On 2016-08-24 9:13 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 9:11:22 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> I don't ride a horse to work.
>
> You have failed to convince me that a fork is inherently superior to
> chopsticks. You still have to cut stuff up when using a fork.
>

Have you ever eaten a steak with chopsticks? How about spaghetti or
lasagne?