On 1/24/2012 8:32 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2012-01-24, Jean > wrote:
>
>> food. Or maybe it's the wood (in my case) as vs. metal.
>
> There's some really nice chopsticks, out there. Everything from
> beautiful enameled Japanese sticks to stainless steel traveling
> sticks. I couldn't find any in my remote corner of the World, even at
> our one cooking specialty shop. They always seemed to be out or had
> forgot to order more, etc. Even a trip to Colo Sprngs to the one
> large Asian mkt was a bust, they having only cheap disposables. Last
> Summer, my patience was rewarded and I discovered a single pkg of
> twisted, cured, Chinese bamboo chopsticks (4 pr) at our little shop.
> Very nice sticks, being both simple, yet elegant. I use them almost
> daily.
>
> nb
>
I usually use washable bamboo chopsticks tho' I rather like the
disposable Japanese ones (perhaps a bit wasteful in these ecological
days.) I have to admit that we were given a set of four engraved ivory
ones as a wedding present many years ago and I do use them on special
occasions.

--
Jim Silverton

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