"cshenk" wrote in message
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Ophelia wrote:
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> "cshenk" wrote in message
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> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
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> > On Monday, February 18, 2019 at 3:08:17 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> On 2019-02-18 1:56 p.m., wrote:
> >> > On Monday, February 18, 2019 at 12:52:19 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
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> >> >> Eating with chopsticks is pretentious? How redneck. I bet you
> >> use your >> hands.
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> >> > Don't be stupid. There is no need to eat with chopsticks at home
> >> > or in a Chinese restaurant unless you want to show off your
> >> > 'skills.'
> >> >
> >> > I bet you cut up your food using the 'ham fisted' method.
> >> >
> >> Beats the heck out of me why someone who normally eats with a knife
> >> an fork would use chop sticks only when they eat Asian food.
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> > What about someone who normally eats with whatever is convenient
> > and appropriate to the food being consumed? I'd never approach
> > a whole steak with chopsticks, but see no reason not to use them
> > when they're right on the table at the Chinese restaurant.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
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> Good one there! I'd cut the steak with a fork and knife, then use
> chopsticks if there was a communal dipping sauce bowl, dipping the
> meat so that the part touched by my mouth touched, did not hit the
> bowl. The othr way is to reverse the chopsticks when dipping, then
> put on your plate and reverse again so your mouth slaiva never
> touches the contents of a communal dip bowl.
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> See? You are obviously expert too! So why the denigration of those
> who want to try!
I see no reason to not use them if they suit a purpose. I use them when
they fit the meal and that may or may not be an 'asian meal'.
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Of course, as everyone else has the right to do too!