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Flying Mullet
03-16-2004, 03:55 PM
Do you like using chopsticks? Have you ever tried eating foods other than asian foods using chopsitcks?

I got bored once and tried to only use chopsticks for an entire week. It was very interesting and actually a lot of fun.

LH
03-16-2004, 04:16 PM
No. Chopsticks are stupid.

Mikztsu
03-16-2004, 04:39 PM
Never eaten with them. Can't be bothered when there's easier way.

Rainecloud
03-16-2004, 04:56 PM
Chopsticks are illogical.

Fuzakeru
03-16-2004, 06:22 PM
I've tried but after twenty seconds I gave up and stabbed my food with them.

Meat Puppet
03-16-2004, 06:24 PM
I can eat using Chinese and Korean chopsticks, but not Japanese chopsticks.

Flying Mullet
03-16-2004, 06:36 PM
Yeah, Japanese chopsticks are hard to use if they aren't textured.

eternalshiva
03-16-2004, 06:56 PM
This is confusing ...

Flying Mullet
03-16-2004, 06:56 PM
Why am I so confused? :p

eternalshiva
03-16-2004, 06:57 PM
It looks like I'm err quatruple posting *evil mimic* xD

Flying Mullet
03-16-2004, 07:00 PM
Yeah, don't quadruple post! :p

Peegee
03-16-2004, 09:43 PM
I love chopsticks. Anybody who can't use chopsticks is a terrorist

Xander
03-16-2004, 10:42 PM
Originally posted by Mikztsu
Never eaten with them. Can't be bothered when there's easier way.

My friend always wants to use them when we get Chinese takeaway, but I just can't be bothered, I'm like "I'm hungry..I wanna eat more than one piece of rice at once... xD"

Edit: OMG Mr.Mimic is confusing me way too much again, I love it xD

Dr Unne
03-16-2004, 10:45 PM
I don't understand the point of chopsticks. Seems primitive. Stabbing food or scooping food is easier and better and more efficient than pinching it or balancing it on the ends of two long sticks.

Flying Mullet
03-16-2004, 10:53 PM
Well if that's the case we should just puree all of our food and drink it, or even better, we can just use IV's of liquids all the time.

Half the fun is the way you eat your food peoples!

Dr Unne
03-16-2004, 11:34 PM
Liquifying food would change its taste, if not its texture. The method you use to transport your food from your plate to your mouth doesn't affect the enjoyment of the food. Different tools for different tasks. Sometimes it's better to use a fork, sometimes a spoon, sometimes your fingers. Never chopsticks though.

Kirobaito
03-16-2004, 11:49 PM
I end up stabbing myself in the eye whenever I try to use chopsticks.

Dingo Jellybean
03-16-2004, 11:50 PM
I've seen someone eat plain soup with chopsticks. That's just scary.

TheAbominatrix
03-17-2004, 01:13 AM
I'm no good with chopsticks. The last time I went to a sushi bar with Mandee she made me 'practice sticks', with some paper and a rubber band. They're fun to use that way!

EternalBahamut
03-17-2004, 01:25 AM
I've tried a couple times but get too frustrated

Mo-Nercy
03-17-2004, 08:32 AM
I don't think I've ever known of anyone that couldn't use chopsticks until now.

I've been using chopsticks so long, I've forgotton when I started.

http://ricecore.freewebspace.com/images/go_rice.jpg

Calliope
03-17-2004, 08:39 AM
I'm terrible at using chopsticks.

We'd go out for Chinese and Joe's family would be ready to go and I hadn't finished gorging yet xD

Meat Puppet
03-17-2004, 08:39 AM
Originally posted by Moo Moo the Ner Cow
I love chopsticks. Anybody who can't use chopsticks is a terrorist

<del>Doesn't</del> didn't Saddam use chopsticks? I'm sure he <del>does</del> did.

Misfit
03-17-2004, 11:32 AM
I tried once... I realized that I don't have chopstick skills so I broke them and used my fingers. ^_^

Skogs
03-17-2004, 11:55 AM
I have - it's not too hard.

Zell's Fists of Fury
03-17-2004, 12:00 PM
I am the Chopstick Masta.

Bulldog
03-17-2004, 03:35 PM
Chopsticks, of course. Why bother to use different forks and knives for salat, lobster and ... Cheeseburgers?

fire_of_avalon
03-17-2004, 03:50 PM
I hadn't used them ever before last year, then I ate an entire meal with them at a Japanese steakhouse. Everyone was amazed. I'm a natural :)

Bernhard
03-17-2004, 04:20 PM
Chopsticks together with the appropriate food. To me it just feels like the best alternative.

Squall121386
03-17-2004, 05:08 PM
Well yeah I eat with chopsticks everyday, I have eaten a Stake with Chopsticks, Pizza, numerous different types of food. Mostly with the Pizza I spread it apart into small pieces with the chop sticks and then eat it with the chopsticks. I mean you can eat anything with chop sticks. Ice cream :D

Ariel
03-17-2004, 09:32 PM
Originally posted by Dingo_Jellybean
I've seen someone eat plain soup with chopsticks. That's just scary.

o_O... that sounds painstaking.

I don't use chopsticks. It's too awkward for me. =X

Drizzt
03-17-2004, 10:18 PM
Chopsticks are stupid.

Ditto.

Flying Mullet
03-17-2004, 10:20 PM
Originally posted by Grandmaster LH
No. Chopsticks are stupid.
Yur face is stupid. :p

Mr. Graves
03-18-2004, 12:02 AM
I'd tried it before. Failed Miserably.

I just stick to forks whenever I can.

Tokki Wartooth
03-18-2004, 12:29 AM
I find chopsticks easier to use than forks. Thank god for being born part Asian. :D

Yamaneko
03-18-2004, 12:51 AM
Sporks anyone?

Jewels
03-18-2004, 03:11 AM
I use chopsticks for mainly asian food. I don't like using them cos I can't, heh. It's weird cos I am asian but I'm more into the 'European' style since I was born in NZ *nods*

...too much information for 'chopsticks'...

Squall121386
03-18-2004, 03:40 AM
Soup with Chopsticks? I'd just take the boil and drink down the Soup. Yeah I'm half Asian myself, I'm Korean Puerto Rican. But I for some reason like my Korean Half much better. Probly because I don't look puerto rican more so Korean.

Ultimate_Sandwich
03-18-2004, 03:55 AM
Originally posted by Meat Puppet
I can eat using Chinese and Korean chopsticks, but not Japanese chopsticks.

I may be missing something here, but... aren't they all just sticks? For real. They're just sticks, right?


Originally posted by Grandmaster LH
Chopsticks are stupid.

Shlup
03-18-2004, 04:01 AM
I use chopsticks when I'm eating something that's easy to pick up.

Kami
03-18-2004, 04:16 AM
I use chopsticks, but not the wooden kind. Metal chopsticks are for me. *poke poke*

Logan
03-18-2004, 04:19 AM
Chopsticks make me feel stupid, but I still use them when it's asian food and they provide them. I like forks better though :)

Lament
03-18-2004, 11:15 AM
Hoooo boy... :rolleyes2

Chopsticks never did agree with me. I would quite like to be part of the in-crowd that can use them really well and order in Cantonese or whatever... but in reality I would rather look like a stupid foreigner and use a friggin' fork! :cool:

After taking about an hour to figure out how to work the bloody things, and another hour to puzzle over the mystery of how the hell you use them to pick up rice... I finished my meal. At this point, because I am lame and can't use the things properly, I had severe hand cramp equal to approximately 5 hours masturbation.

So I figured I could've just used a fork, eaten in 10 minutes, and put the rest of the time to much, MUCH better use :p

if I ever go to Hong Kong or whatever I'm DEFINATELY bringing one of those wee folding knife/fork things. **** chopsticks. :D

Zell's Fists of Fury
03-18-2004, 06:39 PM
I've decided through this thread that only cool people know how to use chopsticks. The rest just make up excuses like chopsticks are illogical or stupid or pointless. It's okay guys. Just because you suck doesn't mean we don't love you. :)

Flying Mullet
03-18-2004, 07:20 PM
Originally posted by Ultimate_Sandwich
I may be missing something here, but... aren't they all just sticks? For real. They're just sticks, right?
Japanese chopsitcks have square handles while Chinese chopsticks have round handles. I don't know about Korean chopsticks though.