On Thursday, 30 March 2000 at 01:00:00 UTC-7, Donald R. Newcomb (Despamed address) wrote:
> OK, here's my $0.02's worth. I wasn't born knowing how to use chopsticks.
> For a long time it was quite unnatural for me. Just like holding a pencil,
> it's something you have to practice, a lot. Now Asian food does not taste
> right if I eat it with a fork. Maybe you need some "training wheels." You
> can buy chopsticks that are connected with a little spring. These take care
> of the alignment problem for you. All you have to do is pinch to get them to
> work. If you have normal dexterity and practice around the house using
> chopsticks, then it will come to you. I can do it and I'm a complete
> spastic. YMMV.
> The bottom line is that I believe that to enjoy any food to the fullest you
> need to learn how to eat it the way its originators eat it. You should watch
> me eat Udon some day. Slurrrp. Slurrp. Glug. Glug. Belch. Ahhhhhh. 8-)
> Don Newcomb
> werewolf > wrote in message
> ...
> | I love *authentic* Asian food, but I don't like chopsticks. How
> | gauche am I being by requesting a fork?



Yep. 21 years later and i am now a chopstick expert!