I think chopsticks are dumb.

[Vette73]

SPORK!!!!!! own all

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: potato28
Aw crap I voted wrong!!! I hate chopsticks, i always have a feeling that they are some sort of a deadly ninja weapon.

stop watching karate kids...

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: quikah

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: theman
I just read something about how the Chinese chop down 100 acres of trees every hour to produce chopsticks, or something insane like that. Chopsticks suck.

That is because of Amerikinsky favoring disposable chopsticks.

No, it has become a big problem in China as they modernize. Their environmental policies have been lagging behind their modernization causing a ton of problem, disposable chopsticks being just one of them. There is a smalll but growing "green" movement in china.

http://www.ajc.com/news/conten.../02/08/chopsticks.html

still don't know why supply would be a problem since bamboo is a giant weed...

Or use reusable plastic/stainless/etc chopsticks.

I actually own a pair of those collapsible chopsticks. Don't like them all that much. I like my hardwood chopsticks at home...

Yeah, collapsible ones are weaksauce. I meant one's that aren't disposable. However, I have seen some that you need to screw together and they work just like regulars ones.

Also have the screw together ones. I actually have a bento box with chopsticks and spoon stored on the lid. I just microwave without the lid. Crappy short plastic chopsticks and spoon, but still better than carrying separate ones.

 

[makken]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
Chopsticks are inferior in every way to a fork. It's just a tradition that Asians keep using. Nothing wrong with continuing it, but the fact of the matter is, the fork is easier and more effiicient to use.

Heck, if you want to start looking at people's eating utensils, the bare hand is the better than anything, but that's considered bad manners in most civilized nations.

Funny you should mention that because chopsticks are the cloest resemblence to bare hands.

I always jokingly tell anyone who asks "how do you use chopsticks" with "treat them like elongated fingers." just treat chopsticks as extensions of your thumb and index finger--they operate with the same principle 99% of the time.

granted, there are times when using chopsticks just wouldn't work (ie. steak), but the opposite is also true (as mentioned, sushi). With that said though, I believe that chopsticks are still the more verstile tool, even if it does require more effort to use.

There are times when i even found chopsticks to be more useful when eating western style foods. One example: Well done animal style fries from In-N-Out.
They give you a fork with these, and it never works out - you try to stab a fry and it shatters, flying all over the place (these are well done crispy fries, not the soft ones). you try to scoop one up and, unless you get it on the center of mass perfectly, it just falls off the fork. One day I decided to try using chopsticks to eat these, and my, was it easier. with chopsticks, you can grab individual fries without it breaking apart or getting your fingers nasty.

So yes, there are situations where a fork just won't work.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Taejin

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Taejin

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: DLeRium

1) True asians dont fvcking eat shrimp fried rice 24/7. The white rice to fried rice ratio is like 10:1 or whatever. Furthermore, if by sticky rice you mean glutinous rice, that's in fact probably easier to eat with a fork. Most white rice is sticky enough by nature that it's easy to eat with chopsticks. Fried rice is probably easier with a spoon or fork.

2) Chopsticks = cultural thing. Forks are perhaps the easiest to use and even if my chopsticks skills were way up there, I'd still have to concede the fork is a lot better. But for the sake of being Asian, I use my chopsticks.

What do true asians do with fried chicken? How about baby back ribs?

It cracks me up how some people (who happend to be asian) seem to have this chip on their shoulder against white people embracing their culture. You should be happy, hell honored that Americans are so open and willing to try new things. Where is all this anger coming from? Jesus, I know black people who aren't nearly as angry as some of you come off.

first he manages to incorporate racial divide into his statement, and then he manages to include racial stereotypes of black people.

got a real genius here.

It's called irony and humor. Clearly a concept lost on you.

Tell you what, I'll add a for the mentally challenged mkay?

So you think categorizing everyone who happens to like chopsticks more than forks/knives as asians irony? In fact, you go as far as to say that 'we' should be honored that Americans will even try chopsticks.

Where's the humor? I don't see it.

Your angry black people bit sure was funny and classy. Nice to know you've got it in you.

I don't even see how adding a '' makes any of your statements ironical and funny. It seems pretty juvenile and stupid to me.

PSA, black people aren't the only ones that eat fried chicken and baby back ribs.

Fried chicken, watermelon, baby back ribs, collard greens are a Southern thing.

I've white and I eat:
Sushi and Chinese food with chopsticks
Fried chicken, cheeseburgers, baby back ribs, pizza and french fries with my fingers usually
Steak, pork chops, tenderloin, seafood and the likes get a fork and knife

What's really weird though is going out on a date to a Chinese food place with an Asian girl and the server gives her chopsticks and me a fork and knife without asking. The last time we just switched utensils.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Taejin

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Taejin

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: DLeRium

1) True asians dont fvcking eat shrimp fried rice 24/7. The white rice to fried rice ratio is like 10:1 or whatever. Furthermore, if by sticky rice you mean glutinous rice, that's in fact probably easier to eat with a fork. Most white rice is sticky enough by nature that it's easy to eat with chopsticks. Fried rice is probably easier with a spoon or fork.

2) Chopsticks = cultural thing. Forks are perhaps the easiest to use and even if my chopsticks skills were way up there, I'd still have to concede the fork is a lot better. But for the sake of being Asian, I use my chopsticks.

What do true asians do with fried chicken? How about baby back ribs?

It cracks me up how some people (who happend to be asian) seem to have this chip on their shoulder against white people embracing their culture. You should be happy, hell honored that Americans are so open and willing to try new things. Where is all this anger coming from? Jesus, I know black people who aren't nearly as angry as some of you come off.

first he manages to incorporate racial divide into his statement, and then he manages to include racial stereotypes of black people.

got a real genius here.

It's called irony and humor. Clearly a concept lost on you.

Tell you what, I'll add a for the mentally challenged mkay?

So you think categorizing everyone who happens to like chopsticks more than forks/knives as asians irony? In fact, you go as far as to say that 'we' should be honored that Americans will even try chopsticks.

Where's the humor? I don't see it.

Your angry black people bit sure was funny and classy. Nice to know you've got it in you.

I don't even see how adding a '' makes any of your statements ironical and funny. It seems pretty juvenile and stupid to me.

PSA, black people aren't the only ones that eat fried chicken and baby back ribs.

Fried chicken, watermelon, baby back ribs, collard greens are a Southern thing.

I've white and I eat:
Sushi and Chinese food with chopsticks
Fried chicken, cheeseburgers, baby back ribs, pizza and french fries with my fingers usually
Steak, pork chops, tenderloin, seafood and the likes get a fork and knife

What's really weird though is going out on a date to a Chinese food place with an Asian girl and the server gives her chopsticks and me a fork and knife without asking. The last time we just switched utensils.

:laugh: I dated a Korean girl for about 2 months but we never had that problem. That's when I really learned how to use chopsticks actually.

I did feel like people looked at us funny though...especially Koreans.