Author and cofounder of Plympton, Jennifer 8. Lee, explains how the chopstick spread from the East to the West — and was designed to give you the perfect bite.
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I heard that chopsticks are used over forks in Hawaii
DeOnn Norton Hawaii has lots of asain tourists the attractions are usually in several languages mostly asain
I wouldn’t say that they’re universally used over forks. There’s a lot of Asian influence, so I suppose you could say that. However, there’s also a lot of American and Hawaiian influence. For example, plate lunches with large portions of meat, rice, and veggies is common in HI, and they usually serve it with a fork, but get chopstick options. HI is a huge cultural melting pot.
When you realize
you’re Asian but eat with Spoon
@Binati Sheth I’m Mexican I just eat ✋,fork spoon,I don’t worry about it
There are quite a lot of countries in Asia that use spoon primarily, though, like Thailand for example.
Why not? Asia is a big place. Not all use chopstick. I’m Indonesian, and I find eating rice with chopstick ridiculous if your rice isn’t of the sticky glutenous variant. Use one’s own hand, or spoon if you don’t want to wash hands before and after eating.
South east Asians didn’t adopt the chopsticks like East Asians
I’m Irish, we eat with a spork
@ML YE Or eating a KFC Famous Bowl. Lol
Australians eat with fawks and knoives.
@ML YE or the school’s cafeteria
I eat using a spork made out of potatoes
(jacksepticeye refrence btw)
I’m not asian, very far to be Asian actually I’m from an Arab country and in my city there is not Asian food restaurants or so ever. But I eat with chopsticks almost always. I have always been interested in the far east cultures and using them just came naturally ❤❤❤
Tunis ?
Technically you are Asian – the Middle East is in Western Asia.
I tried Korean chopsticks once, my hands still haven’t forgiven me.
Lmao
Don’t blame your hand, i’m from Vietnam and i uses chopsticks my entire life, still find it difficult to use Korean chopsticks. It’s made from metal and so slippery.
@Minh Hoàng Nguyễn I mean my hands are angry at me for hurting them.
Im from nepal, we eat with our hands. Right hand.
Some people think it is gross to eat rice with a bare hand. Just telling so that you know.
@madhan kumar Finger cannot tolerate the heat but mouth and tongue can. We think it is normal to eat while the food is very hot, and not to wait until it is cold.
@Prithula Sikder We eat while it is hot. It taste better and is healthier. It is common sense.
I shove my face in my bowl like a real man
@Daniel TTYAs a Bangladeshi I also eat with hands. But we cannot put a 100 degree Celsius food in our mouth. Let’s say that you can. But most of the people can’t. It is a common sense.
How to use chopstick ASIAN LEVEL
Use it to drink soup.
I use chopstick to pick up my mess.
@Sanjay Golla syringe chopsticks?
@于文哲 and shovel noodles meat in with the chopsticks as you’re drinking it
I’ve posted this as a reply to someone else’s comment………
If you are adept at using chopsticks, you can eat anything – soup, cereal, meats, ice cream, salads etc.
I also use chopsticks as a main cooking utensil, from mixing eggs and batter, a spatula, for frying, mixing, whipping and so on.
Then again, I’ve used chopsticks since I was a child – 54 years ago.
It’s not really using the chopsticks to drink soup, it’s used to shovel everything into the mouth while you drink from the bowl
If theres stuff in the soup then use it to absorb the soup
Huh that’s interesting, there’s people out there that live without silverware!
I never remember to use my chopsticks until I get a bag of Cheetos.
Allison same xD
Why oh why I have never thought of this!
3:27 was how long it took me to discover the truth
Chopsticks would be perfect to eat popcorn chicken at KFC
I got stationed in Korea and boy!! Is it difficult eating with those stainless steel chopsticks. They slip and it’s hard to grip them correctly from them being flat.
I know the story at the end but with very long spoons. Funny that there’s an asian version or is mine a european version?
I think the story’s originally asian, I’m not sure though
In Jewish mysticism there’s a story of having everyone in the ‘afterlife’ seated at never-ending tables, always piled high with food and drink, and everyone’s arms are locked out in front of them. In the ‘good’ room people are inherently selfless, so they feed each other and are happy. In the ‘bad’ room people are inherently selfish, so they only try to feed themselves and starve.
That heavenly story at the end was adorable
Use long ones for cooking, sometimes instead of a whisk, sometimes during noodle or rice fry, long. Easy clean.
The title is like a request to complete the sentence, for me it’s “- and I can never get it right”
I had chinese friends gift me bamboo chopsticks once. And I was really happy using them from time to time.
But with Korean chopsticks I took one look at them and was like: no thanks
Never knew chopsticks has region difference
Pai Mei once told me that if I didn’t learn to use chopsticks, I’d spend the rest of my days there eating from the floor like a dog
“Allegory of the long spoons”
Relates to that story at the end there