Chopsticks

[Vecherd]

I like squared the best, I learned to use them quite fast. It was either starving to death in Singapore or learning to use chopsticks.

[Beldonia]

Chopsticks? How about a fork, knife and spoon?

[Morlago]

Definitely circular ones are better, although square ones are not that bad and triangular ones are just weird to me. They make me want to hold it like a pen... Anyway, I've never seen a pair of chopsticks shaped like a dodecahedron... If anybody finds a pic, post it here. I would love to see what it looks like.

[Barringtonia]

Why did the same cultures that eats loads of rice develop chopsticks to eat with. Seems so counter-intuitive (or do they secretly use spoons?).

Generally food is shared among a variety of plates, to which there was a continuous process of picking food to your bowl. At that point one held the bowl to the mouth and shoveled it in.

In Asia, rice is more a settler eaten at the end of the meal than a base to the food.

Only since SARS have restaurants adopted the practice of one set of chopsticks for picking food from the shared dish and another for your own bowl.

[EvilDarkMagicians]

I once tried to use chopsticks and failed horribly.

They're like a knife and fork in respect to: Practice makes perfect.


I don't have a preference, but I agree that eating with chopsticks makes food taste five times better.

[Wiztopia]

I once tried to use chopsticks and failed horribly.

They're like a knife and fork in respect to: Practice makes perfect.


I don't have a preference, but I agree that eating with chopsticks makes food taste five times better.

It makes no sense to say chopsticks makes food taste better.

[Lackadaisical2]

How is it not a real answer?

X: Cars make travel easier.

W: Since when do cars make travel easier?

X: Since they were invented.

W: That's not a real answer, so cars don't make travel easier.

It isn't a real answer because 1) they didn't explain how chopsticks make Asian food taste better.

2) It is complete bullshit.

1) Hell if I know, I would presume its a novelty and thus agitates the brains somewhat. Its also possible that the manner one eats food off of chopsticks changes which part of the tongue touches the food.
2) Taste is a subjective experience, for me and many others it enhances the taste.

[Esternial]

It isn't a real answer because 1) they didn't explain how chopsticks make Asian food taste better.

2) It is complete bullshit.

1) Hell if I know, I would presume its a novelty and thus agitates the brains somewhat. Its also possible that the manner one eats food off of chopsticks changes which part of the tongue touches the food.
2) Taste is a subjective experience, for me and many others it enhances the taste.

Same counts for when you drink a beer out of a can or a bottle.

[Lackadaisical2]

1) Hell if I know, I would presume its a novelty and thus agitates the brains somewhat. Its also possible that the manner one eats food off of chopsticks changes which part of the tongue touches the food.
2) Taste is a subjective experience, for me and many others it enhances the taste.

Same counts for when you drink a beer out of a can or a bottle.

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

[Wiztopia]

Same counts for when you drink a beer out of a can or a bottle.

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.

[Central Lothian]

Am I the only one who saw the title and instantly thought of The Celebrate Chop Waltz, also known as Chopsticks?

[Italiani a Roma]

I prefer four square chopsticks lashed together in the form of a fork. Or just a regular fork. Whichever is available.

[Brandenburg-Altmark]

I use Chopsticks whenever I'm eating food that calls for it, and I use my fingers when food calls for that. I'm sort of a food traditionalist, I guess. I like the circular kind, if only because they tend to be made from better material here in the US so I don't have to grab 60 packets of chopsticks whenever I get some Asian food so I don't run out. I mostly just eat noodle-based foods with them, since I don't have the patience to get rice down using em.

[Daistallia 2104]

Why did the same cultures that eats loads of rice develop chopsticks to eat with. Seems so counter-intuitive (or do they secretly use spoons?).

Most chopstick utilizing cuisines either started with spoons and abandoned them over time or still utilise them. China and Korea still use spoons, for example.

However, rice in chopstick utilizing cuisines is generally of the short or medium grain varieties, which are stickier and thus easier to eat with sticks. One doesn't pick op individual grains but clumps or brings the bowl to the mouth and shovels.

Generally food is shared among a variety of plates, to which there was a continuous process of picking food to your bowl. At that point one held the bowl to the mouth and shoveled it in.

In Asia, rice is more a settler eaten at the end of the meal than a base to the food.

Only since SARS have restaurants adopted the practice of one set of chopsticks for picking food from the shared dish and another for your own bowl.

Depends on the culture and the particular cuisine. When chopsticks were introduced to Japan from China, only the Japanese nobility used them, with each person not only having their own individual dishes, but their own table. While some common pot meals are found in modern Japanese cuisine (nabe "hot pots" especially, like sukiyaki and chankonabe - the food of sumotori), most food is served individually.

[Soviet Haaregrad]

Chopsticks? How about a fork, knife and spoon?

I'm not a barbarian.

[NERVUN]

Length is more important than shape. I like mine to be a bit longer than normal.

[The Corparation]

The ones that are square for most of the length but morph to a circle towards the tip.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

By now I'm sure you all know that when eating Asian food it tastes slightly better when using chopsticks (regardless of whether the culture in question actually uses them). But this brings us all itno a debate that has raged on for ages and caused the downfall of mighty empires from the Qin to the Japanese. What kind of chopsticks are better? round or square?

Obvious advantages of the square variety is that they won't roll away when you put them down, while many claim that the rounded variety are more environmentally friendly.

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.

For me, it really depends. For sushi, I prefer round chopsticks. It makes gripping the rolls easier for me. For eating rice or other Oriental dishes, I prefer square.

[Galloism]

Length is more important than shape. I like mine to be a bit longer than normal.

Umm... *attempts to resist*

*fails*

Dude... that's what she said.

*runs*

[Daistallia 2104]

Length is more important than shape. I like mine to be a bit longer than normal.

Longer than normal for Japan/Korea or China/Vietnam?

[Lackadaisical2]

Length is more important than shape. I like mine to be a bit longer than normal.

I like mine to have a bit more girth actually.

[Galloism]

Length is more important than shape. I like mine to be a bit longer than normal.

I like mine to have a bit more girth actually.

.....

I will not fall for such an obvious invitation to make a sexual joke.

It's obviously a trap.

[NERVUN]

Length is more important than shape. I like mine to be a bit longer than normal.

Umm... *attempts to resist*

*fails*

Dude... that's what she said.

*runs*

*Chases after with trout in hand*

Length is more important than shape. I like mine to be a bit longer than normal.

Longer than normal for Japan/Korea or China/Vietnam?

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

[Marsholm]

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.

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 Merchant Republics]

You can pick up food easier with square chopsticks. So their best for beginners. Circle ones might be a little bit more delicate but also harder to use when you just start out.

Ultimately I prefer squares because my round ones tend to roll onto the floor. I suppose that is why most of the Asian Cultures like to eat so close to the ground.