Do Asian Americans eat with chopsticks?
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Snkfanatic
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I never really used chopsticks until I started eating pho all the time. Would feel strange to eat that with a fork and spoon.
Zoe
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The spoon with spaghetti is an etiquette thing to control the twirling and to avoid scratching the plate.
PassiveObserver
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Smart move. He kept his hands clean in case he has to quickly reply to a test. Didn't't have to do that thing where you lean your head down and in catch the tip of the slice as the flops over if he'd held it with his hands. Dude probably graduated valedictorian.
Yah, plenty of Californians know chopsticks. Good Asian food is all over the place and lots of places have chopsticks.
Source: Me, my (non-asian) friends, and my (asian) friends
Hasphat'sAnts
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Yeah, and we stick a chopstick through the burger to hold it together. It's pretty dope.
no we don't use chopsticks to eat Taco Bell Five Layer Burritos. We're not savages.
BrianRoyale
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Depends on the meal. It's just something that got passed on, use chopsticks, especially for rice and noodles and anything asian in general (but really for lots of different foods).
Also take your shoes off before you enter a house. Some things just get passed on no matter where you live.
Also take your shoes off before you enter a house. Some things just get passed on no matter where you live.
because eating rice with chopsticks is still faster than eating rice with a spoonHm why use a fork for rice? Why not a spoon
Btw I eat sushi with my fingers
BronsonLee
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Race me
cpp_is_king
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Depends on the kind of rice honestly. Japanese and Chinese rice is faster to eat with chopsticks, but Vietnamese rice is faster to eat with a spoon.
No cheating.
it's pretty simple mathematics
a normal spoon can only hold so much rice which isn't a mouthful, so you need to spoon a few times to even chew with maximum mouth capacity
with chopsticks you just need to shove the rice until your mouth is full and start chewing
it's like the difference between a ferrari and a beetle
Maybe you can't...
You can shovel with a spoon as well. You just pull the same bowl tilt and shovel. The only real question is how fast can you chew and swallow.
what are you a savage
BronsonLee
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Goddamnit
Wait no that's not right
WHO CHEWS RICE
Fluffhead14
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huh? the gaps in the fork are usually skinnier than a grain of rice. scooping rice with a fork generally works as well as using a spoon, sticky rice or not.
I eat sushi with my fingers
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Samurai G0SU
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Wut
Depending on their cultural strength, some may have moved away from using chopsticks.
i imagine you could have thought that yourself and even factored in the situation of adopted asian kids too.
I haven't used chopsticks as much since i don't eat as much korean food as when i lived back at home, but when i have a chance, i use chopsticks.
Why would ethnicity have any bearing on how you eat?
The utensils you use are determined by the type of food you're eating, not by the country your ancestors came from.
anotherVegan
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If I'm eating food that calls for chopsticks, like at the proper restaurant.
But most Filipino cuisine doesn't call for chopsticks.
But most Filipino cuisine doesn't call for chopsticks.
If this were true people wouldn't be talking about how they use forks or chopsticks to eat rice. Some people have preferences influenced by how they were taught by their parents, who were influenced by their parents and etc
No they bow and clap after
I don't think they do. It just wouldn't work for some dishes. Imagine trying to eat cereal or some other thing with chopsticks.
You know what makes for a good spoon? Tortillas.
cpp_is_king
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Maybe they don't eat cereal? Or, here's another idea, maybe they don't even eat cereal with chopsticks in their own countries. Did you know that Asian people eat lots of soup? I wonder if they use chopsticks to guzzle that soup down in their home countries, or if spoons are sold in stores over there.
NoblesseOblige
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I've only witnessed 1st, and more rarely 2nd generation Asian-Americans using chopsticks. But that's just anecdotal.
I've actually seen more white weeaboos using chopsticks in my life.
I've actually seen more white weeaboos using chopsticks in my life.
Zoe
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You've never heard silverware scratch on plates before?
Generally talking about fine china though. Most people don't care.
What a savage. You use a fork and knife on a pizza!
swearing-circle
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I'm Chinese and born in the UK. It depends on the meal.
Dr. Zoidberg
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I use a fork for almost everything except soups and the like which is rare because I don't really care for soups/broth. Yes, I use a fork to eat sushi. I am too clumsy with the chopsticks and the fork works fine.
Several people have said this. What is it about the restaurant environment that makes you use the chopsticks but not at home?
Several people have said this. What is it about the restaurant environment that makes you use the chopsticks but not at home?
DerangedHermit
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If everyone just only used their hands, we wouldn't have a need for threads like this!
Have you heard of forks?
Tom Nook
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The man wants to keep his hands clean while playing on his smartphone.
I use chopsticks on certain foods like sushi and noddles where the foods are easy to grab with. Rice can be done with chopsticks but it would take too long for me to finish it.
ActStriker
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You have to ask for a fork.
What, you think this is the first thread on GAF where white people tell Asians who use chopsticks that their dining utensils are inferior?
It just seems absurd that this shit has lasted this long
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