Jean wrote on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:03:05 -0400:

> James Silverton wrote:
>> notbob wrote on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:30:05 GMT:
>>
>>>> with your hands. Sushi is MEANT to be finger food; eating
>>>> sushi with chopsticks is a sign of cultural ignorance.
>>
>>> Complete nonsense.
>>
>>>> Many Indians will express a similar feeling regarding
>>>> eating curry with rice: It's *better* if you eat with your
>>>> hands.
>>
>>> Are the hands served as a side or is the curry served over
>>> the hands? Do you have a good recipe for hands?
>>
>> The right hand only! I hope you know what the left hand is
>> used for.
>>
> Yeah. And I have less of an issue with this. Indeed, many
> of the Indians who frequent my favorite Indian restaurant eat with
> their (right) hands.

I was brought up in Britain and told to eat asparagus with my fingers.
My American wife never believed me!

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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