On Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at 10:25:11 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-01-09 10:15 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> > I learned how to use them so early, I only recall my brother and sister
> > laughing with our Mom as we ate the rare takeout and part of the treat,
> > was to eat with them. Mom suspended her normal 'polite eating' rules
> > and we were to put our faces over our plates so any food dropped hit
> > there to be gathererd back in next try. Good chance I was 3-4 then.
> >
> > The fact that I many decades later moved to asia for a bit is
> > irrelevant. I learned this skill as a very young child.
> >
> > I have always looked at it as pure fun! Later, I learned it can be
> > more efficient as well with some foods and that using the longer ones
> > as tongs in cooking works very well.
>
>
> I still think it peculiar the white people use chopsticks only when
> eating Chinese and a couple other Asian foods. You see them trying to
> eat steamed or fried rice with chop sticks, but not risotto.
> >

When risotto is served, there are forks on the table.

I used to eat scrambled eggs with chopsticks.

Cindy Hamilton