Dudette Posted June 2, 2005 Posted June 2, 2005 UGH, I wish I gotten a chinese bowl, this stupid lunch bowl does NOT do the job. Meh. :angry: You cannot scoup the food into your mouth with them! *goes off muttering* -_-
Dreamweaver Posted June 2, 2005 Posted June 2, 2005 Heh, I love chopsticks too. Ate some yummy sticky rice with coconut milk (a Thai favorite) with chopsticks today for lunch. Mmm mmm good.
Dudette Posted June 2, 2005 Author Posted June 2, 2005 mm, eating salad in a bowl with chopsticks, the only right way to do it
Catholictothecore Posted June 2, 2005 Posted June 2, 2005 (does not get oriental-cultures) I am fascinated by them, though. It is one of my dreams to see Japan someday.
Dudette Posted June 2, 2005 Author Posted June 2, 2005 rofl, yep, you had better know how to use chopsticks, don't force me to come over there and teach you! "A man cannot eat if he cannot eat with chopsticks."
Catholictothecore Posted June 2, 2005 Posted June 2, 2005 I just don't get it. How do you grip the food, especially little food like rice? What's more....how do you eat cold cereals?
Dudette Posted June 2, 2005 Author Posted June 2, 2005 (edited) em, depends if you're eating the cereal with milk or not, with milk, you would use a Chinese spoon. You don't grip the rice, you hold the bowl up to your mouth and use your chopsticks to scoup it in your mouth. Easy. Oh, and learning how to use the chopsticks..uh, that has to be done in person...haha, impossible to teach it over the internet...I think. Edited June 2, 2005 by Dudette
Catholictothecore Posted June 2, 2005 Posted June 2, 2005 (adorns a snobbish British accent) Chopsticks....fancy the savage barbarians not learning to eat like proper gentlemen before we got there! (hopes nobody minds, as I've just unwittingly insulted two very noble countries)
Dudette Posted June 2, 2005 Author Posted June 2, 2005 you just want to learn really badly that's all.
Catholictothecore Posted June 2, 2005 Posted June 2, 2005 No, I don't think thats it. I think it's the same reason I like digging the hole as deep as I can before I start burying myself. "Serves them Indians right, being on our land before we got there!"
philothea Posted June 2, 2005 Posted June 2, 2005 Hee! When I was a kid I'd go to a local Japanese restaurant any time I had extra money. No one there spoke any English. Other than me, all the customers were visiting businessmen from Japan. The staff all found it quite hysterical trying to teach me to use chopsticks. Also fun was asking, "What is that thing (on my plate)?" ... which they'd tell me. Of course, I didn't understand a word. Giggles all around. Hoping to visit Japan in 2007.... WorldCon will be held there.
Catholictothecore Posted June 3, 2005 Posted June 3, 2005 What is that tea they drink? I had it once and forgot the name of it. The best description is extremly hot water, with some flavor, but not much. I loved it.
KizlarAgha Posted June 3, 2005 Posted June 3, 2005 My favorite thing is how the silly westerners don't know that they're supposed to just pick up the bowl and shovel.
KizlarAgha Posted June 3, 2005 Posted June 3, 2005 [quote name='Catholictothecore' date='Jun 2 2005, 07:12 PM'] What is that tea they drink? I had it once and forgot the name of it. The best description is extremly hot water, with some flavor, but not much. I loved it. [/quote] Well the Japanese usually just call their tea お茶 or "ocha" which means tea. This is derived from the Chinese word 茶 which also means tea.
Dudette Posted June 3, 2005 Author Posted June 3, 2005 [quote name='KizlarAgha' date='Jun 2 2005, 09:52 PM'] My favorite thing is how the silly westerners don't know that they're supposed to just pick up the bowl and shovel. [/quote] I KNOW! Rice is the question always asked and I'm like "ok, don't give me weird looks, but this is how you do it!" Hahaha, so funny.
KizlarAgha Posted June 3, 2005 Posted June 3, 2005 [quote name='Dudette' date='Jun 2 2005, 07:59 PM'] I KNOW! Rice is the question always asked and I'm like "ok, don't give me weird looks, but this is how you do it!" Hahaha, so funny. [/quote] I love eating like that, becuase it works so well and rice is so tasty. Living with Chinese guys for three years got me really really good with chopsticks. Sometimes I like them better than forks and spoons. I don't even know how to eat rice without chopsticks. When my mom gives me a fork I look really confused and spill all over myself.
iggy Posted June 3, 2005 Posted June 3, 2005 yeah, you have to use chopsticks and a bowl, though... my mom gives me rice on a plate for use with my chopsticks keeps things interesting.
KizlarAgha Posted June 3, 2005 Posted June 3, 2005 [quote name='iggy' date='Jun 2 2005, 09:55 PM'] yeah, you have to use chopsticks and a bowl, though... my mom gives me rice on a plate for use with my chopsticks keeps things interesting. [/quote] You can do that pretty easily if it's white rice - that's sticky enough. It's a problem if it's like fried rice or rice-a-roni or something.
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