Many years ago, Jeff Smith was doing a show on Chinese
cooking; the show included an interview with a prominent
Chinese restauranteur. Jeff was informed that the CHinese
had discovered the fork many generations earlier, and
discarded it as an eating implement. However, chop-
sticks were much more civilized in the CHinese view, as they
did not like to butcher at the table.

BTW: I have a set of Japanese sticks somewhere, made of
brass. They are *pointed*. (Spear that meatball, or quail
egg)

Alex

On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:41:12 -0600, Omelet >
wrote:

>In article >,
> "l, not -l" > wrote:
>
>> On 20-Jan-2009, Omelet > wrote:
>>
>> > > >
>> > > > Just to stoke things up again :-) It's easier to eat spaghetti with
>> > > > chopsticks than with a fork.
>> > >
>> > > I think it's only easier to eat a meatball with a chopstick.
>> >
>> > Yeah. Just stab it with it! ;-d
>> > --
>> > Peace! Om
>>
>> So you prefer a single-tine fork??? 8-)
>
><snicker>