Grizzly Dave Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Met the extended family for lunch at a hibachi place, you know, where they make the food on a grill that is part of your table. So there are 11 of us sitting around this table, and I notice that everyone is using a fork, except me! Now I'll admit I went to a fork to clean up the last of the fried rice, but I used chopsticks on most of the meal. So, when at a place that supplies chopsticks as well as silver ware, which do you use? Grizz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flint McCloud 3103L Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I didn't learn to use chopsticks until I was in Germany... Now, I use 'em almost exclusively for Asian food... Vaya con Dios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I usually use the hashi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 Joe uses the 箸 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Joe uses the 箸 No fair! When I tried that the preview just showed weird symbols. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Windshadow Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 for asian food I cook my self I not only eat with the sticks but I have an extra long bamboo pair that I cook with as well (Touch the end to the heating oil in the wok and you can judge how hot the oil is by the stream of bubblies you get) some food just tastes better eaten with the sticks and I lile the way the flavors drip off the meat into the rice bowl held in my other hand as I carry the food to my mouth (also catches any fumbles) 30 or 40 years ago it was rare to see other westerners eating with the sticks in an asian eatery but today in large metropolitan areas it is now the other way around... in the northeast anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Grizz Give me a fork , unless you want to be cleaning up a MESS Never could get the hang of using them little sticks , for much . CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy Emily SASS #73673 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I am not the most coordinated person in the bunch so I am better off with a fork. and don't even get me started with the mess I made the time I tried a Saki bomb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Hi Grizz, I'm with Meg! May I have a fork, please!!! Regards, Allie Mo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Shapiro Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I like the sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Cord Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Chop sticks, but I only eat food that is cooked. Someone else can eat the bait! I tried Sushi and found that it takes two shots of Saki and four Kirin beers to get the taste of bait off my tongue!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Cubby Bear, SASS #29521 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Chopsticks. Unless I am with a date that is using a fork. Then I use the fork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Quentin Quale, Esq. SASS 9953 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 My wife did her internship in Honolulu and I roomed with a Chinese kid from Honolulu when I was in college. We both learned to use chopsticks from experts. I usually use a spoon to finish off a dish. You get more of the good sauce that way!!! G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Am using chopsticks if you prease. Thank you velly much. My war trophy Cambodian chopsticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Longshot, SASS #44254 Life Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 The only time I use chopsticks is when I'm on a diet; that way the food never makes it to my mouth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Hawk 60642 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Ifin I'm not too keen on da food dey service, I'll use chopsticks.......................... Ifin I'm hungery, den I'll use a fork, By God !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Rick Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Give me a spoon from the get-go! That way I get all the sauce... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I prefer a fork. It takes too long to sharpen the bamboo sticks to a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooky Joe, SASS #24061 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Chopsticks for Chinese food. If the chef meant you to taste metal, he'd have given you a nail to suck on. Seriously though, when I went through the survival instructor's course, one of our assignments was to carve a set of eating utensils. While everyone else was busy carving a fork and spoon (knives were considered part of our everyday clothing and we all had a sheath and pocket knife), I quickly carved a pair of chopsticks. Found out later all meals from then on had to be eaten with our carved utensils. Most people lost weight during the course. I gained 4 pounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I didn't learn to use chopsticks until I was in Germany... Now, I use 'em almost exclusively for Asian food... Vaya con Dios Yeah, but you stick them in your nose and bark like a walrus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 The only time I use chopsticks is when I'm on a diet; that way the food never makes it to my mouth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Yeah, but you stick them in your nose and bark like a walrus. You wouldn't believe what those German chopsticks look like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Will Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 STIX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deja Vous Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Met the extended family for lunch at a hibachi place, you know, where they make the food on a grill that is part of your table. So there are 11 of us sitting around this table, and I notice that everyone is using a fork, except me! Now I'll admit I went to a fork to clean up the last of the fried rice, but I used chopsticks on most of the meal. So, when at a place that supplies chopsticks as well as silver ware, which do you use? Grizz I can use them.. but I am not a graceful person and when i start talking I am better off using a fork.. lol... My thing is I do not care if you use a fork, spoon, fingers, or chopsticks at my home or at yours.. .. as long as you eat and laugh.. That is all that matters to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deja Vous Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Chop sticks, but I only eat food that is cooked. Someone else can eat the bait! I tried Sushi and found that it takes two shots of Saki and four Kirin beers to get the taste of bait off my tongue!!! Gosh, Ethan by them you are only mildly entertaining.. l;ol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 I can use them.. but I am not a graceful person and when i start talking I am better off using a fork.. lol... My thing is I do not care if you use a fork, spoon, fingers, or chopsticks at my home or at yours.. .. as long as you eat and laugh.. That is all that matters to me Good, I eat with my hands much of the time At least when eating pizza it's socially acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deja Vous Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Good, I eat with my hands much of the time At least when eating pizza it's socially acceptable. Grizzes I have this awful habit of savoring my food by licking my fingers,. I don't eat a ton, but I love every bite I take.. I eat flavorful foods with a punch.. lol... No point in being a wimp.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uno Mas SASS #80082 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Chop Chop! How the heck do you pick the peppers out of Kung-Pao without using the sticks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blarney Kid Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Eating Chinese I use chopsticks. I learned to use them when I was stationed at the Naval Comm Station in Londonderry, No. Ireland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 No offense to you chopstick users but what a terribly stupid invention that was!!! Wow, for a civilization that's as old as the Asians ya think they woulda came up with sumthin better than 2 sticks!!!!! Never said I couldn't use 'em, I just never had a use for 'em! Rye GIMME A FORK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I'm usually half way thru the meal before the sticks and my brain get together. I like using them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Good, I eat with my hands much of the time At least when eating pizza it's socially acceptable. But not with the mashed potatoes and gravy, Grizz. I keep telling you that it is a BIG social faux pas. Sometimes, you just can't take that boy anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Windshadow Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 You just have to eat like a politician! get your snout right into the slop and your fronts in right up to the trotters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 You just have to eat like a politician! get your snout right into the slop and your fronts in right up to the trotters Now that is not a pretty picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I have severaI years of experience in Japan, Okinawa, and Vietnam, but don't see any reason to use chopsticks these days. I gotta go with Lefty on this. He says he can't understand how a culture that came up with the wonderful ceramic spoon could also devise something as ridiculous as a blunt one-tined wooden fork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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