This has been really bugging me...

BeerWolf

Why do people in Ireland eat rice... with a fork and knife...?

Why not a spoon instead of the knife, would make more sense... no ?

I've been eating rice with a spoon since day 1 - so was just curious as to why this isn't the case over here.

FatherLen

I eat rice with a knife.....

.E_C_K_S.

I see you have played forky-spoony before

southcentralts

I have never seen anybody eat rice pudding with a fork.

Mr. CooL ICE

BeerWolf wrote: »

Why do people in Ireland eat rice... with a fork...?

Why not a spoon, would make more sense... no ?

I've been eating rice with a spoon since day 1 - so was just curious as to why this isn't the case over here.

This, tbh

whirlpool

Because it would require an extra utensil, when the fork you're using to eat the rest of your dinner does the job just fine.

BeerWolf

LordChessington wrote: »

This, tbh

I'm sure a spoon would be able to hold more grains of rice than the fork... :pac:

The Backwards Man

I eat rice with my mouth.

kneemos

BeerWolf wrote: »

Why do people in Ireland eat rice... with a fork and knife...?

Why not a spoon instead of the knife, would make more sense... no ?

I've been eating rice with a spoon since day 1 - so was just curious as to why this isn't the case over here.

It's a bit retarded in fairness.

Dostoevsky

BeerWolf wrote: »

Why do people in Ireland eat rice... with a fork and knife...?

Why not a spoon instead of the knife, would make more sense... no ?

I've been eating rice with a spoon since day 1 - so was just curious as to why this isn't the case over here.

Same with pizza. There is no sane reason why we cannot use our hands rather than forks. People seem to feel under pressure to unthinkingly conform to a perceived dining etiquette (which is of course very different to manners, not that most people would think about it).

Manners, for me, is far more important than etiquette and there's no bad manners attached to eating rice with a spoon or pizza with your hands.

OneArt

It's better than eating it with two sticks.

1Emanresu1

in india,you eat rice with ur hands

Annasopra

I use a spoon

wazky

I eat knives and forks using rice.

BeerWolf

1Emanresu1 wrote: »

in india,you eat rice with ur hands

I used to do that once in awhile back when I was living in Malaysia, better yet... eating with your hands on a banana leaf! :P

o1s1n

Dostoevsky wrote: »

Same with pizza. There is no sane reason why we cannot use our hands rather than forks. People seem to feel under pressure to unthinkingly conform to a perceived dining etiquette (which is of course very different to manners, not that most people would think about it).

Manners, for me, is far more important than etiquette and there's no bad manners attached to eating rice with a spoon or pizza with your hands.

People eat pizza with a knife and a fork??

Madness!!

whirlpool

whirlpool wrote: »

Because it would require an extra utensil, when the fork you're using to eat the rest of your dinner does the job just fine.

Can't believe I wasted my 1,000th post explaining why people eat rice with a fork.

BeerWolf

whirlpool wrote: »

Can't believe I wasted my 1,000th post explaining why people eat rice with a fork.

cantdecide

1Emanresu1 wrote: »

in india,you eat rice with ur hands

I won't forget the struggling to shovel down the less than edible road dal bhat with my untrained hands covered in road crud, motor oil, petrol, brake fluid and anything else that could leak out of our bikes. It put me off dal bhat much to the annoyance of my friend who's there years. Even the nice home made dal bhat that I had later turned my stomach.

Of course it's dal bhat for dinner and that's alright but it was the breakfast dal bhat that used to kill me...

1ZRed

Because how would I eat my dinner with a knife and spoon? It's just stupid

kneemos

whirlpool wrote: »

Can't believe I wasted my 1,000th post explaining why people eat rice with a fork.

Saving it for a something special were ya?

Nemeses

Why not use a straw to suck up the rice?

Much more efficient.

BeerWolf

cantdecide wrote: »

I won't forget the struggling to shovel down the less than edible road dal bhat with my untrained hands covered in road crud, motor oil, petrol, brake fluid and anything else that could leak out of our bikes. It put me off dal bhat much to the annoyance of my friend who's there years. Even the nice home made dal bhat that I had later turned my stomach.

Of course it's dal bhat for dinner but it's the breakfast dal bhat that used to kill me...

How about washing your hands next time.

1ZRed wrote: »

Because how would I eat my dinner with a knife and spoon? It's just stupid

'Fork and Spoon' or 'Fork and Knife' --- Didn't say Knife and Spoon. :pac:

1ZRed

BeerWolf wrote: »

How about washing your hands next time.



'Fork and Spoon' or 'Fork and Knife' --- Didn't say Knife and Spoon. :pac:

How would I cut meat with a fork and spoon? The Chinese have it ALL wrong. Just use a damn fork, your dinner would be cold by the time you ate all the rice using two sticks

Dostoevsky

o1s1n wrote: »

People eat pizza with a knife and a fork??

Madness!!

Because a fork is really necessary to eat a pizza with, isn't it. Just impossible to eat one without it? Well done on gloriously missing the point once again anyway.

cantdecide

BeerWolf wrote: »

How about washing your hands next time.

Ya, forgot to say that over there, water is magic apparently. Just a brief rinse under some water out of a well and voila, you're good to go. I brought hand sanitiser but it didn't last long. My mate said "they consider washing with water the same way your mother would consider the full on annual milton scrub". Every little twinge your belly gives you has you praying to shiva...

roast

I just throw it all in a blender and shoot it with a syringe. Forks and spoons are for pussys.

eireannBEAR

I would use a spoon if it was just a bowl of rice,but if the dish contained meat then the spoons a no go,have you ever tried using a spoon knife combo,it just doesnt work.

o1s1n

Dostoevsky wrote: »

Because a fork is really necessary to eat a pizza with, isn't it. Just impossible to eat one without it? Well done on gloriously missing the point once again anyway.

You stated that;

Dostoevsky wrote: »

There is no sane reason why we cannot use our hands rather than forks. People seem to feel under pressure to unthinkingly conform to a perceived dining etiquette (which is of course very different to manners, not that most people would think about it).

I replied in agreement, baffled that people use a knife and a fork for eating pizza (not something I can say I've witnessed on a regular basis)

Can't see what point I missed. Unless of course you were engaged in some kind of high level meta sarcasm which a simple layperson such as myself would never pick up on.

eireannBEAR

o1s1n wrote: »

I replied in agreement, baffled that people use a knife and a fork for eating pizza (not something I can say I've witnessed on a regular basis)

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What you your eating a doctor oetker pizza ristorante,you need a fork they have no crust to hold on to.

Pumpkinseeds

I stopped using a spoon to eat dinner when I was taught to use a knife and fork as a child. Other than for soup, cereal or dessert it looks kind of knac*erish when adults use a spoon to eat solid food.