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- ryan83189, on 03/31/2009, -9/+161Do not try to use the chopstick, only realize the truth... there is no chopstick.
- Spo8, on 03/30/2009, -3/+128Look out, Panda Express ladies.
- koonchu, on 03/31/2009, -6/+120Um, he's doing it wrong. He's teaching people how to do it so their pinky knuckles will hurt after a while. Look at the other people next to him, see how it's nothing like his "pinky-death-grip" method.
- liliviper, on 03/31/2009, -3/+93So you mean you don't just impale your food with them?
Boy, is my face red! - MCA2142, on 03/31/2009, -6/+71In geek terms, chopstick has all the features of a fork, but with a few more of its own. Here are a few.
1. You can split food items like lettuce - Stab it while on the plate with sticks spread apart, then spread your sticks farther. Lettuce splits.
2. You can release items - Just like opposable thumbs allow you to pick up/drop, with chopsticks, you can just let go of something. With a fork, you must scrape it against something after stabbing a food item.
3. they are easy to make - Go camping, and forget your silverware? Break off two sticks, and you're good to go. Try making a fork on a jiffy. - liquidhalcyon, on 03/31/2009, -1/+46Titanium Spork. That's it. All you need.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/8ace/ - inactive, on 03/31/2009, -1/+44You get turned off by somebody's inability to use a tool??
Boy, do I sense you're a high needs female who probably feels she 'deserves' to be pampered, merely cuz she has a vagina.
Or a gay guy who feels the same way.
either way, shame on you.
'i get turned off if you don't know how to use chopsticks!'. Wow. What a horrible trait. I couldn't imagine not liking somebody because they were unable to use something i liked. - evenstarred, on 03/31/2009, -4/+42Well, they are in Vietnam, and he said he's showing you the 'Japanese' way to use them.
The way people hold their chopsticks vary from country to country. His way is unfamiliar with me since I learned the 'Chinese' way to hold mine. *shrugs* I say as long as you can get the food into your mouth without dropping half of it into your lap or down your shirt, you're good. - cruzlee, on 03/31/2009, -3/+386. Smuggery
- justcharlie, on 03/31/2009, -0/+29Master in 90 seconds?? Tim Ferriss, champion of DIY hyperbole.
- ta10n, on 03/31/2009, -1/+304. Longer reach. In most Asian cultures we share dishes.
5. Control. Once you get used to it, it's just like an extension of your fingers. You're holding stuff instead of just scooping and stabbing. I guess if you really wanted you could still scoop and stab with chopsticks though. With practice you can pick up anything from a single grain of rice, to a wet noodle to a slice of cake to a steak (although probably rude anywhere in the world). - mithrasinvictus, on 03/31/2009, -5/+32Are his companions too polite to point it out to him or are they just ignoring the loud foreigner with bad table manners?
- annonm, on 03/31/2009, -4/+30Why do so many people obsess over stuff like this, man is it annoying! Using chopsticks has nothing to do with what shape they make in your hand, or if you do it "very Japanese style" or "Vietnam style", but instead with being able to get food into your mouth.
- inactive, on 03/31/2009, -5/+30I never even THOUGHT of making my own chopsticks in the forest! I love you!
- chikuten, on 03/31/2009, -1/+26The way people hold their chopsticks varies from person to person, but what he's calling the "Japanese way" is not the Japanese way. I've never seen anyone hold the bottom chopstick between the ring finger and pinkie.
- andersondb8, on 03/30/2009, -20/+43something everyone should know
- cianci162, on 03/30/2009, -2/+24Check out the Bic how to at the bottom. Totally great for filling 30 min during work. Just don't let your co-workers watch or they'll end up without an eye.
- a2fan, on 03/31/2009, -2/+22@evenstarred "The way people hold their chopsticks vary from country to country."
I've never seen this technique either. I mean, if it works for him, great... but it seems unnatural. - digomatic, on 03/31/2009, -4/+21"it's just the top part that moves..."
oh, that is the actual trick.
I believe everyone fails at that - trying to move both sticks - Phelyx, on 03/31/2009, -10/+26Yeah, I agree. He's not doing it correctly. You can see it being done correctly by the woman sitting next to him. The first chopstick usually goes across the first knuckle of the middle finger, held in place by the thumb. The top one is held against the thumb and sort of pivots there.
- bobbinika, on 03/31/2009, -1/+177. catching flies
- withoutamartyr, on 03/31/2009, -0/+16I think it's adorable.
Or, I would. If I ever went on dates. - Anand999, on 03/31/2009, -0/+16I've found chopsticks to be better at eating sushi than a fork. Often jabbing a piece of sushi with a fork will compromise it's structural integrity and cause it to fall apart. That's much less of a problem with chopsticks since you're grasping it from the outside.
Of course, both methods are inferior to just using your fingers, which I hear is the traditional way to eat sushi... - sageerrant, on 03/31/2009, -1/+16Oddly enough, this is more or less acceptable in Japan.
Anyone trying to carry all the way from table to mouth without a bowl of rice below is doing it the hard way. - inactive, on 03/31/2009, -0/+12I don't know, some of the asian people I've seen are pretty damn good at shoveling rice/noodles in their face with chopsticks.
- Solis, on 03/31/2009, -2/+14Why is it hard to understand that there is more than one way to use chopsticks? Based off your comment, you might as well go to China and Japan and tell them they're all doing it wrong because they aren't using them the Vietnamese way.
- rolf, on 03/31/2009, -3/+15I find dishes where chopsticks can be used much more pleasant than fork and knife. Because the food is a bit more prepared for you, you're not sitting there cutting up big chunks into smaller ones and can relax a bit more and just enjoy the food.
Anyway, it's all what you're used to. Just go to a decent Japanese or other asian restaurant, and really try to use them for one meal, you'll probably have the hand of them after one night. It's not that hard. - ManUnitdFan, on 03/31/2009, -2/+14Or you could use chopsticks like they've been using for 3500 years.
- sockfire, on 03/31/2009, -7/+18What are the benefits of chopsticks over forks?
- Solis, on 03/31/2009, -0/+11Yeah, let me just grab my trusty Japanese grandma. They're like all over the ***** place in Pennsylvania.
/s - carpeclunes, on 03/31/2009, -0/+10Just because it is two sticks does not mean chopsticks are primitive. Some would say stabbing your food, when you could simply pick it up, is primitive. In any case, it all depends on what you are eating. No one is saying you have to go eat your steak with chopsticks.
- hotrodscott, on 03/31/2009, -1/+11sushi does not taste right on a fork
- Gaalsien, on 03/31/2009, -2/+12Don't these instructions come on the side of chopstick packets anyway? They certainly do from take-aways down my way.
- blagoaw, on 03/31/2009, -1/+11When you eat a meal Chinese-style with friends, chopsticks fit the role better if you're able to use them.
You get your own bowl of plain rice, and there are a bunch of shared dishes in the middle of the table. You use your chopsticks to grab and/or lift portions of food and carry it over to your rice bowl. You then eat some of the food mixed in with your plain rice (the plain rice can temper strong tastes such as excessive saltiness -- just use as much rice as desired). The table doesn't become littered with a bunch of large serving spoons, because these spoons are usually unnecessary. If you try lifting these same items with a fork, you will have less control over the items that you select from a dish, and a lot more trouble releasing the food onto your rice. It goes without saying that in a Chinese home or restaurant where chopsticks are used, the food is prepared to be eaten using chopsticks. This avoids obvious dilemmas such as trying to eat a slab of steak with chopsticks (if anything, it'll already be cut up and seasoned for you by the person who prepared the food!).
In the US or most of the western world, it is usually assumed that each person gets their own dish, and using your own utensils on a common plate is akin to 'double-dipping' and would spread disease. However, in China and some other countries in the east, it is perfectly normal (and is considered preferable, since you get to try more different foods when with friends, and can be flexible in what you decide to eat).
Ways of doing things within a culture tend to have an interdependence. The food is made for the chopsticks, and the chopsticks for the food. The way of socializing at a dinner table is related to the food and the chopsticks as well. It goes on and on, and all turns out to make a lot of sense within the overall context. It's better to choose the right tool for the job. Seeking the tool that's the 'best' for everything will lead nowhere. - dannymb877, on 03/31/2009, -2/+12Dugg for the pen tricks
- dhoneywell, on 03/31/2009, -0/+9My thoughts exactly. When I read "become an expert" I thought there would be some extreme chopsticking going on, but just as you said, side of the packet instructions.
- inactive, on 03/31/2009, -1/+10Sorry, uncle ben's five minute instant rice doesn't count as 'rice'.
- Jhonka, on 03/31/2009, -2/+11WTF is wrong with your keyboard?
- Teh1337Pirate, on 03/31/2009, -3/+12also it requires you to eat smaller bites, then you eat slower. Your stomach feels like it gets full faster therefore you don't get fat shoveling food into your mouth with a fork.
- failtrain, on 03/31/2009, -2/+11I usually just hold the bowl up to my mouth and sweep the food in with the chopsticks. I never could get the hang of picking things up with them.
- AuriniDMJ, on 03/31/2009, -1/+10...and QWERTY prevents spelling errors.
...and driving a Geo Metro prevents you from getting speeding tickets.
...and mental retardation prevents existential doubt.
Looking on the bright side of a negativity doesn't make it good. Don't mistake cynicism and realism. Saying that my cup is half full doesn't change the fact that I'd prefer a full glass of water. - rknowles10, on 03/31/2009, -0/+8This was the point that I was searching for. You just can't eat sushi with a fork...you'll destroy it.
- veriix, on 03/31/2009, -0/+8how so?
- mushtakrakish, on 03/31/2009, -0/+8ah digg. the place you will hear about "structural integrity" of sushi. love it!
- Schmidtopolis, on 03/31/2009, -0/+8It depends on what rice you use... Not all rice is easily eaten with chopsticks. You need starchy rice that clumps together.
- BrianD2, on 03/31/2009, -1/+82 words: orange chicken.
- sageerrant, on 03/31/2009, -0/+7Usually tastes better, too.
- pyromouse, on 03/31/2009, -1/+8I like how you've gone up an down the comments calling people ignorant, but avoiding any decent explanation. Very mature.
- IgWannA, on 03/31/2009, -2/+9you're doing it wrong! i love how the white guy is teaching you how to use chopsticks (wrongly) while all the asian people next to him are probably laughing at his technique.
- kingjam, on 03/31/2009, -4/+11Smart people use more advance tools. I use a computer not a typewriter.
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