dejablues wrote:
> "aem" > wrote in message
> ...
> On Aug 2, 9:52 am, George > wrote:
>> Maybe something got lost in the translation? I have been to Japan
>> numerous times and it not uncommon and not considered bad form to eat
>> sushi with your fingers. I think her comment might be more in the
>> direction of if you are not skilled with hashi then you can make a real
>> mess trying to eat sushi with them
>
>> I can see it getting ugly when using your fingers, too. Suppose you
>> bite a piece in half, do an incomplete job of it, and end up having to
>> go through additional adjustments to separate the piece that's in your
>> mouth from what's in your fingers. Could get messy and more
>> unattractive than the equivalent situation when using chopsticks. -
>> aem
>
> Also, how do you get the pickled ginger, wasabi, and soy sauce on it if you
> don't use chopsticks?
>
>
Typically hashi are always available and even if you would eat the sushi
with your fingers you would use them to pick up the gari and transfer
the wasabi to the little dish to mix it with soy sauce. The gari is used
to clear your palate and not typically placed on the sushi. There is
nothing wrong or unusual with holding the sushi in your fingers and
dipping it in the wasabi/soy and then eating it.