"dsi1" > wrote in message
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On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 3:09:47 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> Ophelia wrote:
> >
> > "Gary" wrote in message ...
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > =============
> >
> > Or preference if they are something they grew up with
>
> If that is the case, then why don't they eat every single meal with
> chopsticks? At least in the usa, you only see chopsticks with asian
> meals. Steak dinner or Thanksgiving turkey dinner eaten with a pair of
> sticks? LOL.

Evidently, there's some kind of petty gamesmanship going on in this
chopstick vs fork thing. It's pretty juvenile to base cultural superiority
on eating utensils. The debate on the superior eating thing will rage on and
on but if we want to be logical about this, it doesn't matter which is
better. What is culturally superior is the ability to use either one with
equal proficiency and slip seamlessly between cuisines of the East and West.
What this means is that the Hawaiians pretty much got it all.

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Not surprising since just about everything is turned into some kind of
superiority battle here. Personally, I have never mastered chopsticks, but I
wish I could use them with skill like my little sister.

Cheri