How to Hold & Use Chopsticks the Right Way!

[yuiyoshida]

Hey! here's a chance to become a pro at using chopsticks, if you have never used them or wanted to learn. Yeah, soft subject, but enjoy!

[underpants]

1. 🍴

[yuiyoshida]

4. pardon?

[underpants]

5. I was marking it to watch later

So I put a knife and fork in the subject line.

[yuiyoshida]

6. ahsouka...

okay I couldn't see the Fork..

[kebob]

2. I've Tried, I've REALLY Tried...

but I just can't get the hang of it.

[yuiyoshida]

3. Well you can get these...

[Arkansas Granny]

7. My daughter in law took pity on my skills and got me some of these.

Bless her. She has since learned to just give me a fork.

[yuiyoshida]

8. awww

heh

[arithia]

9. weird (and random) but true

Many classical string players use chopsticks to improve their bow grip. It greatly improves dexterity and strength in the hand.

[yuiyoshida]

12. I bet that's true...

never considered that, thanks!

[Smickey]

10. Who knows...

Maybe not such a soft topic.

[yuiyoshida]

11. Oh i considered it a very soft subject with

all crap going on from the Trump people, and other republican idiots causing problems in this country... and politics in general. I would have posted this in the Asian group but..I bet most people there KNOW how to use them.. at least I would like to hope so!

[Smickey]

14. That was just my attempt...

at humor. I lived in Hawaii for years (learned how to and used them every day) and to this day am still adept with them. You will probably want independant comfirmation of this but I actually caught a fly with them once. My wife was there so she will confirm. Of course it was just a fluke but it was "impressive" to her and something I am still talking about 25 years later. haha

[yuiyoshida]

16. wow, cool....

カッコイイネ

[Smickey]

17. Domo yuiyoshida sama. n/t

[yuiyoshida]

19. itashimashite

いたしまして!

[pansypoo53219]

13. did you hear of this new invention called the fork? and that new fangled spoon is quite

handy.

[yuiyoshida]

15. Spoons were used LONG LONG ago in China

Last edited Mon Dec 5, 2016, 05:11 PM - Edit history (1)

Chopsticks are used in many countries. Chopsticks are sometimes different in those countries.

Chinese: longer sticks that are square at one end (where they are held) and round at the other (where they contact the food). They end with a blunt tip.


Japanese: short to medium length sticks that have a pointed end. This development may have occurred because the Japanese diet consists of large amounts of whole fish. Japanese chopsticks are traditionally made of wood and are lacquered. Some chopstick sets include two lengths of chopsticks: shorter ones for women and longer ones for men. Child-sized chopsticks are widely sold.


Korean: medium-length stainless-steel tapered rods, with a flat rectangular cross section. (Traditionally, they were made of brass or silver.) Many Korean metal chopsticks are decorated at the grip.


Vietnamese: long sticks that end in blunt point; traditionally wooden, but now made of plastic as well. A đũa cả is a large pair of flat chopsticks that is used to serve rice from a pot.



Thailand: Thai food is eaten with chopsticks. Chopsticks are fine for noodles. And that's about it. While many Chinese-influenced noodle dishes that have entered the Thai culinary repertoire are eaten with chopsticks, traditional Thai dishes -– almost always eaten with long-grain rice -– require a spoon and a fork.



https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopsticks

Japanese chopsticks are called Ohashi... (O makes its Honarable..so the Honorable chopstick)
Disposable chopsticks are called waribashi. Japan seems to use those more than other country. Thailand has so many beautiful wooden carved Chopsticks. Korean chopsticks tend to be Stainless steel, while China will use Plastic chopsticks but has some very expensive chopsticks made of jade.

[3catwoman3]

18. While stationed in Japan for 2 years with...

...the Air Force nurse corps, I became quite proficient with chopsticks. That was in the late 1970s, and I am still able to use them with ease. Since my time there, it feels wrong to eat any sort of Asian cuisine with western utensils. Plus, it takes longer, which is healthier.

I also developed a strong prefernce for the very logical practice of picking up your soup bowl and drinking directly from it. Makes so much sense. I hesitate to do this in public here in the States lest I be thought uncouth.

[yuiyoshida]

20. Regarding soup

in most Japanese restaurants you get a nifty little bowl for your miso soup...


and you can always purchase your own bowls... if you have an Asian store or market near by, or even order off the internet. Most Chinese restaurants in the area have a larger bowl and a cool looking spoon that goes with. Spoons in china have been around for centuries!


Where I live in San Francisco, there is a strong Asian population in my area, so there is so many places to choose from, and it allows me to continue to use chopsticks. Also after years of using them, if you haven't for a while, its like riding a bike, once you learn how to do it.

Its amazing about how many types of Chopsticks there are depending on the country. You would think they were mostly the same but there are in some cases huge differences. Above this posting I made mention of the different kinds, so check above if you would like to see them.

[3catwoman3]

24. Fortunately, there is a very fine Japanese market...

...within about a half an hour of where we live - far northwest suburbs of Chicago. Mitsuwa Marketplace. We stop in whenever we are in the area. Excellent sushi and sashimi, stamped with the time it was made. Delicious green tea ice cream. Shiseido honey cake soap - smells so good.

I love miso soup, and have held that type of bowl in my hands many times. I find the aroma, the taste, and the warmth of the bowl in my hands very soothing. We have exactly the style of spoons pictures above. We have wooden chopsticks, bamboo chopsticks, lacquer chopsticks. I have several pieces of Imari ware.

My husband and I met in Japan. He was in the Air Force, too, as a pilot, and we were next door neighbors in the BOQ (Bachelor Officers' Quarters) on Yokota Air Base near Fussa City. Had a great time there. Went off base as much as we could to immerse ourselves in the local culture. Took the trains everywhere - so easy. Collected a number of woodblock prints - some numbered limited editions and some copies, all of which still hang on our walls today.

I even brought a cat back with me. I adopted him, and couldn't leave him there. He had the characteristic crooked tail of Japanese alley cats. His name was Max. He lived to be 20, and died the night that the Sapporo Olympics closing ceremony took place. Seemed fitting, somehow.

[yuiyoshida]

25. Miso Soup

lyrics in English:

Just another "same ol'day"
Picking up the same ol''food
The dinner from the shelf
I got used to eating alone
Just by myself, but something makes me feel kind of tired

Another package arrived with a note
Asking if everything's alright with me
Whenever I call you ask me
If I am coming home for the, New year holiday

*Miso Soup, I feel your loving
Tender care, it's always nice and hot
I'm always a kid, I'll never be matured enough
Never asked for anything
You gave me all the love you had
All the love you gave me, Mom
Makes me want to see you again

Feels a little cold, today
Nothing much better to do
Than just watch TV at home
I got used to being alone
Just by myself, but something makes me feel the loneliness

Still I see you in my, in my mind
With your head out the door with the smile that's so Mom
I always wonder if you're doing fine
Maybe, this is the year, the year that I should go home

Miso Soup, I still remember
It's in my heart, when things are going tough
So I'd never get lost, you would alwas hold my hand
Never asked for anything
You were always there for me
Makes me come back to your smile

I'll always be there for you
When you get tired of that life
'cause life in the city is not everything
Come back home anytime

*repeat
Makes me want to see you again

[Ligyron]

21. Hey, thanks for this video!

Imma try that next time.

[yuiyoshida]

22. practice with two pensils

they are not chopsticks but most are about the same length, and you can try it out using them until you can find some real ones!

[impeachtrumpquick]

23. The Correct way: Dispose chopsticks into nearest receptacle; then pick up a Fork.

[yuiyoshida]

26. ah no...

[Motley13]

27. I prefer to eat more than one grain of rice at a time

[yuiyoshida]

28. You can, and it must be the way you are using them

Which is why you can learn something from the video. Believe me when I tell you, no Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Korean or Vietnamese eats one grain at a time.

[pangaia]

29. Thanks for the 'soft' subject. How refreshing, as your ideas always are.

Been eating with ohashi since,, oh.. 1967 or so....


Having only gone to South Korea for the 1st 2 times this year, I actually had to pay attention, even just when picking up the metal chopstick out of the 'chopstick box.'

Koreans use spoons when eating 'ricy' things like bibimbap... But then the rice eating is totally different than in Japan or China.. or Taiwan, of course... ( I know you know that)

Slippery....


itadakimasu !

[yuiyoshida]

30. How to Eat Bibimbap Like a Korean

[pangaia]

31. Ah, Yui, you are a quick one. :))

Actually, I was at the Gwangjang market my last trip just last month with several Korean friends.... LOL...

Easy to get to as it is right at a subway stop...

Speaking of subway stops and food....
If you get to Seoul, there is a really good sushi place- SUSHI HYO -a short walk from the Gangnam-gu Office station. The omakase was divine.. Of course there are LOTS of great Japanese joints in Seoul..

[yuiyoshida]

32. awesome...

If I get the chance to travel, I want to first go to Hawaii, (Since I have relatives there) and then Go to Miyazaki Japan, the place where my family came from. If I ever have lots of time, I would love to visit South Korea and maybe Vietnam. Taiwan is also a place on my bucket list.

[pangaia]

33. I truly hope your wish comes true and you have a chance to go to Hawai'i.

and Miyazaki..

You will go.. I am sure....

[yuiyoshida]

34. Hope so! Mahalo!

aloha!

[pangaia]

35. Oh,, my... yes ... mahalo. for sure....

I always wondered what that meant...





Aloha...

[yuiyoshida]

36. Mahalo

means Thank you in the Hawaiian native language. (I am part Native Hawaiian though not sure by how much, mostly Japanese...I guess.)

[pangaia]

37. Yes. I know..

I mean about Mahalo, and your background....




I'm 50% 'Arkansas' and 50% Hungarian.
But, as you probably know, a sushi addict...