On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 8:35:29 PM UTC-10, Cheri wrote:
> "dsi1" <dsi1yahoo.com> wrote in message
> ...
> 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.
>
> =======
>
> 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

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