On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 12:36:47 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> 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

Nyotaimori is one of those things that probably doesn't happen in Japan that people want to believe happens. The explosion in the popularity of sushi worldwide will probably reinforce this myth. It seems to have captured the imagination of the Westerners.