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Default #RestaurantHunter no sushi w/ chopsticks !!

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 7:26:06 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> > Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >
> > > Ophelia wrote:
> > > > Hashi?
> > >
> > > Japanese word for chopsticks.

> >
> > Primitive eating utensils before someone got smart enough to invent
> > forks and spoons. Interestingly, it's still popular when eating asian
> > dishes for some reason. I guess it's just tradition.

>
> Spoons were invented quite early. Prior to the invention of forks in
> the West, people ate with their hands or speared stuff on a knife.
> Chopsticks would have been an improvement.
>
> I don't like to use metal utensils with sushi; it doesn't taste right.
> Last night we had sushi. I ate with my hands and my husband ate with
> chopsticks.
>
> I believe your attitude toward chopsticks is just sour grapes; if you
> were proficient with them you wouldn't attempt to mock them.


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