On 2015-09-10 06:17:19 +0000, Cheri said:

> > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 11:49:24 PM UTC-5, gtr wrote:
>>>
>>> Well if you did learn to use them you might find a use for them. Same
>>> as with any other tool. I think they are the most elegant and simplest
>>> approach to eating--assuming the food has been scaled for use with
>>> chopsticks.s
>>>
>>>
>> Well, I'm still trying to master chopsticks, one day I will
>> get the hang of them. (Wish me luck.)
>
> I've never mastered them either, though my youngest sis is an expert at
> it. I finally gave up, so good luck.

At first it keeps you from over eating. I saw somebody using
chopsticks in a Chinese restaurant when I was about 22. I vowed never
to eat Chinese food without chopsticks and began the hand-cramping
process then. About 10 years later I realized I had eaten enough
Chinese food to master it. About then I discovered Japanese food and
fortunately I was ready.

I say "elegant" above but what I really mean I guess, is that it
somehow seems more refined to eat food with these tiny tongs rather
than either *stabbing* everthing or scooping some, and having it fall
everywhere as you try to get it to your mouth.

In the big picture it's irrelevant of course