[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Chopsticks (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 11/2/2005 11:23:08 AM EDT
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Anyone else here eat with chopsticks? I don't do it all the time but after finishing a cup o'noodles with a pair I'm wondering if anyone else likes to use them. Abe |
We made spoons a long time ago too. By chopping up the food into manageable pieces before cooking, we could save cooking fuel. |
| I really do think it's a viable way to lose weight. By eating slowly we allow our stomach to feel full with less food instead of normally stuffing our face as fast as possible with a fork. That being said, I only use them with Japanese and Chinese food, it'd look a little ridiculous eating a steak with them. |
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More often than a fork or spoon, since I learned how to use them. I didn't learn until I was  30 But I worked with a guy in PRK that grew up in Okinawa and between him giving me shit for being a haole he actually taught me how to use them. I prefer them for pretty much everything, especially finger food stuff like fries, nachos (yeah, nachos with chopsticks ), ceviche, etc. FINESSE , not power, is the key, grasshopper. I can pick up individual grains of rice with chopsticks. I HAVEN'T grabbed a fly out of thin air. YET.  Oddly enough, one of my favorite Chinese foods-egg foo young- is IMPOSSIBLE to eat with chopsticks. It's the ONLY time I use a knife and fork on Asian food. |
They've got those at my local store. The tips slide into the handles. Pretty cool, but I never could justify the $20 for a novelty. Do chopsticks really take up that much space, anyway? |
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Several makers out there, Alan Folts are pretty cool. www.edcknives.com/vcom/index.php?manufacturers_id=32 I just had sushi for dinner actually
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Tried Pei Wei the other day........chicken, veggies, brown rice.......it was pretty good, about six bucks, to go I use the cheapie bamboo sticks, have some plastic ones, I would like some small titanium ones, with a case 
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Actually chops sticks are quite versetile. Bamboo and plastic are for everyday use. The bamboo chop sticks can be use to stir fry because it is heat resistant, that end will turn black but that is okay won't hurt anything. You can easily pick out an Italian pasta from a boiling pot to test for doneness. The grain is closed so that it won't trap food particles etc so it can be washed and used over and over. There are two ends to the chop sticks, the your own personal, eating end and the opposite, serving end. You use one end for that you personally eat from, and then you can easily flip the cop sticks over to the opposite end, what I call the serving end, can be used to pickup food for yourself or other people from a community dish when eating a family style dinner where all of the food is in a common dish. You can serve your children and you won't be infecting them with your germs. The real good chop sticks are made out of ivory is for entertaining and formal family dinners, they are a sign of wealth because they are expensive, but personally I find ivory a bit too slippery, unless you're really good. Try picking up a whole small button mushroom, it is real difficult. It has been said that ivory imparts no taste to the food. |
I saw some of those in a hiking store(shepherd\alabama) I should have said "short"(for easier carrying)
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How come no one ever mentioned that before?
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Got one. Worth it for the freak factor alone, but it's also just fine to eat with. |
