Chopsticks vs Forks

Glenster

m@cc@ wrote: »

At least we agree the fork is a simpler tool to use.

We are trained in fork.

FruitLover

Glenster wrote: »

We are trained in fork-fu.

Repaired.

Doc

FruitLover wrote: »

The tradition with sushi is to eat it with one's fingers. Eating sushi with chopsticks only took off when American-style sushi rolls (rice on the outside) became popular.



Not in China, you don't! :pac:

Yes you do :P

Rabies

It takes a bit of getting used to, but not that hard.

Many Asian restaurants in Ireland still leave knives and forks on the table with the option to use chop sticks. So people go with what is comfortable to them.

Take it away, and forced learning comes in to play

Do it right, and its easy to pick up rice with a chopsticks, sticky or not.

super_furry

Fecking ludites. Forks are clearly the pinacle of evolution when it comes to cutlery and chopsticks a throw back to the dark ages. It's like someone insisting on listening to their music collection on a walkman when there's a perfectly good iPod on the table.

Anyone who judges a person because they use a fork is a fuking plank. You're not asian, you're never going to be asian, stop getting insulted on their behalf.

m@cc@

super_furry wrote: »

Fecking ludites. Forks are clearly the pinacle of evolution when it comes to cutlery and chopsticks a throw back to the dark ages. It's like someone insisting on listening to their music collection on a walkman when there's a perfectly good iPod on the table.

http://mpavis.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/chopsticks/

chopsticks have been around and in use much before the fork. Chopsticks have been around at least in the time of Shang dynasty (1766 BC) and were popularized throughout China by the time of the Han dynasty (200 BC). Whereas the fork were used by the Byzantines (9 AD), introduced in the French court in the early 1500s.

Btw, I actually like the idea of a 'chork'

Dont be at yourself

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Do you see Asian people eating steak with a chopstick?

No, they use a mother fckuing steak knife.

Often the steak comes pre-cut into mouth-sized chunks, and are indeed eaten with chopsticks.

A common misconception about chopsticks is that they're used to eat everything in Asia. In my experience, dishes like curry rice are more likely to be eaten with a spoon - the less viscous the sauce, the less likely you are to use chopsticks.

And yet, soups are often eaten with chopsticks, before drinking the broth by bringing the bowl to your lips.

</pub bore>

Trashbat

I dislike going to an Irish Chinese restaraunt and them not automatically laying out chosticks.

It makes me feel like a right food snob to have to ask for them specifically.

I like using them though because it tends to mean more involvement in, and a slowing down of, the process of having a meal. I don't like going to a restaraunt with people who shovel everything into them and leave straight away. Its savagery.

m@cc@

Trashbat wrote: »

I don't like going to a restaraunt with people who shovel everything into them and leave straight away. Its savagery.

Sure what other reason would you be in a restaurant other than eating or drinking and socialising in between?

Dravokivich

super_furry wrote: »

Fecking ludites. Forks are clearly the pinacle of evolution when it comes to cutlery and chopsticks a throw back to the dark ages. It's like someone insisting on listening to their music collection on a walkman when there's a perfectly good iPod on the table.

Or High Def VHS when there's a perfectly good Blu Ray...

:eek:

Herbal Deity

Protip: don't break the chopsticks apart and they work reasonably well like a two pronged fork

stovelid

It's one of life's vindicative pleasures to see the politically correct around you slathering themselves in gunk and eating like a toddler trying to perform authentic stick-work when you use your fork to chow down with a minimum of fuss and mess.

It's usually the same kind of people that insist on saying stuff like CWWWAAAHHHSOOOON (croissant) or PAAANN AUUU CHOCOLAAAT at the top of the voices in cafes, god love them.

pickarooney

spork?

Nulty

super_furry wrote: »

Fecking ludites. Forks are clearly the pinacle of evolution when it comes to cutlery and chopsticks a throw back to the dark ages. It's like someone insisting on listening to their music collection on a walkman when there's a perfectly good iPod on the table.

Would anyone ever actually have to utter these words if it weren't for the internet? Do we really need to justify the advantages the fork has over a pair of sticks?

The only thing it cant do is catch flies - Mr. Miyagi-style.

blackbird98

depends on who I'm with. if everyone else is using cutlery, then so will I.
don't want to be the show-off / odd one out!!


I often see people trying to eat their food off a plate with chopsticks - that's where the problem is!!! if you're going to use chopsticks, then get a rice-bowl!!!

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

I use a fok...

I'll get my coat.

MaybeLogic

Blaire Curved Housefly wrote: »

I use a fok...

What the fok?

Dudess

blackbird98 wrote: »

depends on who I'm with. if everyone else is using cutlery, then so will I.
don't want to be the show-off / odd one out!

If being the odd one out means a comfortable dining experience, I'd gladly risk it.

How the **** are people supposed to eat rice with chopsticks?!

Dont be at yourself

Dudess wrote: »

How the **** are people supposed to eat rice with chopsticks?!

I would say it's easier to eat proper Japanese-style rice with chopsticks than with a knife and fork. The rice sticks together in clumps, and it's much easier to manipulate with a pair of chopsticks than a fork.

csm

In Japan this week for work. Got served bacon and a runny fried egg (amongst other, weirder things) for breakfast, along with chopsticks. What the hell? Fried egg with chopsticks? Gimme a chance. Thought it was a joke but the japanese fella beside me wolfed it down without blinking.

biko

I'm well versed in the fine art of chopsticking but after a few pints I find it easier somehow to use a fork.
So during the day, chop sticks.
After 11pm, fork.

Zombienosh

eh if forks are easier... which they are, i'll use a fork

passive

"Spoon 1 1.67%"

:P

recylingbin

Sporks ftw

wicklowwonder

In China at the minute and majority of local Chinese restaurants you go into you get chopsticks, a spoon, a plate, a drinking vessel and two bowls placed in front of you in a cling wrap, these items are given to you at the same time as the menus in most places. Usually when the food comes out the people will have a laugh with us about our chopstick use and show us how to use them "their" way! (everyone seems to have a different way)! once you make a effort they seem not to mind.

I usually change back to my spoon after 3-5 minutes of eating. I am a notoriously quick eater or one of those people referred to a savage earlier in the thread!

Usually when you start using the spoon the locals give you tumbs up sign, they are jut happy you are trying their culture! also rice over here is very sticky and I find it the easiest thing to eat with chopsticks as all you have to do is hold two of them out straight and scoop up rice. Also you can bring plate or bowl up as close to your mouth as you like this is not offensive and makes the task easier! However all in all two weeks in and 10 days to go I imagine once I am finished here I will never want to see another chopstick again!

SoulTrader

Glenster wrote: »

I actually cant picture in my head what someone would look like eating rice with a spoon.....well I can but they're holding the spoon in a clenched fist.

Glenster wrote: »

This exchange is actually blowing my mind............ a spoon........ madness.

In some Asian countries, they set the table with a fork and a spoon - not a knife in sight. It's really annoying, I end up trying to slice food with a spoon. But I guess they do it so you can eat the soup / sauces they serve with their food.

Zombienosh

i just use a knife and stab eveything

McChubbin

AlcoholicA wrote: »

i just use a knife and stab eveything

I see you've played Knifey Spoony before...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqghpm4gXf4

starbelgrade

csm wrote: »

In Yapan this wiiek fo wok. God serve bacon and a wunny fwied egg for bweakfast, along wie chopsticks. Wha de fok? Fwied egg with chopstick? Gimme chance. Thaw it was yoke but yapanese fella side me wolf it down withou bwinking.

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