"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
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On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 5:09:10 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> 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
>
> =====
>
> They look like chopsticks to me. Btw are you saying the Japanese
> can't afford plates ...

The picture with the Prime Minister had plates (they were holding them
in their hands).

The other sushi presentation was strictly recreational (and may have
been staged specifically for the photo). I've seen it done in movies.
I'm sure googling for "serving sushi on a naked girl" would return an
awful lot of hits.

Cindy Hamilton

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Thanks, yes. I did understand that. I was being cheeky)



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