"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 10:26:59 -0500, 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.
>>>
>
> good info! I hadn't realized that black people never used chopsticks
> when eating Chinese food.

They don't eat Chinese food.