I used to always hold chopsticks wrong despite my parents teaching me how to hold them properly at the age of like 6. Until I met my boyfriend and we went out for dim sum, and I saw him holding them correctly, which made me feel like I should hold them properly too, so I've been doing that since that day. So peer pressure (from a white guy) was the only thing that was capable of making me hold my chopsticks like an adult.
I dunno if I use chopsticks right, but I always raz people who use a fork and knife at a Chinese restaurant.
Nuts to you :P . I know how to use chopsticks, but I don't like them as an eating implement. I always get knives and forks at Chinese/Thai/Vietnamese/Japanese restaurants.
People can try to extol the virtues of chopsticks as some kind of superior eating instrument, and I think that's nonsense. They're a product of the cultures that also brought us this wonderful food. Well, you know what? I'm there for the food, not to pretend I'm part of a culture I ain't.
One of the funniest things that's ever happened to me was the other time when I went to dim sum with my boyfriend and another friend who was white. The waiter came and put down two forks on our table, one in front of each whitey. That's really the hallmark of service at "authentic" Chinese restaurants. Besides the super-secret double-elite menu that's only printed in Chinese.
And we've had a chopsticks discussion in [chat] before, but basically, now that I'm using chopsticks like an adult, I use them for pretty much everything. Part of it also that I could get disposable chopsticks so I can chuck them out and that doesn't feel as wasteful as plastic knives and forks, and I don't have to wash utensils. >.>
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Zen VulgarityWhat a lovely day for teaSecret British ThreadRegistered Userregular
edited May 2008
Jesus Christ you people seriously get upset over someone using a fork to eat noodles?
My Italian grandmother would beat you all with rolling pins.
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edited May 2008
They're both fucking noodles.
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Fuck it, I use a fork whenever I eat chinese food. Chopsticks are great and all, but I want the food in my fucking mouth. Not to play a little game to get it there first.
I can totally understand this for people who aren't used to using chopsticks, and I don't hold it against them, but the fact that some people do find chopsticks more convenient doesn't make them pretentious or anything. It's just what you're used to.
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Fuck it, I use a fork whenever I eat chinese food. Chopsticks are great and all, but I want the food in my fucking mouth. Not to play a little game to get it there first.
I can totally understand this for people who aren't used to using chopsticks, and I don't hold it against them, but the fact that some people do find chopsticks more convenient doesn't make them pretentious or anything. It's just what you're used to.
chopsticks are handy for lots of stuff. Even non-sticky rice is easy once you get used to it. or pick the plate/bowl up and hold it close.
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Fuck it, I use a fork whenever I eat chinese food. Chopsticks are great and all, but I want the food in my fucking mouth. Not to play a little game to get it there first.
I can totally understand this for people who aren't used to using chopsticks, and I don't hold it against them, but the fact that some people do find chopsticks more convenient doesn't make them pretentious or anything. It's just what you're used to.
Exactly. I don't like watching my mother eat her tom yum noodle with a fork because she struggles with it. It's a thin soup with lots of huge chunky bits and rice noodles that fall apart if you try to twirl them with a fork. It takes her like three times as long to eat hers because of it. I'm not one of those American fucks who eats his curry with chopsticks, I use a damn spoon like I'm supposed to.
Seriously. Should I eat my cereal with a fork too?
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edited May 2008
Hmmm...this talk of noodles and dim sum makes me wish there was anything close to a "real" chinese restaurant in my town. What I wouldn't give for a good 7 organ soup right about now.
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You know, the chopsticks issue is one of the few times I have ever made a public scene in a restaurant with a perfect stranger.
I'm at an all-you-can-eat Sushi place. By default, they bring you chopsticks. You have to ask for forks. No big, I understand how it is, so I politely ask.
Some fucksock at the next table is like "Hahaha, using a fork. Why even bother going to get Sushi, why not just go to McDonalds?"
I look at this guy. White as the driven snow, his blond hair pulled back in a ponytail, his pleather trenchcoat draped over the back of his chair, his ratty Gundam Wing t-shirt straining to hold back his gut.
I just stood up, walked over, sat at his table, and asked for a reason why he felt the need to say that. Why he felt it was necessary when you are eating a meal in a restaurant to eat that meal exactly the way the people who created that food eat it, and why it was so important to loudly belittle someone because they aren't doing things the way you are.
I sat there and waited for an explanation while he awkwardly stammered an apology. I just got up and walked back to my table.
I really fail to see how two pieces of wood are in any situation more effective then a multipronged instrument which is designed to easily skewer or pick up food? Like can one of you descibe a situation in which chopsticks are superior, and more importantly why?
Usually I'd say stay the course, etc. etc. but yeah you might want to give it a bit of a rest. Maybe one more day, this could be the rough part. I don't have a kid yet so I really shouldn't be dispensing advice.
Is the stuff under the dashes to Nerissa or Zen, because everything through "give it a rest," and especially that phrase, could apply to Zen as well.
'rissa. I'd never rip Zen on his schtick.
I think someone might rip OFF Zen's "shtick" if he, uh, keeps it up (puns intended).
I look at this guy. White as the driven snow, his blond hair pulled back in a ponytail, his pleather trenchcoat draped over the back of his chair, his ratty Gundam Wing t-shirt straining to hold back his gut.
Hmmm...this talk of noodles and dim sum makes me wish there was anything close to a "real" chinese restaurant in my town. What I wouldn't give for a good 7 organ soup right about now.
You'll eat at Bo Ling's and you'll like it, damnit!
I really fail to see how two pieces of wood are in any situation more effective then a multipronged instrument which is designed to easily skewer or pick up food? Like can one of you descibe a situation in which chopsticks are superior, and more importantly why?
Chopsticks are much better for eating Asian noodle soup because it is usually prepared with large chunks of meat and vegetables instead of smaller bite-sized pieces. This requires you to take several bites to finish a piece, or jam the whole thing in your mouth. Using a spoon is not really an option because the pieces are so large, and it is extremely difficult to brace a piece of food down in a bowl of soup to cut it into bite size pieces or pierce it with a fork.
Similarly, the noodles in the soup are much, much longer than Italian pasta, and are not really intended to be consumed in one bite. Chopsticks allow you to pinch a bunch, bring them to your mouth, and slurp until you reach the desired amount. You use the chopsticks to "guide" the noodles to your mouth as you slurp. It's difficult to describe until you see it done, but trust me, it's soooooo much easier than using a fork or a spoon or what have you.
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Hmmm...this talk of noodles and dim sum makes me wish there was anything close to a "real" chinese restaurant in my town. What I wouldn't give for a good 7 organ soup right about now.
You'll eat at Bo Ling's and you'll like it, damnit!
Bo Ling's is good, I do enjoy the dim sum brunch every now and then. But it still doesn't compare to some of the hole in the wall fare I've had in San Fran and New York.
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Zen VulgarityWhat a lovely day for teaSecret British ThreadRegistered Userregular
edited May 2008
You realize in other cultures slurping is offensive, right?
Hence, eating with other utensils?
Like, why they might not be using chopsticks in a traditional manner for traditional food and instead forgo the sticks for a fork or something?
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One of the funniest things that's ever happened to me was the other time when I went to dim sum with my boyfriend and another friend who was white. The waiter came and put down two forks on our table, one in front of each whitey. That's really the hallmark of service at "authentic" Chinese restaurants. Besides the super-secret double-elite menu that's only printed in Chinese.
And we've had a chopsticks discussion in [chat] before, but basically, now that I'm using chopsticks like an adult, I use them for pretty much everything. Part of it also that I could get disposable chopsticks so I can chuck them out and that doesn't feel as wasteful as plastic knives and forks, and I don't have to wash utensils. >.>
My Italian grandmother would beat you all with rolling pins.
Asian noodles /= Italian pasta.
Doi.
I need to make a neat protein.
Would she then use the pin to make food? I'd be willing to take some lumps for some good cookins.
I can totally understand this for people who aren't used to using chopsticks, and I don't hold it against them, but the fact that some people do find chopsticks more convenient doesn't make them pretentious or anything. It's just what you're used to.
I'm doing that protein folding puzzle game.
Italians have no say over anything to do with noodles, because they stole it from the Chinese in the first place.
Like, he was totally and utterly amazed.
So I saw him using a fork for some steak and I did the same thing. He was not amused.
@Irene: We may have stole it, but we made it so much better.
chopsticks are handy for lots of stuff. Even non-sticky rice is easy once you get used to it. or pick the plate/bowl up and hold it close.
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Exactly. I don't like watching my mother eat her tom yum noodle with a fork because she struggles with it. It's a thin soup with lots of huge chunky bits and rice noodles that fall apart if you try to twirl them with a fork. It takes her like three times as long to eat hers because of it. I'm not one of those American fucks who eats his curry with chopsticks, I use a damn spoon like I'm supposed to.
Seriously. Should I eat my cereal with a fork too?
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I've had friends throw down over this argument.
Like you're supposed too.
I'm at an all-you-can-eat Sushi place. By default, they bring you chopsticks. You have to ask for forks. No big, I understand how it is, so I politely ask.
Some fucksock at the next table is like "Hahaha, using a fork. Why even bother going to get Sushi, why not just go to McDonalds?"
I look at this guy. White as the driven snow, his blond hair pulled back in a ponytail, his pleather trenchcoat draped over the back of his chair, his ratty Gundam Wing t-shirt straining to hold back his gut.
I just stood up, walked over, sat at his table, and asked for a reason why he felt the need to say that. Why he felt it was necessary when you are eating a meal in a restaurant to eat that meal exactly the way the people who created that food eat it, and why it was so important to loudly belittle someone because they aren't doing things the way you are.
I sat there and waited for an explanation while he awkwardly stammered an apology. I just got up and walked back to my table.
Oh cmon, you really can't deny that the learning curve for chopsticks is a lot steeper than the learning curve for knives and forks :P
Also, ramen >> pasta. And I'm using ramen in the traditional sense of noodle soup, not the instant lunch dealies.
Yes. freeze it first.
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You are so wrong.
So utterly wrong it hurts my head.
I think someone might rip OFF Zen's "shtick" if he, uh, keeps it up (puns intended).
Damn, having to do shit never really stops does it?
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You'll eat at Bo Ling's and you'll like it, damnit!
If you want, I can teach you.
Chopsticks are much better for eating Asian noodle soup because it is usually prepared with large chunks of meat and vegetables instead of smaller bite-sized pieces. This requires you to take several bites to finish a piece, or jam the whole thing in your mouth. Using a spoon is not really an option because the pieces are so large, and it is extremely difficult to brace a piece of food down in a bowl of soup to cut it into bite size pieces or pierce it with a fork.
Similarly, the noodles in the soup are much, much longer than Italian pasta, and are not really intended to be consumed in one bite. Chopsticks allow you to pinch a bunch, bring them to your mouth, and slurp until you reach the desired amount. You use the chopsticks to "guide" the noodles to your mouth as you slurp. It's difficult to describe until you see it done, but trust me, it's soooooo much easier than using a fork or a spoon or what have you.
I just appeared weirdly concerned and sincere, and that was very unsettling to the guy who made the remark.
So I can firebomb it before it spreads.
Bo Ling's is good, I do enjoy the dim sum brunch every now and then. But it still doesn't compare to some of the hole in the wall fare I've had in San Fran and New York.
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I very much approve of that protein folding puzzle game.
Hence, eating with other utensils?
Like, why they might not be using chopsticks in a traditional manner for traditional food and instead forgo the sticks for a fork or something?
Who gets upset? I just give people a hard time. If it's wrong to make fun of your friends for the little things, then I don't wanna be right.
I've had situations like Pony happen at restaurants to friends of mine.