Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Becca wrote (I started a new thread):
>
>> My mother never allowed us children to eat with our hands. We had to use
>> utensils, if we wanted to eat. Her mother was the same way, and she was
>> French. I wondered where this came from. It is still difficult for
>> me to
>> eat foods like hot dogs or pizza, without using a fork.
>
> Ribs, tacos, egg rolls, and hot dogs are NOT AS GOOD if you don't eat them
> with your hands. Sushi is MEANT to be finger food; eating sushi with
> chopsticks is a sign of cultural ignorance.

Really? I never saw anyone in Tokyo eating sushi with their hands, only
with chopsticks. And I've never seen this assertion before.

Serene

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