"ggg" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 07:38:44 GMT, "Peter Dy" >
> wrote:
>
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> wrote in message
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>>>I miss the bamboo chopsticks that we used to have but I don't trust the
>>> new manufactures from China
>>
>>
>>Yeah, the Chinese just have so little experience in dealing with bamboo.
>>Lol. What a stupid post.
>>
>>Peter
>>
>
> Dinna be so dismissive!


Huh? Let's look at the original post:

"Has anyone tried the Joyce Chen chopsticks available only by mail
order? They look thicker and rounder than the flat angular Korean
chopsticks I can get at the Korean supermarket. I'd like to try out
the Chen chopsticks. The plastic (no, not IVORY) Chinese ones feel
right but I hate the material. I'm worried that the Korean ones feel
too pinny."

He or she's trying to buy new chopsticks in the US, not use the chopsticks
at a roadside restaurant in the People's Republic of China. Thus your
unattributed cut-and-pasting was irrelevant. Just wash the damn bamboo
chopsticks you buy here before first use.

As for your, again, citation-less quotes, I could easily google news stories
from the US about unsanitary conditions right here in America. Don't eat in
China if you are so worried, more for me!

Peter














Your Japanese restaurant takeout ones aren't
> safe either and those hot nappies don't belong anywhere near your
> membranes nevermind to wipe "clean" utensils.
>
> I get my Mainland news READ to me but English translations are
> available on the internet:
> " In China's small roadside restaurants, the widely used disposable
> chopsticks are referred to as "sanitary" chopsticks. They are commonly
> seen in Chinese restaurants overseas. You can see them placed together
> in a container or packaged separately and labeled "Sanitized For Your
> Safety!" According to a survey in China, over 80% of those chopsticks
> have never been sanitized. Fierce market competition has made it
> impossible to cover all the costs, so some businesses have omitted the
> sanitizing process. Others burn sulfur to make the chopsticks look
> bright and white even though they know it could make the chopsticks
> toxic. In order to minimize costs and increase profit, some
> manufacturing jobs are subcontracted out to prisons and forced labor
> camps where there are no controls put on sanitary conditions."
>
>