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In the spirit of all the food threads, how often are chopsticks part of your eating experience? For me, on a daily basis; stir fry for lunch and dinner (meal hall has a stir fry bar) and ramen at night, which I refuse to eat without chopsticks.
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Chopstix ALWAYS when eating sushi (mmmm suusshhiiiiiii...)
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I eat my take-out Chinese with chopsticks everytime. The women at work just look at me weird, wondering how the hell I can use the bloody things. :lol:

Maybe I can learn how to use them for Sushi....... :D
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Whenever I'm eating Japanese of Chinese food.

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As far as Chinese goes, I cannot eat fried rice with chopsticks. I'm not a patient enough eater. Steamed rice is no problem, though.
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Only in Chinese and Japanese restaurants.
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Depends on my mood and what I'm eating.
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I use it for Chinese food and some other things such as potatoe wedges and the like.~Jason
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Only when eating Asian food.
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Usually only when in a Chinese restaurant, although sometimes I use chopsticks at home.
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It depends on how the food is served. If its a rice plate, I use a fork. If it is served more traditional style ( aka in Bowls ) then chopsticks are used. I dont bother with chopsticks for takeout.
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I never use them, even though I eat Chinese food every day (I go to Wok and Roll once a day).

They aren't better than a fork. Before you jump down my throat, note that I didn't say that they're worse than a fork. They just aren't better.
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For ramen noodles, they're better. For everything else, they really aren't, but I still prefer to eat most Asian foods with them (maybe it's a mental thing, but they just taste better that way to me).
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Only with Chinese or Japanese or anything I feel can be chopsticked.

I'll try for a while with some success, alternating with a fork whenever I feel like it, then I get frustrated and start spearing at my meal with the chopsticks, eventually reaching my limit and switching over to something more western in design.
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Durran Korr wrote:For ramen noodles, they're better. For everything else, they really aren't, but I still prefer to eat most Asian foods with them (maybe it's a mental thing, but they just taste better that way to me).
Maybe it's the sense of authenticity you get when using them?
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Agent R wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:For ramen noodles, they're better. For everything else, they really aren't, but I still prefer to eat most Asian foods with them (maybe it's a mental thing, but they just taste better that way to me).
Maybe it's the sense of authenticity you get when using them?
Probably. I don't feel comfortable eating anything else with chopsticks.
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Durran Korr wrote:Probably. I don't feel comfortable eating anything else with chopsticks.
Really? Not even big beef ribs? :)
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Mark S wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:Probably. I don't feel comfortable eating anything else with chopsticks.
Really? Not even big beef ribs? :)
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I like using chopsticks for asian foods. Actually, I think they're more useful than forks for many foods, Eastern and western.
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As long as it doesn't involve cutting meat, I'm usually pretty good with chopsticks. :P
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Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Chopstix ALWAYS when eating sushi (mmmm suusshhiiiiiii...)
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Daily. Twice, usually.

Mostly because I stirfry food to take to work with me, and have a bowl of rice and veg in the evening.

Using heathen fork implements is a once a week experience.
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Vendetta wrote: Mostly because I stirfry food to take to work with me, and have a bowl of rice and veg in the evening.
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When eating Chinese or Japanese, or rice in general(including fried rice)
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I rarely use them, I likes my forks.
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