It's really funny — my mom (who's Chinese) taught me how to use chopsticks at a young age, but I actually hold them incorrectly because she holds them incorrectly! I cross them to hold food,
rather than bringing them together. How funny that my Taiwanese mother does the same!
Yum, did your family ever tell you that if you hold them close to the bottom, you'll marry someone from near where you grew up, but if you hold them nearer the top, you'll marry someone from
far away? I swear every single person in my Taiwanese family has told me that at some point.
I can certainly use the cheap wooden ones given out here in the US, but the steel ones the Koreans use probably are going to give me a run for my money.
Hee hee, after I saw the title but before even seeing the quick options, I said "Of course!". I grew up eating with chopsticks, whether it was saimin (a Japanese noodle soup) or at a Chinese
restaurant. You know you're good when you can clear a bowl of rice using chopsticks, down to the last grain!
YumSugar, my mom is like yours, she's also Chinese and she also holds them incorrectly. But somehow I taught myself the correct way.
yup. When I lived in China, I perfected my chopstick skills when I went out drinking with friends and ate peanuts with chopsticks. It's a necessary skill to have now that I'm dating a Chinese
guy. Although I was a little embarrassed a few weeks ago when I went to dinner with his family at a Chinese restaurant and the waitress came out with 3 forks and asked if the white girl &
the 2 children needed them. um, no.
I use chopsticks whenever I get Japanese food, but I'm not very good. I can manage with my california rolls and with sticky rice, but tonkatsu is a bit more difficult, and I've no grace to
speak of.
A friend of mine taught me when I was probably... 18? I can use chopsticks pretty well now - every now and again I drop something or I just can't figure out how to pick up non-sticky rice.
My girlfriend is Korean and not only does she hold them incorrectly (her fingers are all twisty and it looks kind of painful), she is missing a bit of one of her teeth from those metal ones
they use in Korea! I guess she was really hungry.
I had a friend who took me (in an extremely famished state) to a little spot in Chinatown and told the waiter not to give me a fork. The rest is history...
I spent two weeks in China/Hong Kong last summer and learned pretty quickly how to use chopsticks. With just a soup spoon and the 'sticks, anything is possible! You can cut with them, if you
know how. It actually isn't so bad, but you really have to have no alternatives around to learn the best.
i know how i'm supposed to use them, but im' usually not overly successful. it's intersting that if i have a drink or 2 then i'm a whiz but otherwise - it's a mess.
Definitely. My mother trained us as kids on bowls of marbles. I used to hold them wrong, but corrected my form when my handwriting grip also changed (calligraphy training).
Well, I'm Asian, and I've been using chopsticks since I was basically a toddler. But, I've never held them correctly. I don't hold writing utensils either, and I kind of grasp chopsticks in a
similar fashion. I can manage perfectly well, though. I shovel food in my mouth faster with chopsticks than with forks!
I can manage picking up most foods with chopsticks however once I tried to grab rice and that was a disaster!lol. So for general food, yeah I can use them.
Hell Yes! There's an old wives' tale that if you clasp your fingers around the chopsticks in a high position, your husband will come from a place far far away
"There's an old wives' tale that if you clasp your fingers around the chopsticks in a high position, your husband will come from a place far far away"
The funny thing is, from childhood until a few years ago, I used to hold the chopsticks really high up. I married an Israeli.
In the last few years (after the divorce) I finally succeeded in improving my grip. I started to hold the chopsticks much closer to the base than before.
Hey, guess what? I'm engaged to someone from a town in Indiana about 45 minutes from where my mom lives!
When I was a kid, I was told a slightly different version of that old wives' tale. It was "if you hold the chopsticks lower you'd stay in your hometown, if you hold them higher, you'll go to
places far, far away."
I immediately moved my chopstick grip from the middle part of the chopsticks to waaaaay to the top. Heehee.
my parents always complain that I don't wield those chopsticks the right way, but I get by fine using it my way. I can't deal with it if they put in forks instead of chopsticks in my take-out
chinese order. I'm definitely more comfortable with chopsticks.
I'm no good with chopsticks and it makes me so sad! I went to Benihana a few weeks ago for my birthday and I was sad that I had to use a fork! LOL. I really should learn how.
I was forced to learn how to use them when I was in China. I'm pretty good, but I'm not an expert. I also think that I hold them incorrectly, but I'm not 100% about that. Oh well, at least it
works for me!
I've known since I was around 6. My mom had a Chinese boss and we would all go to dim sum occasionally and he taught me. I impressed my husband with my skills at picking up peanuts the other
day. lol
The trick is to learn when you're young. I learned by the age of five and I taught my son at 2. He amazed people when we would go out to eat. I think everyone should learn. Eating with them
is so much more fun than using a fork.
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I must say i am pretty good with the choppers!
1I'm now a black belt in chopstick handling.
2I'm not good at using them, but I do try every time I get chinese food.
3I'm Taiwanese, so...yeah.
4yuuup~! i think it helps cuz i'm chinese hahaha
5My mom loves to tell me that I was using chopsticks by the age of two. I don't remember that far back myself
6Dad taught me when I was a wee little one so that I would not embarrass myself on dates when I grew up. It did in fact come in handy!
7No. I wish I could use. I always request the beginner chopsticks when I eat out.
8*I wish I could use them without embarrassing myself.
9I usually try but end up using one of them as a spear until I have the nerve to request a fork.
10Thanks to the Chinese New Year celebration way back in 5th grade I am a chopsticks pro!
11I do well most of the time. Noodles tend to get a bit above me...
12It's really funny — my mom (who's Chinese) taught me how to use chopsticks at a young age, but I actually hold them incorrectly because she holds them incorrectly! I cross them to hold food, rather than bringing them together. How funny that my Taiwanese mother does the same!
13I have tried more than once and I just can't get the hang of it!! My dad can use them really well and so can my husband.
14Yum, did your family ever tell you that if you hold them close to the bottom, you'll marry someone from near where you grew up, but if you hold them nearer the top, you'll marry someone from far away? I swear every single person in my Taiwanese family has told me that at some point.
(In my case, it was accurate!)
15I'm pretty good at using chopsticks.
16I love chopsticks. ^_^ I thought I was all swanky in gradeschool because I knew how to use them and most of my friends didn't.
17I can certainly use the cheap wooden ones given out here in the US, but the steel ones the Koreans use probably are going to give me a run for my money.
18People have taught me, but I just never got the hang of it.
I wish I could though.
19Hee hee, after I saw the title but before even seeing the quick options, I said "Of course!". I grew up eating with chopsticks, whether it was saimin (a Japanese noodle soup) or at a Chinese restaurant. You know you're good when you can clear a bowl of rice using chopsticks, down to the last grain!
YumSugar, my mom is like yours, she's also Chinese and she also holds them incorrectly. But somehow I taught myself the correct way.
20My cute Salvadorian mom taught me when I was a wee little one how to use them!!!
21yup. When I lived in China, I perfected my chopstick skills when I went out drinking with friends and ate peanuts with chopsticks. It's a necessary skill to have now that I'm dating a Chinese guy. Although I was a little embarrassed a few weeks ago when I went to dinner with his family at a Chinese restaurant and the waitress came out with 3 forks and asked if the white girl & the 2 children needed them. um, no.
22I was born to be a pro with the chopsticks
23I grew up in Japan so I would have been in trouble if I didn't.
24i used to date a guy who was half Japanese so he taught me so i'd look like i fit in when we'd go out to eat.
25Haha, I'm a pro. I think the hardest thing I ever ate with them was jello, that was fun.
26I know how to use the "cheating" ones and that's about it. I'm ashamed.
27I've known how to use chopsticks since I was six! Sometimes, I even replace regular utensils with the lovely Hello Kitty chop sticks I have. Fun!
28I use chopsticks whenever I get Japanese food, but I'm not very good. I can manage with my california rolls and with sticky rice, but tonkatsu is a bit more difficult, and I've no grace to speak of.
29A friend of mine taught me when I was probably... 18? I can use chopsticks pretty well now - every now and again I drop something or I just can't figure out how to pick up non-sticky rice.
My girlfriend is Korean and not only does she hold them incorrectly (her fingers are all twisty and it looks kind of painful), she is missing a bit of one of her teeth from those metal ones they use in Korea! I guess she was really hungry.
30Hubby taught me (his BFF is Chinese) and now he can't use them, he's too clumsy but I'm a pro (yes, I'm bragging). When in Asia do as the Asians.
31I had a friend who took me (in an extremely famished state) to a little spot in Chinatown and told the waiter not to give me a fork. The rest is history...
32I spent two weeks in China/Hong Kong last summer and learned pretty quickly how to use chopsticks. With just a soup spoon and the 'sticks, anything is possible! You can cut with them, if you know how. It actually isn't so bad, but you really have to have no alternatives around to learn the best.
33i know how i'm supposed to use them, but im' usually not overly successful. it's intersting that if i have a drink or 2 then i'm a whiz but otherwise - it's a mess.
34no, I can only use the kid version (you know with the rubber bands) and even those I have a little trouble with.
35I wish someone would teach me!!!
Definitely. My mother trained us as kids on bowls of marbles. I used to hold them wrong, but corrected my form when my handwriting grip also changed (calligraphy training).
36nope, don't know how to use them. i've tried though, almost poked it up my nose, flung my food at people,
, sorry to say, just give me a fork
37Well, I'm Asian, and I've been using chopsticks since I was basically a toddler. But, I've never held them correctly. I don't hold writing utensils either, and I kind of grasp chopsticks in a similar fashion. I can manage perfectly well, though. I shovel food in my mouth faster with chopsticks than with forks!
38I can manage picking up most foods with chopsticks however once I tried to grab rice and that was a disaster!lol. So for general food, yeah I can use them.
39Hell Yes! There's an old wives' tale that if you clasp your fingers around the chopsticks in a high position, your husband will come from a place far far away
40"There's an old wives' tale that if you clasp your fingers around the chopsticks in a high position, your husband will come from a place far far away"
The funny thing is, from childhood until a few years ago, I used to hold the chopsticks really high up. I married an Israeli.
In the last few years (after the divorce) I finally succeeded in improving my grip. I started to hold the chopsticks much closer to the base than before.
Hey, guess what? I'm engaged to someone from a town in Indiana about 45 minutes from where my mom lives!
41When I was a kid, I was told a slightly different version of that old wives' tale. It was "if you hold the chopsticks lower you'd stay in your hometown, if you hold them higher, you'll go to places far, far away."
I immediately moved my chopstick grip from the middle part of the chopsticks to waaaaay to the top. Heehee.
42my parents always complain that I don't wield those chopsticks the right way, but I get by fine using it my way. I can't deal with it if they put in forks instead of chopsticks in my take-out chinese order. I'm definitely more comfortable with chopsticks.
43I'm no good with chopsticks and it makes me so sad! I went to Benihana a few weeks ago for my birthday and I was sad that I had to use a fork! LOL. I really should learn how.
44I was forced to learn how to use them when I was in China. I'm pretty good, but I'm not an expert. I also think that I hold them incorrectly, but I'm not 100% about that. Oh well, at least it works for me!
45I've known since I was around 6. My mom had a Chinese boss and we would all go to dim sum occasionally and he taught me. I impressed my husband with my skills at picking up peanuts the other day. lol
46I can get by, but I definitely have issues from time to time. Those are some very pretty chopsticks in the picture!
47I'm a pro!
48The trick is to learn when you're young. I learned by the age of five and I taught my son at 2. He amazed people when we would go out to eat. I think everyone should learn. Eating with them is so much more fun than using a fork.
49I've used them for years, but I'm still not that great at them, they always hurt me just a little
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