"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 3:58:35 PM UTC-10, wrote:
> > ... It's fairly obvious if a piece of sushi should be approached by the
> > fingers or hashi. Mostly, I use hashi because I'm a neat
> and clean kind of
> > guy. What I won't do is shove a whole god-damned piece in my mouth like
> > the
> > Japanese insist on doing. Such savagery ...
>
> I guess I never thought of that, maybe so. There is just something in that
> culture not good about consuming rice - actually -while you're consuming
> something else (similarly fermented? that is not rice) at the same time.
> No. No chop sticks. I remember that I was always swiftly shown that Hashi
> and Sushi don't mix, something like that you know... like using a fork for
> drinking water with-your-fingers-on-the-glass kind of thing, ha, ha.

I'm fairly sure that the Japanese have no problems with eating sushi with
hashi. In fact, eating sushi with the hands seems to be kind of low class. I
would never eat sushi with my hands in polite company - unless they used
their hands first. You have to eat sushi in the manner that other people
around you feel comfortable with.

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/...re-id170747843

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...db04df811a.jpg

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They look like chopsticks to me. Btw are you saying the Japanese
can't afford plates ...


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