On 1/9/2018 10:36 AM, wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 08:52:49 -0700, Casa estilo antiguo >
> wrote:
>
>> On 1/9/2018 8:32 AM, Gary wrote:
>>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>
>>>> We're having sushi for dinner. My husband uses chopsticks because he
>>>> likes to dip his rice in soy sauce.
>>>
>>> Has he ever heard of a fork?
>>> Or a spoon to drizzle a little soy sauce over his rice?
>>>
>>> There is some bird that learned how to catch insects in their
>>> nest using a stick...isn't there some "intelligent" monkey that
>>> has learned the same? lol
>>>
>>> I'm always amused at how so many people use knives, forks and
>>> spoons....yet give them some asian take-out food and they switch
>>> to eating with a pair of sticks. heheh
>>
>> It has one critical advantage, it slows and limits the amount one can
>> shovel in at any one mouthful.
>>
>> That makes for far better digestion.
>
> Nonsense...

Nope - fact.

A chopstick's worth of stir fry is far less than a fork's load.

Period.

> I've seen many an Oriental shovel food into their maws
> from a bowl with chopsticks nonstop without hardly taking a breath
> until the bowl is empty...

That is basic SOUP etiquette, not stir fry.

And loud slurping is a sign of respect to the cook.

> there is nothing delicate about eating with
> chopsticks.

Yes there is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GDLlETO0-w

> I've observed long ago that if Orientals had snouts
> they'd empty a bowl of moo shu alpo like a famished dog. It's only in
> Hollywood movies where Orientals eat all dainty-like from dinner
> plates, in reality the Oriental eating style is to scoff/slurp down
> grub from bowls like a pack of wild beasts.

You conflate soup with stir fry.

That's almost racist of you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a3yxpTIh3s