"notbob" > wrote in message
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> I'm sitting here watching an old episode of Law & Order. Both Waterston
> and
> Hennessy are eating Chinese out of take-out boxes with disposable
> chopsticks. Regulars know what I think about all the networks standard
> representation of NY'ers always eating Chinese in this manner. If you
> don't, I say it's all total crap.
>
> We've flogged this subject ad nauseum, but have we been honest about it.
> Yeah, we all use chopsticks in a restaurant cuz we wanna SHOW RESPECT for
> the CULTURE (eye-roll). BUT!!... what about take-out? I've been eating
> Chinese take-out all my life and have NEVER found those disposable
> chopsticks in the bag. Does that mean I should have them at home all the
> time?
>
> I may occasionally use chopsticks at home, but I'm weird. I know of NO
> 0NE
> else who does so. Maybe me and mine are declasse, but I doubt it. Do YOU
> really have your own chopsticks at home for yourself and guests and family
> when Asian food is on the menu? C'mon, be honest. (CC! ... a poll!)
>
> nb

I do. I make sushi a couple times a year, and I have the plates, soy sauce
dishes, and chopsticks for serving and eating them. I also prefer to use
chopsticks for yakisoba and lo mein because I think it's way easier to eat
them that way than with a fork. They're also great for flipping donuts in
hot oil I'm not a NY'er, though...just a dislocated Minnesotan living in
Sandy Eggo and possibly moving to Maine

kimberly
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