How do you eat with chopsticks?

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

:steeringwheel: We drive on the correct side of the road. We also spell words like neighbour, honour and tyre correctly too!

The letter "Z" is pronounced 'zed'.

An African black & white striped equine is a zebra, not a zeebra.

You're wrong about tire, the zeeebra, and the side of the road.

I concede on the others!

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

Great Videos!!! Not one of them shows anyone picking up food! :laughing:

Shhhh! That's the secret! That's why Asians are so rarely fat!

 

[sixdogs]

Update. Just an update the from the OP on this. From the advice and videos given, we are now reasonably proficient at using chopsticks and if I wanted to, could pass a pea back and forth. Chopsticks use was merely learning how to hold them. Now, it's no big deal and I do prefer them for most dishes. It's a quick study of a serious 10 minutes with a dish like chicken and broccoli. FYI.

 

[Rara Avis]

Update. Just an update the from the OP on this. From the advice and videos given, we are now reasonably proficient at using chopsticks and if I wanted to, could pass a pea back and forth. Chopsticks use was merely learning how to hold them. Now, it's no big deal and I do prefer them for most dishes. It's a quick study of a serious 10 minutes with a dish like chicken and broccoli. FYI.

Now you need to learn how to catch flies...

 

[dragoneggs]

I have always taken it for granted using/eating with chopsticks. I learned and a young kid because my good friend was Japanese... and still a friend today. It turned out to be a prophecy of things to come. In my career I have traveled to many Asian countries more than 50 times (lost count long ago) and chopsticks are second nature to me. Most things can be eaten with them but a big steak is not a pretty sight! :laughing:

 

[sixdogs]

I have always taken it for granted using/eating with chopsticks. I learned and a young kid because my good friend was Japanese... and still a friend today. It turned out to be a prophecy of things to come. In my career I have traveled to many Asian countries more than 50 times (lost count long ago) and chopsticks are second nature to me. Most things can be eaten with them but a big steak is not a pretty sight! :laughing:

For me, eating with chopsticks is like when you were a kid and got a ride in a car compared with riding your bike over the same road and the difference in things seen or not seen along the same route. With a bike, you notice every bit of scenery with any changes along the way and in a car things just whiz by.

With a fork, the menu seems the dietary equivalent of gruel and everything is wolfed down with a burp. With chopsticks, each portion must be sized up for ability to be picked up and then studied so it can be eaten in a reasonable manner. Now I understand why the Japanese spend so much time on food prep and presentation. It's all part of the package.

 

[sixdogs]

Now you need to learn how to catch flies...

:laughing:

 

[riptides]

All of this talk on chopsticks, makes me hungry.

Sushi sounds good for lunch!

I have mastered the chopstick, down to the single grain of rice, in the soy dip no less. LOL.

 

[mikeman1]

how do i eat with chopsticks? VERY SLOWLY!

 

[MossRoad]

While I can and do use chopsticks well enough to not embarrass myself, I much prefer a fork and knife. I'm from the school of using the knife as a backstop to the pile while using the fork like a front end loader. Push in slowly, lift and curl. Let gravity fill the fork. Transport to mouth. Repeat.