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Cadaver · Dec 24, 2003, 10:13 PM

Just for amusement... a little poll.

scaught · Dec 24, 2003, 10:23 PM

i chose the practice makes perfect option. i sure do like to practice eating those tasty avacado cucumber rolls.

regular thai/sczechuan/whatever food i usually just eat with a fork cause dealing with the rice is a pain with chopsticks.

Dec 24, 2003, 10:35 PM

I picked the middle option. I'm ok with them. I can eat rice them but it takes a while.

Cipher13 · Dec 24, 2003, 10:48 PM

I love asian food... eat it a lot. Thai, Chinese, Japanese... you name it.

However... I always use a fork.

If I go out to a Chinese restaurant or whatever, I'm usually forced by my company to use chopsticks.

So I stab the food.

mindwaves · Dec 24, 2003, 11:04 PM

Natural. If you eat rice with chopsticks, you have to eat it in a bowl and not a plate.

Kenneth · Dec 24, 2003, 11:26 PM

I am born to use chopsticks.

Scifience · Dec 24, 2003, 11:35 PM

Where is the:

Chopsticks? Real men use their hands!

option?

I picked the stab my food option. I really am trying to learn, though. A Japanese friend just gave me a nice set of two rice bowls and two sets of chopsticks to practice with.

Ken Masters · Dec 25, 2003, 05:18 AM

Does sticking chopstick up your butt count?

CharlesS · Dec 25, 2003, 06:05 AM

Originally posted by Ken Masters:
Does sticking chopstick up your butt count?

What the hell? How is this appropriate?

Buck_Naked · Dec 25, 2003, 06:59 AM

I'm so good I can drink water with chopsticks.

gadster · Dec 25, 2003, 08:19 AM

I was chowing down on a Laksa in a crowded foodhall in Chinatown once with a pair of chopsticks, minding my own business, when the (asian) chick sitting opposite asked if I had ever lived in asia. I said, no, why? She said I used chopsticks beautifully. I wanted to take her home and **** her senseless, but I was too shy at the time. Nice Laksa, but!

OreoCookie · Dec 25, 2003, 10:52 AM

I live in Japan now, plenty of time to practice. I could eat with 'em before, though.

wdlove · Dec 25, 2003, 12:38 PM

I have used chopsticks occassionally. Not very accomplished, so I get frustrated and quit.

Agasthya · Dec 25, 2003, 12:42 PM

Originally posted by wdlove:
I have used chopsticks occassionally. Not very accomplished, so I get frustrated and quit.

Same here. Forks were just so much easier to use

Angus_D · Dec 25, 2003, 02:17 PM

Originally posted by CharlesS:
What the hell? How is this appropriate?

Perhaps he just came from this thread and had anal eroticism on the brain (scroll down to concrete enemas).

Gankdawg · Dec 25, 2003, 02:42 PM

I avoid all utensils where possible.

TheIceMan · Dec 25, 2003, 04:01 PM

Originally posted by Buck_Naked:
I'm so good I can drink water with chopsticks.

. Me, I grew up using chopsticks so no problems using them.

nonhuman · Dec 26, 2003, 04:06 AM

I've been using chopsticks since I was a little kid growing up in New Jersey surrounded by Koreans. I prefer chopsticks to forks (I don't even own a fork!). I can use them as well as the people I see eating next to me in the restaurants here in China.

Eriamjh · Dec 26, 2003, 10:50 AM

I just followed the directions on the side of the package and found I was pretty good at using them. Almost a natural.

There is also something about eating chinese food or sushi that seems to be "better" when using chopsticks. Especially California rolls... Arrrgggggglllllll.

DaedalusDX · Dec 26, 2003, 06:39 PM

I think after 20 years, my skill with the chopsticks is almost to the level of catching a fly in them, like it Karate Kid... just haven't had the oportunity yet.

Really, its all about what you grow up with. I can pick up a single grain of rice ever so gently, pick up ice with it, and even pick up a fork and eat food from the fork...

Cadaver · Dec 26, 2003, 10:48 PM

I may as well reply to my own thread...

I've been using them whenever I eat Asian food (I eat a lot of sushi); been about 4 years now, and I'm actually quite comfortable with them. I can eat virtually anything - so I chose option two for myself.

OreoCookie · Dec 27, 2003, 12:14 AM

Hell, I have learned in Japan that you can even eat Pizza with chopsticks

MacmanX · Dec 27, 2003, 02:13 AM

The wierdest thing happened to me a few weeks ago in a Chinese resturant.

I went into the restruant with my father (visiting from out of town) and sat down. The waitress immediantly recognised me (even though I hadn't eaten there in months!).

After ordering my food, I asked for chopsticks and started attacking my Asian salad. About halfway through, my waitress asked me to show her how I used the chopsticks. So, of course, I did. She seemed pleased and said 'thank you.'

The rest of the meal continued as normal. But, I just don't understand why an Asian waitress at a Chinese restruant should care about how I use my chopsticks. Is it a cultural thing? I didn't want to offend her, but that was a wierd request.

Oh well. In answer to the question, I can eat anything with chopsticks. But, I usually use a fork for my non-Asian food.

Cheers!

stinkinsane68 · Dec 27, 2003, 11:23 AM

I was in Japan for 2 weeks a few years ago, so needless to say I achieved a high level of prociency with them.

- Ca$h

11011001 · Dec 28, 2003, 03:22 AM

Originally posted by Ken Masters:
Does sticking chopstick up your butt count?

Not a particularly pleasant image. However, I can break chopsticks with my butt

Seriously.. my Kendo Sensei taught me how (I am not kidding, it's a nice party trick).

My parents taught me how to use chopsticks when I was very young, so it feels quite natural to me. I enjoy the novelty of it sometimes, however I do prefer a fork and spoon, since I am far better with them.. and quite frankly, they are a more natural design for rice.

Of course sushi is too delicate for a fork.. so it demands chopsticks.

It bothers me when waiters at an Asian restaurant bring me a knife and fork. Especially when I am out with my asian friends and their families. I already feel out of place.. so it's like the final blow to any sort of self esteem I had at that point.

demograph68 · Dec 28, 2003, 10:27 PM

Wow, what a perfect thread to mention, i got a pair of chopsticks for christmas!

nonhuman · Dec 29, 2003, 06:05 AM

Originally posted by DaedalusDX:
I think after 20 years, my skill with the chopsticks is almost to the level of catching a fly in them, like it Karate Kid... just haven't had the oportunity yet.

I've actually done that. It was more a fluke than anything else really. I was just standing in the kitchen eating and there was a fly buzzing around, so I just went after it with my chopsticks and actually got it! I haven't tried to do it again, I don't want to spoil my 100% success rate.

Eug Wanker · Dec 29, 2003, 11:14 AM

Hmmm... Ca$h banned yet again?

Anyways, it was a very amusing experience a while back when I went with to a Chinese restaurant with two friends of mine. One was Caucasian and one was Chinese.

I dunno what it is, but the Chinese waitress asked my Chinese friend if he needed a fork and left the Caucasian alone with the chopsticks. This is just after we sat down and before we started eating. And waitress was right. The Caucasian person knew perfectly well how to use chopsticks, but my Chinese friend often asks for a fork.

Somehow the waitress just knew.

Visnaut · Dec 29, 2003, 01:43 PM

Originally posted by Eug Wanker:
Somehow the waitress just knew.

They can smell fear.