt, it was 65%
At least normal a few years back.
We are getting so used to almost everybody carrying excess weight, that normal now seems skinny.
We are catching up to you americans by the way, a recent survey showed that 58% of all male danes are overweight.
In one county in mid Jutland, which is our equivalent to the corn belt, it was 65%
sawinredneck
Treehouser
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Yes, Dennis, a whole thumb would be helpful! But it doesn't seem to want to grow back?
I was good with the shrimp, I could pick the whole thing up easily, it was the noodles I had problems with, if I grabbed a pile of them and stuffed my face I was good, but a little dab, or the stray bean sprout, no love!
I was good with the shrimp, I could pick the whole thing up easily, it was the noodles I had problems with, if I grabbed a pile of them and stuffed my face I was good, but a little dab, or the stray bean sprout, no love!
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Why? How in the world are they superior to a fork?
Tree Reb
TreeHouser
They were trendy here years ago, maybe they are again.
I could use them for a while but I'd end up with my hand locking up trying. Most good Chinese Restaurants used to give you both, chopsticks and knife and fork.
I'll stick with a fork, but there is a reason for chopsticks I just can't think of it at the moment. It has something to do with heat, like in stir fry I think.
I could use them for a while but I'd end up with my hand locking up trying. Most good Chinese Restaurants used to give you both, chopsticks and knife and fork.
I'll stick with a fork, but there is a reason for chopsticks I just can't think of it at the moment. It has something to do with heat, like in stir fry I think.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
I think it's because some people have an aversion to stabbing stuff. 
Tree Reb
TreeHouser
Looks like we're both right, guess they didn't have stainless steel in those days.
http://www.siamese-dream.com/Chopsticks.html
using two sticks of wood allows one to get close enough to pluck the food out of the pot without burning themselves.
Confucius (approximately 550 to 480 BCE) taught that since knives were weapons of death, only a "barbarian" would bring one to the table to eat.
http://www.siamese-dream.com/Chopsticks.html
using two sticks of wood allows one to get close enough to pluck the food out of the pot without burning themselves.
Confucius (approximately 550 to 480 BCE) taught that since knives were weapons of death, only a "barbarian" would bring one to the table to eat.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
I'd like to see them eat a thick ribeye w/o a barbaric knife.
Old Monkey
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Since the Japanese have adopted a more Western diet, they've been getting bigger. I had a few students who were young and taller than me. I can use chopsticks fairly well having lived in Japan for a little bit. I never did manage to acquire the art of heating hot udon noodles without burning myself or splattering all over my shirt and tie. You should see the businessmen at the train stations vacuum that stuff up.
