On Jan 21, 7:42*pm, "Polly Esther" > wrote:
> "spamtrap1888" When I make gai lan, I slice it diagonally across the grain
> so I can
> eat it with chopsticks. But Chinese restaurants leave it whole, making
> it difficult to eat with their plastic chopsticks unless you don't
> mind (a) nibbling a little off the ends in public, and (b) running the
> risk of it escaping your grip and caroming off the table or plate.
>
> I wear chopsticks. *My hair is quite long so I wind it up on my head (
> somewhere between Princess Grace and Ma Kettle) and poke a chopstick
> through. *It's a trick I learned from a Chinese friend who showed me that a
> plain old pencil works quite as well. *I sew with chopsticks. *When easing
> lace onto entredeux, firm guidance is required. *A wooden chopstick won't
> break if a sewing machine needle hits it and no trip to the ER results.
> Polly

LOL- Ma Kettle was quite the character!