Chopsticks

[SpeedFreak]

Sat here having a bowl of noodles and it struck me that I find chopsticks natural to use now. I don't have to think about it anymore. So who else can use them well and who has tried and given up?

 

[Velocity219e]

Used them in the Chinese tonight great fun, although I still can't quite get the grip on consuming rice ...

Much funnier when you critical fumble a piece of schezuan chicken and throw it across the room tho

 

[Cybermyk]

Even the Chinese use spoons for their rice. I like using chopsticks for noodles and stir frys though.

 

[SpeedFreak]

Even the Chinese use spoons for their rice. I like using chopsticks for noodles and stir frys though.

Not true. Lift the bowl to your mouth and scoop the rice in with the chopsticks

 

[Zefan]

Even the Chinese use spoons for their rice.

Not all. A lot use the tip the bowl flick it in trick.

BeAtEn!

 

[juju]

If I eat Chinese food - I only eat with chopsticks - it should not be eaten any other way...adds to the authenticity and experience.....they are quite easy to master once someone has shown you the "how to".

Mind you when I eat Indian food - I eat only with my hands and chapatis - I do tend to get carried away with experiencing "authenticity" Mental is what it is!

 

[SpeedFreak]

Now, since you're in bristol Zefan, have you been to Mayflower in the centre near the bus station?

 

[Gilly]

I learned how to use them on a donnie do. Spie taught me in about 3 seconds

 

[Zefan]

Now, since you're in bristol Zefan, have you been to Mayflower in the centre near the bus station?

Nope. My girlfriend lives across the hall in this flat so I don't leave the flat often

I think I know where you mean though.

 

[WotDa]

....they are quite easy to master once someone has shown you the "how to".

But until then, they're 'interesting' to use.


Also, Claudia Black 4tw.

 

[Cybermyk]

Not true. Lift the bowl to your mouth and scoop the rice in with the chopsticks

Yes but if you are eating off a plate the Chinese use a spoon.

 

[SpeedFreak]

Yes but if you are eating off a plate the Chinese use a spoon.

Yes, but usually chinese people eat rice from a bowl

 

[juju]

But until then, they're 'interesting' to use.


Also, Claudia Black 4tw.

Claudia Rocks!!

 

[Liverpool-Lad]

Too bloody fiddly, gimme a fork anyday!

 

[soleside]

I've always been all thumbs with chopsticks until the last time I went to Hana Hana's in Newcastle with friends sometime early in November. We're off there again on Tuesday and I just hope I can use them still.

 

[Morba]

i am absolutely useless with them, but each time im in a chinese restaurant i give it a go. i get on ok to start with, then it all goes **** up and i end up spooning the food out of the bowl :/

 

[Cybermyk]

TBH the last few times I've cooked and eaten with Chinese friends they've eaten off plates and used a spoon rather than a fork to eat their rice. The only rule seemed to be that the thumb had to be higher than the plate rim for some reason, I'll ask next time.

 

[kbc]

Chopsticks are easy to use, why? Probably because I've used them since I was born. Doesn't give much away does it...

The only reason you don't use a chopstick to eat off a plate simply because it's more than often used with a bowl to shovel rice into your mouth. There's all sorts of way to hold a chopstick, so long as you can pick the food up, it's fine.

 

[theleg]

I couldnt use them before i went to asia...Now I can...

Not keen on chinese chopsticks though...not precise enough...Korean chopsticks > * with japanese a close second.

 

[SpeedFreak]

I couldnt use them before i went to asia...Now I can...

Not keen on chinese chopsticks though...not precise enough...Korean chopsticks > * with japanese a close second.

aren't korean chopsticks metal?