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What kind do you prefer?

Square
34
29%
Circle
24
20%
Triangle
6
5%
dodecahedron
13
11%
Can I have a fork?
41
35%
 
Total votes : 118

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Postby Wiztopia » Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:55 pm

Marsholm wrote:
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The best way to drink something is when its super cold but not yet slushy. Or a beer in a frosted glass.


But is it a wheat beer? There is a different glass for a wheat beer as opposed to a malt beer. And even then, there's a certain way to pour a wheat beer. They way something is ingested makes a considerable diffence, making the statement true: chopsticks makes food taste so much better.


The frosted glass doesn't make it taste better. It just keeps it super chilled and it goes down smoother. So no chopsticks don't make food taste better.

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Postby Lackadaisical2 » Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:56 pm

Wiztopia wrote:
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But is it a wheat beer? There is a different glass for a wheat beer as opposed to a malt beer. And even then, there's a certain way to pour a wheat beer. They way something is ingested makes a considerable diffence, making the statement true: chopsticks makes food taste so much better.

The frosted glass doesn't make it taste better. It just keeps it super chilled and it goes down smoother. So no chopsticks don't make food taste better.

Yes it does, but then, thats not the topic of this thread, feel free to make one about it.
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Postby Marsholm » Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:03 pm

Indeed. And so I shall.
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Postby Terra Agora » Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:04 pm

greed and death wrote:flat chopsticks which are the Korean design.

I agree with this.
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Postby Wiztopia » Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:29 pm

Lackadaisical2 wrote:
Wiztopia wrote:The frosted glass doesn't make it taste better. It just keeps it super chilled and it goes down smoother. So no chopsticks don't make food taste better.

Yes it does, but then, thats not the topic of this thread, feel free to make one about it.


You made it part of the topic by claiming chopsticks make Asian food taste better.
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Postby Minoriteeburg » Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:03 pm

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Lackadaisical2 wrote:Yes it does, but then, thats not the topic of this thread, feel free to make one about it.


You made it part of the topic by claiming chopsticks make Asian food taste better.



I think it makes it taste better.
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Postby Katganistan » Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:09 pm

I've a collection of cheap square, and nice round.

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Postby Katganistan » Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:10 pm

Wiztopia wrote:
Lackadaisical2 wrote:Yes it does, but then, thats not the topic of this thread, feel free to make one about it.


You made it part of the topic by claiming chopsticks make Asian food taste better.

Metal can be reactive and impart a taste.

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Postby Buffett and Colbert » Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:12 pm

Lackadaisical2 wrote: I'm a fan of putting my chops flat-side down over the top of my bowl.

I see what you did there.

As for me... I guess when I think about it, I prefer flat sided ones too.

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Postby Lackadaisical2 » Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:14 pm

Buffett and Colbert wrote:
Lackadaisical2 wrote: I'm a fan of putting my chops flat-side down over the top of my bowl.

I see what you did there.

As for me... I guess when I think about it, I prefer flat sided ones too.

By the way, you win the award for best OP of the month.

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Postby Intangelon » Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:16 pm

Norstal wrote:
Lackadaisical2 wrote:Personally, I find the square type slightly more ergonomic, and I'm a fan of putting my chops flat-side down over the top of my bowl.

Eh, I don't see why it's enviromentally friendly or unfriendly. I use reusable square chopsticks (gasp!). They're ossum. Though, both are good in its own way.

Ergonomic =/= environmental.
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Postby Dazchan » Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:19 pm

I wonder if the then people who voted for dodecahedron actually know what a dodecahedron is... I imagine chopsticks would be hard to use if they were that shape.
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Postby Daistallia 2104 » Fri Jun 17, 2011 5:17 pm

NERVUN wrote:Japan/Korea. The ones I use at school come from Oregon and are the length of my forearm, which makes them perfect.


That's longish even for Chinese/Vietnamese...
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Postby Forsakia » Sun Jun 19, 2011 3:56 am

Wiztopia wrote:
Marsholm wrote:
But is it a wheat beer? There is a different glass for a wheat beer as opposed to a malt beer. And even then, there's a certain way to pour a wheat beer. They way something is ingested makes a considerable diffence, making the statement true: chopsticks makes food taste so much better.


The frosted glass doesn't make it taste better. It just keeps it super chilled and it goes down smoother. So no chopsticks don't make food taste better.


Making beer "super chilled" stops you tasting the flavour so much (a necessity for American beer :p )
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Postby JuNii » Sun Jun 19, 2011 4:30 am

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Postby Wiztopia » Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:02 am

Forsakia wrote:
Wiztopia wrote:
The frosted glass doesn't make it taste better. It just keeps it super chilled and it goes down smoother. So no chopsticks don't make food taste better.


Making beer "super chilled" stops you tasting the flavour so much (a necessity for American beer :p )


It makes it colder it doesn't take or add more flavor. It just goes down smoother. Same with soda and juice.

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Postby Demen » Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:34 am

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Lackadaisical2 wrote:By now I'm sure you all know that when eating Asian food it tastes slightly better when using chopsticks

Source?

There is no source, it's a commonly known fact.

Or was it an opinion? Either way, there need be no source. The OP is Lacky, if that's not enough for you, you very obviously have been slacking in the worship department and will be sentenced by the Church. Good day.

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Postby Dakini » Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:24 pm

Wiztopia wrote:
Lackadaisical2 wrote:An acute observation, there are even different kinds of glasses to drink different kinds of beer out of.


The best way to drink something is when its super cold but not yet slushy. Or a beer in a frosted glass.

It depends. Some beer is better slightly warmer than others. Ice cold is definitely the way to go for shitty beer, then you don't notice how bad it tastes.

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Postby Wiztopia » Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:46 pm

Dakini wrote:
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The best way to drink something is when its super cold but not yet slushy. Or a beer in a frosted glass.

It depends. Some beer is better slightly warmer than others. Ice cold is definitely the way to go for shitty beer, then you don't notice how bad it tastes.


Any warmth would make a beer taste like shit since humans prefer chilled drinks in general instead of drinking them warm. (doesn't apply to coffee or tea)

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Postby Moronius » Sun Jun 19, 2011 1:25 pm

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Postby Dakini » Sun Jun 19, 2011 3:35 pm

Wiztopia wrote:
Dakini wrote:It depends. Some beer is better slightly warmer than others. Ice cold is definitely the way to go for shitty beer, then you don't notice how bad it tastes.


Any warmth would make a beer taste like shit since humans prefer chilled drinks in general instead of drinking them warm. (doesn't apply to coffee or tea)

Or apple cider, hot chocolate, any of the innumerable tisanes. Hell, you don't even serve red wine ice cold unless you don't know what you're doing.

Or beer for that matter. Many beers taste best at around 10-15 C because other flavours emerge. You want to serve shitty beer as cold as possible because then you aren't able to tell how incredibly shitty it really tastes.
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Postby Pope Joan » Sun Jun 19, 2011 3:38 pm

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Postby Wiztopia » Sun Jun 19, 2011 3:39 pm

Dakini wrote:
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Any warmth would make a beer taste like shit since humans prefer chilled drinks in general instead of drinking them warm. (doesn't apply to coffee or tea)

Or apple cider, hot chocolate, any of the innumerable tisanes. Hell, you don't even serve red wine ice cold unless you don't know what you're doing.

Or beer for that matter. Many beers taste best at around 10-15 C because other flavours emerge. You want to serve shitty beer as cold as possible because then you aren't able to tell how incredibly shitty it really tastes.


I doubt that at all. Warm beer would make them taste worse. Any beer is better cold.

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