chopstick or no chopstick

[Xois]

who uses em?

[bloodstone20]

me

[flar7]

add to the flavor of the food if you eat it the way it was intended to be eaten. Depending on the culture. I am a HUGE fan of SUSHI!!!!!!

I voted yes in restaurants because I am too lazy to make special meals at home for myself. But if I were serving something that needed chopsticks at home then I would use them.

[Earth Walker]

...chopsticks?.....no one uses fingers anymore? ;) :D 8O

[ladyrowan]

Any excuse to keep away from your books!!! 8O 8O 8O

BB

[stormyray]

Originally posted by Mystique
...chopsticks?.....no one uses fingers anymore? ;) :D 8O
I do!!!! :D :D :D

[loopy]

There was no option "Yes, but only in my hair" :(

[Mairwen]

I couldn't vote for two options.

GO WORK ON YOUR THESIS!!

[Wyrdsister]

Wheee, fun poll! I use them when I go out to restaurants, but I didn't actually own any myself until about a month ago. :)

Now, enough distraction for you! Thesis time!! :) LOL!

Wyrdsister

[Blue Shadow]

Why go to all the work to cook Chinese food at home and not have fun? I use the chopsticks whenever we have Chinese food, except maybe if the rice isn't starchy enough. . .

other than appetizers, which seem like they demand to be enjoyed by being finger food. . .

and, um, the soup, I'm convinced the Chinese soup spoons are better for any kind of soup

[Anne]

I use chopsticks both places.

I don't use them with suishi as a friend of mine who is asian corrected me when she saw me eating suishi with chopsticks and said to eat it with my fingers instead. For everything else asian I use chopsticks. Except the soup which I sip from the bowl and then eat the seaweed and stuff left with chopsticks.

[flar7]

use chopsticks for sushi. Especially the rolls. But in one's home with family then fingers are more common with sushi. Most of the Japanese immigrants who work where I go use the chopsticks when eating from a common plate, but from your own then it depends on custom of house.

[Semele]

Sushi baaaaaddd

Chopsticks goooodd...except when eating tacos...never works for me!!!

[Mariposa De La Luna]

Definitely chopsticks!

I don't cook Asian food at home so we don't have chopsticks. But oddly enough I was thinking of getting some and changing that. I do have a little tea pot and Chinese tea cups that my hubby got me last weekend. Mmmmmmmmmmm jasmine tea! Great with Asian food!

[Andromeda]

I voted for no.....

I've tried it though, its just not something I'm talented enough to do. I like Forks!

[Shy Hawk]

Chopsticks on sushi is a no no.

As for me....I use chopsticks better than I use a knife and fork. I don't leave home without a pair. I have plastic ones in my purse, and a pair of plastic ones for home. Both sets come with a spoon and sit in a small box. It was sent to me from Japan from a good friend.

There is quite a bit of etiquette on chopsticks too. Like, you can't pass food from one person to another with your chopsticks. You can spear your food with the chopsticks and eat it that way. You definately can't leave your chopsticks sticking straight up on your plate (ESPECIALLY NOT WITH RICE). Oy....I'll think up some more later.

One thing you can do is make slurping sounds when eating noodles and other pasta. It shows appreciation for the food. "Sluuuuuurrrrp!"

[Shy Hawk]

SAHM......(sigh) I love green tea. I'm down to my last bag too. lol It's the cool authentic kind...had it shipped....but I am sadly enough, running out fast.
It's good for relaxation and reflection.

I've been told that you can't pour your own glass though. Not proper. You pour someone else a glass, then they pour you a glass. It's a nice exchange.

[SimplyStrange]

Yes I use chopsticks all the time, but only really when I'm eating oriental food.

I was totally bored one night and decided to eat some ice cream...but we didn't have any clean spoons, so I ate it with chopsticks. About half way through my bowl I was like, "What the hell am I doing??"

[Silent Whisper]

did you no way back when people who used a fork was called a wemp...big tuff men used there hands....i guess im a wemp

[Xois]

your avatar still scares me!

icecream...I am still laughing!

[vocis noctis]

chopsticks... hmm... in holland we never use them...

[Armitage]

You're supposed to eat sushi with your fingers? Must remember that for next girls' night at Shogun's...How about tempura? Is that stick or finger food?
I haven't had Asian food in *so* long....Mmm, kung pao shrimp, fried wontons, tuna sashimi, crabsticks, tempura, green-tea ice cream...
*smacks self to stop the torment*

[Shy Hawk]

(drools).....sounds good.

Tempura huh?...I'd go with chopsticks on that one.

Hey, I've never had green tea ice cream....just had some green tea though...lol

[story]

I never use chopsticks. Thats because i haven't eaten chinese food in years. i ate it the nioght before i got the stomach flu. I don't blame the food, but i can't even look at the stuff any more

[Swanspirit]

make GREAT sculpting tools :> in Clay ,
So whenever I go out for Chinese i use them and bring them home ........ I love Chinese food, and sushimi and sushi......
There is a wonderful Chinese restaurant here called the PANDA CHINA BUFFET ........ the people who work there are all directly from China and there is a KUAN YIN shrine they have .......where I have left candles and offerings. One of the women there gave me a JADE KUAN YIN PENDANT .....she brought all the way from China for me .
Eating Chinese is a spiritual experience for me I guess you could say LOL.....
So XOIS ...sometimes you just have to walk away and give it a rest dont you :>
HUGS
Swannie

[Swanspirit]

I had a picture of the little Shrine ,
here tis not much detail ..... I want to get a better picture so it shows how beautiful this little shrine is ........
Love and light
Swannie

[Acie]

I use them both at home and at a restaurant. I am an extremely fast eater, I know that's not good but what are you gonna do, and because I eat fast I usually eat more than I should. Chopsticks force me to slow my pace. The result of this is that it takes me longer to eat, I taste more of the food itself, and I don't eat as much which is an added bonus. Of course I only use them when eating Asian fare because there are many foods that chopsticks would only complicate the process. Hoping all are well....

[Earth Walker]

Originally posted by Swanspirit
make GREAT sculpting tools :> in Clay ,
So whenever I go out for Chinese i use them and bring them home ........ I love Chinese food, and sushimi and sushi......
There is a wonderful Chinese restaurant here called the PANDA CHINA BUFFET ........ the people who work there are all directly from China and there is a KUAN YIN shrine they have .......where I have left candles and offerings. One of the women there gave me a JADE KUAN YIN PENDANT .....she brought all the way from China for me .
Eating Chinese is a spiritual experience for me I guess you could say LOL.....
So XOIS ...sometimes you just have to walk away and give it a rest dont you :>
HUGS
Swannie

I use chopsticks whenever I get up to Foody Goody in Burnaby,
a great Chinese smorgasbord restaurant....just call me oinker.

[Dagda Moon~Lily]

I love using chopsticks!

I have tried to use them on finger Jello....cause there's always room for J-E-L-L-O! ....It was going fine....until the Jello warmed up a bit. ;) :T

:D

[moonflower]

I use Chopsticks! I even have a collection of them. ^^;
My favorite pair being my adorable set of Japanese children's Hello Kitty chopsticks. (Complete with matching hashi-case)
(Hashi = chopsticks in japanese) I gave my fiancee a set of hand painted chopsticks as a birthday gift last year too. (Hand painted Dragon & Pheonix). I love chopsticks, there is so much diversity for eating utensils, they can be seen as an art form unto themselves.
I also collect Maneki Nekos too, but thats another story. ;)
I love Japanese & Asian art. (Maneki neko are good luck cat figurines, different postures and colors represent different things *like luck, wealth, dispelling bad luck etc*)

< / babble > ^^;

[moonflower]

Ooh ive been to that Foody Goody *in burnaby* good fuuuud! lol
:) :D ;)

[Shy Hawk]

Hey, I have hello kitty chop sticks....or were they Miss Rabbit. Oh yes....Miss Rabbit. Mine comes in a case aswell, with a matching spoon....got them in China Town NY. :D

[Celtic_Angel]

Yeah, I use chopsticks. I didn't use to, but after spending an entire summer over at my friend's house, his parents are from Japan, I go used to it. :) Besides it's a great trick to be able to show off to friends that can't use them!!!:p

[Ahautenites]

I love using chopsticks. (And this is another one of the really old threads that got bumped because someone decided to vote on them.)

[MysticWitch]

I LOVE chop sticks. I didnt use them until recently when a guy pal told me to try them.
We went to dinner for chinese and yum.. its so fun. He asked me if I had used them prior to the dinner. I said no. :lol: I hadn't but he thought I used them rather well. :)

[phoenixblayze]

i use them whenever i go to a chineese restaurant....i love em, i would use them at home if i ever got around to buying some

[TaysatWesir]

Yes I do at home although when getting takeout they forget to put them in and I have to result to plastic fork and spoon.

[Astara Seague]

sometimes for fun but never could get the whole action down correctly

yes you should be working on your theses

[Boogins]

Chop chop!

[WitchJezebel]

I do at restaurants and when I order takeout. I'll use them at home occasionally when I make Asian food. My dad taught me when I was a kid so I've been using them for a long time.

[aluokaloo]

I love the food, I hate chopsticks.

[Ninjakitten]

Many times, I can't stand Asian food without chopsticks. Always seems like something is missing. I use them at least as well as a fork.

[Avalonia]

I want to learn how to use them. The first time I tried to was at least four or five years ago, and I failed miserably. XD

It's not so easy to find them around here... not even the Chinese restaurants have them. O_o

[Raven Reed]

Everyone in my house has their own personal set of nice wooden chopsticks. We love them!

[enchancea]

No never

[Anyanka]

Nope I don't use 'em because I don't know how to, though everyone else I know can...it's not fair, I want to know how to use them!