On Thu, 25 Aug 2016 10:09:57 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>> I can't fathom why you care whether gaijin use hashi. If I get
>> chopsticks with my Chinese carryout, why not use them? They're
>> right there, and I don't have to go rustle up a fork.
>
>I often get chinese takeout and I never consider chopsticks for eating
>it, even if they include them. I bring it home and get out the spoon and
>fork. To "rustle up a fork" takes me like 5 seconds. eheh Another 5
>seconds to throw the chopsticks in my drawer.
>
>I just find it funny and odd that Usains seem to only eat with
>chopsticks when eating chinese or japanese food. I'd never consider
>eating my hamburger with chopsticks. Fries would work though...you can
>spear them with one chopstick.

Most children eat with their fingers, as a sign of attaining adulthood
one begins to use chop sticks, chop sticks are really extensions of
ones fingers. I've never eaten french fries with utensils, I've
always used my fingers... first time I ate french fries they were from
a deli, served in a small brown paper bag.