I'm left-handed, so eating with hands was surprisingly difficult for me. I use my left hand out of habit, then I go "Oh, geez! I forgot they don't like that around here!", switch to my right hand, get distracted, then switch back to my left hand.
Metal chopsticks... *metal* chopsticks... I want to try that now. I use plastic ones here and there because they work better for some dishes, especially rice or noodles, but I still definitely have (and use) the fork/knife/spoon collection expected of a typical American.
Oh man, metal chopsticks are a particularly sadistic torture device. especially the flat metal ones... Koreans who use those on the regular must have the most caused callused hands...
Just looking at pictures of those makes me feel uneasy... I drop enough food with the round metal ones - but at least flat ones can stay put on a bowl when there's a fan blowing.
but at least the Koreans had the good sense to decide to eat rice with a spoon. as a Chinese-American, when I was in South Korea and discovered that was an option, I had a tiny existential crisis "oh god what have I been doing with my life"
I live in South Korea and can confirm that eating rice with a spoon was life changing. Although it took me some time to realize that as a result it's rude to bring the rice bowl to your mouth... The more you know! Still struggling with flat metal chopsticks though. I wish I could eat everything with those square super long Thai chopsticks.
In Morocco you only use the right hand
ReplyDeleteI've used both - I guess I was doing it wrong!
DeleteI'm left-handed, so eating with hands was surprisingly difficult for me. I use my left hand out of habit, then I go "Oh, geez! I forgot they don't like that around here!", switch to my right hand, get distracted, then switch back to my left hand.
DeleteThe left hand is for cleaning you ass (Atleast if it follows the same norms as India).
DeleteMetal chopsticks... *metal* chopsticks... I want to try that now. I use plastic ones here and there because they work better for some dishes, especially rice or noodles, but I still definitely have (and use) the fork/knife/spoon collection expected of a typical American.
ReplyDeleteOh man, metal chopsticks are a particularly sadistic torture device. especially the flat metal ones... Koreans who use those on the regular must have the most caused callused hands...
ReplyDeleteJust looking at pictures of those makes me feel uneasy... I drop enough food with the round metal ones - but at least flat ones can stay put on a bowl when there's a fan blowing.
Deletebut at least the Koreans had the good sense to decide to eat rice with a spoon. as a Chinese-American, when I was in South Korea and discovered that was an option, I had a tiny existential crisis "oh god what have I been doing with my life"
ReplyDeleteI live in South Korea and can confirm that eating rice with a spoon was life changing. Although it took me some time to realize that as a result it's rude to bring the rice bowl to your mouth... The more you know! Still struggling with flat metal chopsticks though. I wish I could eat everything with those square super long Thai chopsticks.
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