History of the fork
 

On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:02:47 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Sun, 1 Jul 2012 08:58:46 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> wrote:
>
>> And who wants to stab every bite they will take?
>
>That's why I use a fork. If I didn't want to stab it, I'd use a
>spoon.

Adults use a fork to eat foods that are not stabbed, only infants and
the mentally ill need a spoon to eat typical adult foods... sf needs a
spoon to slurp her mashed potatoes...

History of the fork
 

On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 17:34:54 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger
> wrote:

> sf wrote:
> > "Jean B." > wrote:
> >> sf wrote:
> >> > "Jean B." > wrote:
> >
> >> >> And my daughter prefers chopsticks for long
> >> >> noodles of any sort.
> >
> >> > I have the utmost respect for her if she knows how to twirl noodles
> >> > with chopsticks because apparently not many do it.
> >
> >> You don't twirl them with chopsticks. You probably know that.
> >
> > But it is done and done well by some. I've decided it must be a class
> > thing. I saw one waitress do it when I was in china and one person on
> > my tour who had been brought up by an Asian nanny/house keeper (I
> > forget which) did it too. Other than that, I've never seen anyone
> > twirl.
>
> The motion I use to wrap long noodles onto the end of my chopsticks is
> from the wrist similar to using a spoon to stir a bowl of soup.

Okay, I didn't see them do it like that. Their motion if more like
twirling a fork against the plate to wrap noodles around it.

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History of the fork
 

sf wrote:
> Doug Freyburger > wrote:
>
>> The motion I use to wrap long noodles onto the end of my chopsticks is
>> from the wrist similar to using a spoon to stir a bowl of soup.
>
> Okay, I didn't see them do it like that. Their motion if more like
> twirling a fork against the plate to wrap noodles around it.

Chortle. I've been told I use my chopsticks like a peasant. This
is an additional confirmation of that. ;^)

I hold one stick in my hand like a pen shifted half a finger to one side
then I hold the other stick like a pen shifted half a finger to the
other side. Very effective. Very brute force. Some stick packages
have an illustration like it. Once the muscle memory was established
very easy. Sweated bullets forcing the muscle memory training process.
But now that the muscle memory is in place it's easy.