Lets talk about chopsticks .

[anilkatwal]

Hahaha , So this is a offtopic section and I guess we can talk about anything. I want to discuss about chopsticks. Beside China,Japan, Korea where in earth it is used ? Can we get tutorial to use it or how to learn to use it fast. I am going to Japan in next month so I want to be perfect to use chopsticks. I heard life will be quite difficult in there if I dont know to use it. I buy few from this chopsticks store. So people any tips to be perfect to handle it ?

 

[tmackbb4]

Time and time alone will unlock the secret to perfect chopstick format lol. I'm half Asian and I learned to use chopstick before a fork. The best tip/trick is no tip/trick. Do what feels the best. Just hold them from far away so you don't look too western

 

[anilkatwal]

Yeah that is the easiest way leaving it comfortably . But what made me serious is My friends told it will be embarrassing in Japanese restaurants if you dont know how to use it.

 

[tmackbb4]

Lol my wife had the same problem coming to new year with my family. She was asking how to learn fast and it's just not something you can tell someone and have it just click and turn on. Just use nothing but chopsticks till you go lol white rice shall be your biggest advisary

 

[Blaster]

You can do a Google on how to use them i started using them in 1974 by 1976 after two years living in S E Asia i was very proficient in their use. I was only 11 years old at the time, of course i didn't use them every day only about 3 times a week . But as said above practice and practice alone is the only real way to learn. A website , or a you tube video will help but practice at home with no one around trying it in a restaurant not a pretty sight if you haven't got the hang of it.Its also like riding a bike once you have mastered it you don't forget, i always use chopsticks in Asian restaurants. A knife and fork just doesn't feel right.

 

[daguin]

Take three or four chopsticks
Lash them to each other side-by-side
Attach a handle to them

They are very useful in this configuration

Peace,
dave

 

[Blaster]

There's always that instead lol

Take three or four chopsticks
Lash them to each other side-by-side
Attach a handle to them

They are very useful in this configuration

Peace,
dave

 

[ARG]

Yeah that is the easiest way leaving it comfortably . But what made me serious is My friends told it will be embarrassing in Japanese restaurants if you dont know how to use it.

Most Japanese restaurants I've been to will provide a fork if you ask, but it's hard to eat sushi and rolls without chopsticks

I think my chopsticking is pretty good; I can use them comfortably without thinking about it, but my Chinese friends still make fun of me

 

[daguin]

Most Japanese restaurants I've been to will provide a fork if you ask, but it's hard to eat sushi and rolls without chopsticks

I think my chopsticking is pretty good; I can use them comfortably without thinking about it, but my Chinese friends still make fun of me

Luckily, I understand, it is also acceptable to just lift the plate and shovel the food in with the sticks

Peace,
dave

 

[jander6442]

I've seen them use their fingers as well.

 

[BShanahan14rulz]

Luckily, I understand, it is also acceptable to just lift the plate and shovel the food in with the sticks

Peace,
dave

I push the side of the stationary stick against my ring finger using my thumb. This stick I hold as still as possible. I can then hold the other using my middle finger and thumb. This leaves my index finger out of the equation, though, but is how my hands learned chopsticks.

When I was younger, my mom told me to stab the food with one, and use the other stick to give the illusion of holding the food properly.

Of course, if eaten out of a rice bowl, easiest to just scoop the food into your mouth. This is acceptable table manners, but probably not the way I do it ;-) Sounds like what I imagine a pig eating his dinner sounds like.

Some people use training chopsticks, has a short piece of string connecting the back ends of the two sticks. Not sure what the point of the string is, keep you from separating your sticks too far?

If you can teach your hand not to cross the sticks, makes it much easier to pick up stuff.

 

[ryansoh3]

All I can say is that my left hand is very bad with chopsticks like anyone else who's never used one.

Having said that, I think the only way to improve is to practice with them.