Chopsticks- Challenged ?
Dear Mouse,
Today is the Chinese New Year.
Kung Hei Fat Choi
Despite the 1001 times that I have dined in Chinese restaurants, I cannot brag that I have mastered the use of chopsticks. Yes, this Ca t is chopsticks-challenged.
So I tried to get some tips on how to use the chopsticks. (Note: I am left handed, so the following illustrations are for me and the leftists errmm the lefties).
If you cannot get it yet, don't panic while you are waiting for the spoons and sporks that you requested. Take a deep breath, hold the chopsticks with five fingers (holding the chopsticks with five fingers is a bad table manner for Japanese, isn't it Sachiko ?) and make tusok of the meat,fish or make sabit the veggie sa chopsticks.
Next time, bring your own special chopsticks like this.
Me? I have other uses for chopsticks.
Talking of chopticks, I must have misplaced mine. Can't find them.
The Ca t
posted by cathy @ 2/08/2005 11:06:00 AM
8 comments
8 Comments:
Niyahaha..ang galing ng ipit mo.
Happy cny to you cathy!
Somebody told me that the "proper way" is to position both chopsticks on the middle finger with the ring finger supporting the middle. It is more stable and can support heavier stuff. It works for me. But just the same, most chopstick users will tell you: "kung saan ka comfortable, roon ka"....=)
Ay naku. Buti nga chopsticks yan.
Mga anak ko nga hindi marunong magkamay pag kumain. Nakakarinig pa ako ng "Eeeewww... that's dirty" sa kanila. Ni hindi ko pa sila mapilit.
Ako pa naman, mas madalas magkamay kesyo sa kubyertos.
Ipa DNA ko kaya itong dalawang batang ito?
once upon a time, my lola ay mayroon dugong siopao. so all of us, tinuruang gumamit ng chopsticks. the challenge is to pick up the mani in a small plate. pag nakuha mo ng chopst, then graduate ka na. ngayon, hindi lang mani ang hinuhugot ko ng chops.!!happy tikoy din sa yo! hmmmmmmmm!!!!
(holding the chopsticks with five
fingers is a bad table manner for Japanese, isn't it,Sachiko?)
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hahaha! Lesson#1:
Chopsticks should never be grasped in the fist that way because that is how they would be held for use as a "weapon".
Lesson#2 (my MIL taught me this)
Do not stick your chopsticks straight up in your bowl of rice,as this is how a meal is offered on a Buddhist altar to the "spirits of the dead".
When my aunt attended my wedding here, people were so shocked to see her put her chopsticks nakatusok in her rice, my in laws actually gasped,unbelieving their eyes.. lol!
ting,
hindi mo napansin yong aking mata. marker ang ginamit ko
para kita ang pagkasingkit. mwehehehe
jobert,
sige nga ipa DNA mo.
pepe,
i thougt chopscticks are for chopping. hehehe
sachiko,
there was a time i did tusok the rice too.
tagal noong spoon eh. ngeeee
luchie,
happy tikoy to you.
frat,
hehehe, berdi.
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