I Can't Be The Only One, This is Awkward.

AprilT

AprilT

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I've watched this and similar videos, but, no matter, can't seem to get my sticks to meet in the middle. My fingers were so soar, started up again this morning and once again just said punk it. But, I'll be back at it again, as the instructor said it will take some practice, but, they better be ready for me to use the prongs of my finger if ever I go to a restaurant doesn't offer a pronged fork. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Well, I still, occasionally stick my pinky out when I use the salt shaker, maybe that will make look somewhat special.


 

Oh, good, I feel better, I was getting pretty pissed, I thought, it's about time, I learn this, thought it would one simple quick lesson and I'd be done with it. But, my fingers just don't seem to want to make these dang sticks touch together the way they do in the video.
 

Never had the patience to even try, good way to lose weight though. :playful: I prefer to shovel food into my mouth, lol!
 
Ah ha! I give up easily but husband mastered in while in Thailand. He watched Thais eat and he found the easiest way to eat glass noodle soup was to pick them up with chopsticks, twirl them around the soup spoon. Me? I used a fork for the noodle part.
 
April, No way Jose! I don't want to starve or eat cold food while trying to look "man of the worldly".... If I were Chinese I would worry about my lack of prowess with those sticks, but I am not.
 
AZ Jim said:
April, No way Jose! I don't want to starve or eat cold food while trying to look "man of the worldly".... If I were Chinese I would worry about my lack of prowess with those sticks, but I am not.
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Well, I eat out at various types of establishments and sometimes I see people using them without a care, so thought it would be fun to learn, not to impress anyone. When I do something, I seek to learn something new I do it for my own satisfaction, not to look worldly, but, I personally enjoy learning to do new things and this is one of those things that intrigued me. So here I am, just another fun thing to do in life while I wait for the big one.
 
When I tried it, the sticks flipped into the air and where they landed, I have no idea.
Remember when Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita), Karate Kid movie, caught a fly in mid-air with his?
 
When I was a teen I worked as a waitress in an Anglo/Chinese restaurant so I learned how to use chopsticks then... so I'm pretty good at using them . Still think it's far easier to use a fork tho' .. :)
 
ClassicRockr said:
When I tried it, the sticks flipped into the air and where they landed, I have no idea.
Remember when Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita), Karate Kid movie, caught a fly in mid-air with his?
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LOL! At least you gave it a try. I would have loved to have seen that

hollydolly said:
When I was a teen I worked as a waitress in an Anglo/Chinese restaurant so I learned how to use chopsticks then... so I'm pretty good at using them . Still think it's far easier to use a fork tho' .. :)
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I agree about the fork and some would also say it would be much easier to eat with the hands too, though, I much prefer the fork, but, I still want to learn how to use those dang chopsticks, I'm still haven't mastered the hoola hoop, which is on my list as well. All in how you view life I guess, not things that are must, just little things that don't cost and arm and leg to have a fun try at.
 
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AprilT said:
Well, I eat out at various types of establishments and sometimes I see people using them without a care, so thought it would be fun to learn, not to impress anyone. When I do something, I seek to learn something new I do it for my own satisfaction, not to look worldly, but, I personally enjoy learning to do new things and this is one of those things that intrigued me. So here I am, just another fun thing to do in life while I wait for the big one.
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Oh April, I didn't mean you were trying to look worldly. I hope you know that.
 
Chinatown in NYC was basically my second home - spent 8 years taking martial arts lessons there, went to NYU for 6 years and lived in Greenwich Village for 7 years - and my MA teacher invited me for dinner many times, and he was a traditionalist.

So yeah, I'm pretty good with them. If you watch Chinese folks using them in China, many times they use them as little shovels - they hold the dish up to their mouth and use the sticks to scoop the food in. I guess they're a bit impatient as well.

A few cultural tips for you, in case you're ever among traditionalist Chinese - don't use the sticks to point to anyone, don't suck the food off the ends and don't stick them vertically in food - that's too much like burning incense for the dead. :cower:
 
AprilT said:
Oh, good, I feel better, I was getting pretty pissed, I thought, it's about time, I learn this, thought it would one simple quick lesson and I'd be done with it. But, my fingers just don't seem to want to make these dang sticks touch together the way they do in the video.
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I can use chopsticks but not very elegantly. A Chinese friend once said that any way you hold the chopsticks is OK if you can get the food into your mouth. More important is to hold the bowl close to your mouth.
 
Ever wonder why most Asians are thin? (Well, except for that guy in Korea.) Maybe this has something to do with it. Getting each morsel of food into your mouth is a major effort.
 
I honestly thought I was one of the very few here who didn't already know how to use them, it just looks so easy when I've seen other people I know who I see using them. Good to see it isn't just me, I'll give it another try, but, yes, I think, I'll forgo trying it at an actual restaurant and just have fun using them to gobble the food down face to plate method with eating take out. :D
 
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