On 1/11/2018 8:31 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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> "Casa estilo antiguo" > wrote in message
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>> On 1/11/2018 12:39 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>> "U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
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>>>> On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 10:26:59 -0500, Dave Smith
>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>> On 2018-01-09 10:15 PM, cshenk wrote:
>>>>>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
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>>>>>> 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.
>>
>> HUH?!?!?!
>>
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> That was a big old dose of smart ass. That's what that was.
HUH??????