Triumph Chopsticks ...

Good try Rachael ;)



Hugs,

DolL~

I enjoy all chinese food, and most Japanese food too. I can't abide raw fish so I don't. I've always thought it an act of respect for the people, culture, and have always used Chopsticks when eating. I did learn one trick by watching. Instead of trying to eat rice, the dainty, American way, you pick up the bowl and use chopsticks to shovel it in.

Yes it is :) believe me it's fun!

art of eating? I tried once at Chinese restaurant but had to ask for fork and spoon instead LoL

Eating with chopsticks is like an art for me ;)

Basically the question should be: Why use forks and knifes? Considering the small size of the ingredients, cutting tools are superfluous at the eating table. The preparation in small pieces has also taste advantages, but there is also a more profane reason: Firewood was scarce even in ancient China. Quick and low energy cooking was the motto of the Chinese housewife, therefore she used as small as possible ingredients.



Quite probably did the ancient Chinese of the Shang Dynasty, 2000 years before Christ, “fish” their vegetable and meat pieces from the common saucepan using twigs. That they later turned to use bamboo and wood as chopstick material have simple reasons: both materials resists heat and are taste neutral. To give the chopstick a cultural background, did occupy even Confucius. For him were knifes at the eating table a barbaric bad habit. Whether he said something about forks remains unknown to us.

well, I think 99.99 % of Japanese and Chinese are able to use them or else we would be starving lol

Love the photo.

I can't use chopsticks, but I like the music. lol



Bare Hugs

Nudy