I live in Hawaiʻi. We use chopsticks all the time. Itʻs just… what you do.
Whenever we get takeout and they give us forks instead of chopsticks, my wife and I refer to it as “getting haloeʻd” (for those who donʻt know, “haole” is a Hawaiian term for foreigner that tends be used exclusively for Caucasian people). Thereʻs a general assumption that most whites donʻt know how to use chopsticks. Related, I was once at a Japanese funeral, eating poke and sashimi with chopsticks, and this sweet lady comes up to me and says “you use those so well!” It felt like the white-person version of “youʻre so well-spoken!”
I feel insulted when I go for pho and get offered a fork.
I stopped for dinner once at a Chinese restaurant in Mississippi run by people actually from China. I (white guy) used chopsticks and our server just stared at me wide-eyed for most of the meal. She said I was the first white person she had ever seen using them, and she’d been working there for years. That is Mississippi for you.
I didn’t have the heart to tell her I’d learned to use them eating at Japanese restaurants.
The old antifa anal beads trick.
This used to be me, but TBH I’m a convert to chopsticks now … provided it’s not for something like a slab of steak
3rd reason: because it’s fun.
Chopsticks are the best utensils for eating chips(crisps in England). I love eating chips but i also love being on my computer. Why get chipdust everywhere when you can be clean?
I use it them when I douse cheetos with valentina. Two of the most finger stainingest foods known at this point in history.
It’s like ambrosia for those of us awaiting cardiac release.
Because they are easier to handwash
But i don’t wash anything in a restaurant :(
Not markedly easier though
Plus it’s fun.
cooking an omelette with chopsticks is a superior experience.
Once you learn to eat rice with chopsticks you become unstoppable.
*for sticky rice (other rice is impractical)
If you do your hair up with 2 forks you look like a dumb dumb whereas if you use chopsticks you look like somebody who saw a life hack video or post
Sticking a fork in sushi feels illegal.
i don’t mind
Only in Japan. It’s punishable by death.
In Japan you eat sushi with your hands
I use it like a spatula :)
Honestly for a lot of foods they’re really not a bad choice. They’re excellent for eating flavored chips when you dont want powder on your fingers, also grabbing things from jars
They are the best choice for salads. Eating salads with a fork sucks
Teaching my Cheetos loving children how to use chopsticks has saved all my gaming controllers.
Chop sticks and Cheetos are a classic combo!
I use them for eating popcorn
But then you can’t shovel handfuls of popcorn in your mouth where a quarter misses your mouth and is found in the couch cushions 2 days later.
found in the couch cushions 2 days later.
Just saving some for later.
Gotta feed the roach homies
Aren’t those the people who come over and empty your ashtrays when they’re out of weed?
I’ve gotta find someone with a 3D printer locally who can make me those fingy chopsticks for cheetos. I’m tired of cleaning my keyboard everytime I wanna snacc.
Please do not eat food served via a 3d printed tool/plate/bowl/cup. A number of the materials that are used for 3d printing are toxic (cross contamination is likely even if the material has been changed), and the plastic can contain small abrasion which are impossible to sanitize.
Check your public library, nowadays many often have a couple for the public to use
When I was in Toronto, yeppers. Alas I’m on an island out in the middle of nowhere. I’m gonna have to find a 3D print shop or make a friend lol
Alas I’m on an island out in the middle of nowhere.
It’s nice to hear from you again, and to be reminded of your living situation somewhere near Trailer Park Boys and Man in a Motel
my god grabbing things from jars how has that never occurred to me
I’d rather eat sushi with my hands than with a fork XD
I use them for pretty much everything because they’re marginally quicker to clean thoroughly than a fork
Who else goes through spoons quicker than any other utensils? In my household
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- Big spoons
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- Little spoons
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- Chop sticks
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- Knives
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- Forks
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- Butter knives
Long spoon. I love long spoon.
We call them Korean fighting spoons. Since it’s for reaching side dishes and sauces before others at the table
I can hear this image
That spoon in too big.
Found the backpacker.
Little spoons go first for me,. But yes, spoons are the ultimate utensil
Spork enters the chat.
Get outta here Popeyes. Your tines are too short to grab the meat, and your ends are too pointy to gather the last 5%. I’d end up full of styrofoam, pawing at a bone like a kitten if I used you. My fingers and teeth work 100x better than you.
Even if I’m backpacking and I need to save weight, I’d rather have a cat-dog version of spoon and fork.
I have a lot of condiments to scoop
i use what’s most convenient to grab… for instance i use a spoon, or even a fork, for making a pb&j far more often than a knife. there’s a better chance of those being out on the drying rack than a knife. if that means i’m eating ice cream with a fork, i’m eating ice cream with a fork - as long as it’s frozen enough.
Whatever falls into the sarlacc pit that is my garbage disposal goes first
Depends on what I made that week. If it’s a soup or stew, spoons are the first to go.
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