/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>6381252
Culture

>>6381252
To piss off fags like you.

/thread

>>6381253

>Practical

>>6381252
table themeing and presentation

>>6381252

A friend I have of Korean descent told me when I asked him the same question that some food in Asian cultures is not meant to be stabbed but kept whole.

Whether or not you agree, it gave me a different perspective.

Noodles. And only noodles. Well, they're also kind of useful for cooking.

>>6381267
>Asians actually try to rationalize shit this way

No. Asians didn't have any alternative til roundeyes brought it to them. They didn't know any better. If they had the visionary prowess to invent utensils, they would have. But they didn't.

Eating something with a stick versus eating it with a fork makes no difference.

>>6381262
this. We put them out but under no circumstances are they to be used. Really expensive porcelain and decorated. They're like the special towels in the bathroom or pillows on the bed

>>6381272
roundeyes didn't even have utensils when they met asians.
they ate with their hands like barbarians and marvelled at the delicacy and grace of two humble sticks.

>>6381272
>Eating something with a stick versus eating it with a fork makes no difference.
And yet you're here bitching that they use one over the other. Nice full retard there, champ.

It makes sense for some things, like sushi. You really wanna eat sushi with a fork?

>>6381267

>About to be ground up, digested, and expelled in a stinking pile of feces
>Meant to be kept whole

Azn logic.

>>6381280
No, if you had a braincell you'd see that my reply is to some gook fuck who thinks chopsticks are superior. Neither is superior for tasting something. Because neither makes any sort of fucking difference when it comes to how food tastes.

>>6381278

And then they invented a far superior utensil in every way, while the gooks clung to their monkey tools because "muh culture."

I've never been into a sushi or udon restaurant because I don't know how to use chopsticks.

>>6381283
It's about the flavour.

>>6381282
>>6381293
Contrary to what you might be thinking, I've read and been told and seen in a sushi documentary that eating sushi pieces with your hands is acceptable.

Anyone else know about the etiquette?

>>6381305
Sushi yes. Sashimi no. Realistically, look around you. Just do what everyone else is doing and don't be a faggot.

>>6381286
>I can't read, but it doesn't take reading skills to move these goalposts!

>>6381309
>I'm wrong, better meme!

>>6381311
>I'm mad, better start using the word meme! That'll show him!

>>6381314
BTFO
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>>6381311
>>6381314
Samefag.

>>6381290
superior in what way?

>>6381278
The fork existed in the classical period, and was reintroduced to Western Europe by the Byzantines in the 11th Century.

Nice try, Tojo.

>Gwai-lo can't use two simple sticks to eat
>hurrr you're dumb

>>6381252
teach discipline

>>6381252
dusted and crunchy objects

>>6381253
this. Tradition is important to me

>>6381252
Eating ramen with a fork is fucking impossible.

>>6381458
I'm guessing you also have trouble tying your shoes.

>>6381319
Superior in the way that I can pick up an entire steak on my fork if I wanted to but you can't with your chopsticks.

>inb4 cut up the steak

Cut it with what anon? Your twigs?

When Chinese will learn how to use fork the world hunger will come, so praise fucking chopsticks.

why weren't all chopsticks made one piece? it's not like you'll ever need to expand them more than 3" to eat something, and they can spring back open.

>>6381397
Disaprine comes from witin

To postpone a senile imbecility.

>>6381252

how else could people by just watching me eat, know about my deep respect for honoring japanese culture?

Chopsticks are quiet.
The Chinese originally thought that anyone noisy is a beggar.
I guess it just stuck.

Forks arent very good for consuming popcorn, crisps or other crispy snacks.

>>6381823
Anon please please tell me you don't use chopsticks to eat crisps.

>>6381857

WTF is a crisp you massive faggot?

>>6381864
Its a britbong way of saying chips

>>6381305
>I've read and been told and seen in a sushi documentary that eating sushi pieces with your hands is acceptable.
If a steaming towel was offered before you began? It's okay to pick up sushi with your fingers, because they are impeccably clean.
If it was not, if it's a more casual place, then you absolutely would only use the chopsticks.
The cleanliness is so you don't offend others, not just your personal concern about microbes.
Chopsticks would be used to remove food you wish to put on your plate, from a shared platter. clean ones, of course.
Also, if eating something that is two bites, you can hold the remainder, of say a dumpling, in the chopsticks.

I think rice is best eaten with a fork. I don't like to see people shoveling food from a bowl so close to their mouths.

>>6381866

goddammit, why don't they just call things what they are instead of trying to make them sound all gay and shit.

>>6381252
Sounding.

>>6381872

>>6381869
>The cleanliness is so you don't offend others, not just your personal concern about microbes.

>>6381872
Aw why did I have to look that up?

>>6381870
That's what they're called, we invented the language americlap

>>6381252
Chopsticks don't scratch your non-stick pan when you use them to scramble eggs or mix the early cooking stage of an omelette.

That took me longer than 10 seconds though so you win OP. Well done.

>>6381870
>britbongs
>not the inventors of the english language
please go back to >>>/b/ with your ignorance and kill yourself.

I hate this board so much.

>>6381898
Traditionally potato chips are credited to american origin.

Some crunchy foods are easier to pick up with a pair of chopsticks.

>>6381258
>/threading his own post

He's got a point, though. I don't find them particularly more useful over a fork, other than with finger foods that are also messy. I largely do it because it adds to the experience of eating food from another culture and it pisses off autists who think taking an interest in or even mildly respecting another culture is "le weeb shit xddd"

>>6381902
Neither does a wooden spoon weeb.

>>6381283
Then why not just drink your food, bruh?

I mean, toss it all into a blender, make a food smoothie and drink it. It'll save your body some trouble!

>>6381942
You can't scramble shit with a wooden spoon, you're just gonna move it around without breaking it up. A pair of chopsticks is perfect for that job, you don't have to be a "weeb" to see that.

I'm not a fan of eating things with chopsticks, but they are can an excellent cooking tool.

>>6381892
Why don't you spit and blow snot rockets at the restaurant, anon?

>>6381902
>using a nonstick pan

>>6381917
>imblyng brits invented potato chips
>imblyng brits invented french fries
>imblyng brits know anything about potatoes

>>6381950
I use a silicone spatula and do even less damage to my cooking surfaces.

>>6381964
>french fries
They're called Freedom Fries you damned communist.

>>6381902
goawayweeaboo

>>6381964
Belgium invention actually.

Because i'm not a bitch pussy who can't use chopsticks when the moment comes when I need to use them. The real question should be why the fuck would you care about what people use to eat food?

>>6381252
Eating soup filled dumplings. Can't easily pick it up with a fork when it's on the steaming paper

>>6381283
Why are you on /ck/?

>>6382497
baka

>>6382518
Spoon

>>6381252 picking up food > skewering food. Sushi for instance can fall apart with too much force

>>6382587
Is this weaboo logic?

>>6381252

Chopsticks are amazing for getting hard to stab objects. Like pickles and really anything from a jar.

>>6382595
>picking up slippery pickles with chopsticks
>easier than with a fork
I'm not one of those "lel weeaboos" faggots, but this is stupid. I use chopsticks for a lot of things. I would never try to get a pickle out of a jar with them. Forks are infinitely better at this task.

>>6382595
Never seen a pickle fork.
Flyover confirmed.

>>6382600

They're round and like to move around when you try to stab them. It happens alot.

>>6382619

I'm canadian. Also buying a for specifically for picking up pickles is dumb.

>>6382639
>I'm canadian. Also buying a for specifically for picking up pickles is dumb.
Everything in these two sentences screams Plebeian.

>>6382639
Do you try to stab them in the tip? What's wrong with you? You stab the shaft, m8

Also, pickle forks are relatively standard in flatware sets.

Ever wonder what that super long spoon is you get in your flatware set? It's actually for stirring iced beverages. Very specific, no? It's also included in 90% of complete flatware sets you can buy.

>>6381892
>>The cleanliness is so you don't offend others, not just your personal concern about microbes.
Yea, Welcome to Japan. That's important in their culture. It's a real thing not to offend anyone in any way.

>>6381443
I'm ok with this. But the practical reason for chopsticks is frying things, you can easily flip things over in a pan of oil without puncturing it. Also, you can pick up dumplings without ruining them if you don't want to use your fingers.

The whole
>hhuurr ur a weeb if u use chopsticks
shit is worn out and retarded. If there wasn't a purpose for it, billions of people wouldn't be using them on a regular basis.

>>6382657

>Do you try to stab them in the tip? What's wrong with you? You stab the shaft, m8

They still roll around. Yes I stab the shaft. How many times do I have to say this.

>Also, pickle forks are relatively standard in flatware sets.

I no they're not.

>Ever wonder what that super long spoon is you get in your flatware set? It's actually for stirring iced beverages. Very specific, no? It's also included in 90% of complete flatware sets you can buy.

Are you suggesting I use a fucking spoon to pick up my pickles. Go fuck yourself.

>>6382680
>How many times do I have to say this.

Christ bro, it's not that hard to trap the pickle between the tines of your fork and the side of the jar. My 6-year-old nephew can do it with no trouble.

>>Are you suggesting I use a fucking spoon to pick up my pickles.

I'm not the guy you're replying to, but it sounds to me like an example of another specialty tool found in flatware sets, just like the pickle fork, the fish server, the cake knife, and so on.

>>6381282

I'v eaten sushi with a fork in a Jap restaurant. It was very easy and convenient. Was there supposed to be a problem?

>>6381508

By the conversation you have deliberately steered in a direction that allows you to talk about the swords you own.

>>6382689
No problem at all. Most Japanese use knives and forks these days. Chopstick usage is dying out in Japan. The younger nips aspire to a Western lifestyle. This will doubtless continue.

>>6382689

I could see that it might be an issue for some nigiri: if you stab it with a fork then perhaps you might break the molded rice part in half, and then have it fall apart all over your plate. But in general sure, you could eat sushi with a fork.

>>6381252
cheaper and faster to make

>>6381252

Japanese cuisine is made in a way that you don't need to cut your food when eating, Everything is bite size, so chopsticks works good.

Chopsticks are also nice to grab long noodles.


But I mostly use chopsticks to... hum... eat chips and cheetos.

Seriously, it's so fucking useful to eat that kind of stuff without messing up your fingers

Less expensive
Usually made of bamboo, which is inexpensive, plentiful, grows very fast, and biodegradable
Can serve multiple purposes
>Fork = just a fork
>Chopsticks = can be used as an alternative to a fork, whisk, tongs, etc.

>>6382680
>I no they're not.
Wanna know how I know you don't know English very well?

>>6382743
are you kidding? are you telling me you've never used a fork to whisk eggs? or two forks to grab something out of a pan when your tongs were dirty?

>>6382717

Sushi is raw fish. You're talking about those seaweed/rice rolls that have a different name every 10 metres you travel.

You feelin' all that good Jap tradition as you chomp down on your CALIFORNIA roll? lewl

>>6382743

You can use a fork as a whisk to beat eggs too bruh... You can also use a fork to mash potatoes.

no good reasons so far

>>6382657
>having to get all these different utensils when you can just get one that does them all

>>6382762
>having to
No one said you had to, bud. They are objectively better at the task than chopsticks, though

>>6382757
>are you kidding? are you telling me you've never used a fork to whisk eggs?
Chopsticks are more aerodynamic than forks.

>or two forks to grab something out of a pan when your tongs were dirty?
Fair enough. I could use two forks with my two hands to grab something out of a pan. Or I could use a pair of chopsticks with one hand to grab something out of a pan. Or I could try to use two forks with one hand to- oh wait.

>>6382759
>You can also use a fork to mash potatoes.
Just because I can, doesn't mean I should. I'm not gonna use a fucking fork to make mashed potatoes, especially not around Thanksgiving and Christmas when I have extended family to feed.

>>6382776
>grabbing a big ass chicken breast out of a pan with chopsticks
lol

>>6382758

No. Sushi refers to the vinegared rice used to make a variety of dishes. The three main subset of sushi are:
Nigiri: a formed block of rice with a topping on it. The topping is often, but not always, raw fish.
Hand roll: A conical roll containing rice and a filling, wrapped in seaweed. It looks a bit like an ice cream cone
rolls: a long roll containing sushi rice and various ingredients, rolled up and then sliced into bite-size pieces. A california roll would be an example of that.

Raw fish on its own with no rice is called sashimi.

I was talking about nigiri, pic related, which seems to be the stereotypical thing people think of when they hear the word "sushi".

>>6382771
So what you're saying is that your special utensils are like White/Black Mages, while chopsticks are like Red Mages.

I'm somewhat okay with this.

I heard once the eating with chop sticks can be healthier bc it forces you to eat more slowly and smaller bites.

>>6382785
I've done it, and it's never been a problem for me.

>>6382776
>Chopsticks are more aerodynamic than forks.

>>6382797
Yes and no... chopsticks are like Red Mages with a -20 debuff.

>>6382814

>>6382786

Oh well looks like I learned something today, and it's only 7am.

Cheers.

Chopsticks reflect radarwaves in all directions while you can spot a fork for miles.

>>6382801
Oh hell no.

I'm an overweight Asian and I've used chopsticks for as long as I could remember.

>>6382821
I think the joke lies more in the fact that you WANT a retarded air catcher when whisking. That's why a whisk is shaped like the most retarded of air catching retards. You wouldn't use a tour de france biker to whisk your eggs, would you?

>>6382838
>You wouldn't use a tour de france biker to whisk your eggs, would you?
I WOULD IF I COULD

>>6382760
see
>>6382726

Fucking nailed it.

>>6382838
>You wouldn't use a tour de france biker to whisk your eggs, would you?

On meth, you would.

>>6382859

The question is "one practical reason TO USE chopsticks", not to go into business producing chopsticks.

Reading and comprehension; so hard for under 25s

>>6382856
Back wheel in the eggs and drope teh hammer

Hard veg.
Try to stab a piece of cooked swede or carrot that hasn't been boiled beyond all reason with a fork and it'll just fly off your plate.

>>6382870
naw m8, that would be too much of a retarded air catcher

you'd need to make the wheel so aerodynamic that it doesn't disturb the eggs at all while spinning

>>6382866
>stuck in the wilderness
>catch and cook a bird/fish
>no forks to eat it
>would take 30 seconds to make chopsticks
>instead spend the night carving a fork
>found dead a week later because it got too dark to gather firewood while you were carving your precious fork

OP didn't say whether it was a practical reason for someone who has access to both. Chopsticks are a practical solution for a third world society that needs to feed itself without wasting valuable rice-harvesting time on making forks.

That's a practical reason to use chopsticks over forks. Go fuck yourself.

>>6382553
Pull off an object that is stuck to paper.
>Spoon

>All the awkward white people in this thread who are so insecure at their inability to eat with chopsticks that they angrily lash out against them.

Fucking top kek.

"I could totally eat with chopsticks if i wanted to! I just don't want to cos they're so dumb! XD White masterrace."

You guys are pathetic.

I spent the summer in Korea. I went in skeptical thinking I'd never like chopsticks, but chopsticks are brilliant. They serve a totally different purpose to a knife and fork. Chopsticks are like an extension of your fingers. You can deftly pick things up and move them around and do other things like you were using your fingers, but without spreading your disgusting germs over the communal dishes. In the west to accomplish the same you either stab it like a barbarian or awkwardly push it onto your fork tines and balance it there. Chopsticks are more civilised.

Koreans hold the spoon in their left hand and chopsticks in their right. They can pick up bits of meat or vegetable or whatever they went from the stew and place it on their spoon or straight in their mouth. They can manipulate pieces of cooked meat from the grill that sits in the middle of the table in Korean BBQ restaurants and place them with various other side dishes onto a leaf in their other hand before wrapping it up to place in their mouth. Try doing that with a knife and fork. Pick up shoots and kimchi and pork strips and manipulate them into what is essentially a miniature wrap with a fork. Good luck with that.

Go ahead and call me a weeaboo if it makes you feel better about being unable to pick things up with 2 pieces of metal, you're a fucking child. "Boo hoo it's different it must be inferior".

>>6383040

While I agree with most of your post, I do not agree with:

>communal dishes. In the west to accomplish the same you either stab....

WTF kind of shitty host doesn't provide serving spoons, tongs, or other utensils with their dishes? You bring the food to your plate or bowl using the serving utensils provided, then you eat them with your own silverware.

>>6381927
They were invented separately in the US and UK
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chip#History

>>6382786
"Rolls" are called maki when seaweed is on the outside, rice and ingredients inside. Inside-out maki when rice is exposed on the outside, with ingredients touching seaweed on the inside.

>>6383040
naw m8

I eat with chopsticks when I eat meals designed around the use of chopsticks. That being said, forks are objectively better utensils. They may not be as versatile, but who cares? There's a point where your tool becomes a "jack of all trades" piece of shit. I would NEVER use chopsticks to whisk. I would NEVER use them to stir fry; and I would NEVER use them to eat fucking cheetos.

>>6383054
Because people in Asia aren't squeamish about other people using their utensils on shared plates. It's less annoying than having to constantly pick up and put down your own utensils to take food.

i like pissing off white people

>>6381272
grandpa, get off 4chan, the war is over

>>6383076

But that's not what 6383040 said. He didn't say anything about squemishness, etc. He said that the only way to get food from a communal plate in the west was to stab it with a fork like a barbarian. That's clearly not true because of the goddamn serving spoon that was left in the bowl with the food.

>>6381857
its an excellent way to make sure your hands dont get gross

>>6382645
Yup, no population on earth more pleb than Canadians, and I've been all over the world.

>>6382910
>implying you need chopsticks or a fork
>implying you don't just stab a twig through it and cook it over a fire and then eat it off the stick
>implying you can't just eat it with your hands

This is the biggest bait ever.

>>6381265
No responses, best possible answer here.

>>6381252
You have exactly 10 seconds to name one practical reason to use a fork over simply using your hands (after washing of course).

>>6381276
we do this as well. Decorative chopsticks get set out but are only for decoration

>>6383161

>Food is hot
>Food is messy
>Hands touch several things during dinner

Are you even trying?

>>6383074

Do you use a fork to whisk, stir fry, and eat cheetos?

Some foods fall apart on a fork.

>>6383040
>2 pieces of metal
Nuh-uh. No way, no how. Fuck that shit.

As an actual Korean person born in Korea, fuck that goddamn motherfucking shit. Fuck metal chopsticks.

They're often too smooth, so when you grab moist foods (which is like, a lot of Asian foods), they'll slide right off.

Metal is also a very good conductor. I like my meals to be nice and hot. I, however, do not enjoy shoving two literal hot rods in my mouth.

Fuck metal chopsticks. They can burn in hell and scorch Satan's mouth.

>>6381282
Sushi is finger food. It's what it was invented for.

I use for the fun and novelty aspect.

>>6382749
Don't pick on the Quebecois, anon, they can't help it.

>>6382910
Chinese easily spend more on chopsticks in their lifetime than Americans do on forks.

>>6383180
>>Food is hot
If it's cool enough to eat it's cool enough to eat. If you eat with your hands you'll never burn your tongue.
>>Food is messy
But not unclean. Just wash your hands after
>>Hands touch several things during dinner
Unless you eat for half an hour there's no reason to touch anything else. When you're eating you should concentrate on the food.

>>6384003
>Hands touch several things during dinner
I think they meant that you touch chicken, then you touch broccoli, then you touch other foods, getting different sauces onto the different plates. Also, how would you eat mashed potatoes or rice with your hands? And do you really want to be washing your hands every time you accidentally lick them and want seconds? I don't know about you, but my hands are dry as it is in this climate, I can't imagine having to wash my hands two or three times (or more if I accidentally touch my face or hair) in 15 - 30 mins without being able to put hand lotion on.

>>6381252
>pinching stick
>stabbing stick

there you go m8, I like chopsticks because its faster than swirling noodles around with a fork

>pic related, master utensil coming through, only second to the pasta fork twirler. Why even use a fork or chopsticks when you can use this

It's easier to grab large amounts with, such as noodles.

>>6381252
It is fun and skillful. Like sudoku but practical because it's hands.

The ultimate combination

>>6384043
How are chopsticks faster with noodles? You can just scoop the noodles with the fork if you don't mind being a little messy. And noodles with chopsticks is just as messy as doing that. Asians have the manners of a pig at the table.

Can't pick up soup-filled dumplings with a fork--stab it and the soup escapes. Easier to pick up small and awkwardly-shaped bits of meat instead of having to position the tines precisely. Can pick up every last grain of rice no matter how oddly shaped your bowl or spoon are. Easier to turn things in the oven, don't have to shake like MJ Fox to get the stabbed thing off your fork.

I could go on.

>>6384448
Maybe you need more practice with a fork. You sound inept.

>>6384455

I could say the same about the anti-chopsticks mob in the thread. Look, I'll grant that sometimes a fork is easier (steak, drumsticks etc) but sometimes chopsticks are easier.

You can take food from a serving plate without rubbing your saliva-covered fork in food other people might take.

>>6384467
>a fork
>drumsticks
I don't get it

You don't have a fork.

>>6384491
Yes I do

>>6381474

>pick up an entire steak

fatty

>>6381272
Lol, this faggot gwailo doesnt even know that the Chinese invented forks

They are much more convenient when eating rice and assorted dishes than forks are, also noodles of any kind.
>>6384446
>messy
You're obviously not using them right.
>Asians have the manners of a pig at the table.
fucking racist.
Although if you're talking about mainlanders and indians than thats fine i guess.

Eating Popcorn.
Seriously. Eating candy with chopsticks is nice.
Also, training the muscles that you don't use

Japan become a disarmed nations where vene the peen where not allowed to own cutlery

its why this had to use chopsticks, using chopsticks makes use less of man and

>>6381474
>can't pick up an entire steak with chopsticks
I'm sorry that you have the grip strength of a 5 year old, but please don't project that onto the rest of us

>cutting your steak with a fork
that's dumb
oh right, you mean use a knife to cut the steak, which is something that you could do before putting the meat on your plate

>>6381252
It takes longer so you don't chomp everything down in 10 seconds, it's gerat if you want to enjoy your food a bit longer.

>>6381458
Are you functionally retarded?

>>6381252
it wouldn't be practical to bring a fork every time I eat at a restaurant that serves chopsticks. Which is fucking often because I like in China. They're really not hard to use you fucking spaz

>>6381252
You have more controll over your food. With fork you just stab or pick up food. With sticks its more fun. Feels like you are in controll

>>6382785
Would that genuinely give you trouble? I could probably pick up an entire chicken with chopsticks.

>>6383933
>novelty aspect

that's just it. we know it is tacky and kitsch.

A fork requires that the dish be presented in such a way that the food is against the plate, as the fork needs to be forced through the food to lift it. Chopsticks lift food by its sides, making them suitable for something like a dish served on top a bowl of rice.

>>6383062
Huh.

>>6383830
I don't really get the scorching thing. If they're hot from the food, aren't you about to put that hot food in your mouth anyway?

>>6384912
what

>the one good answer ITT goes entirely ignored
Figures.

Chopsticks are perfect to eat small tomatoes with, with forks you have to pierce them.

>>6385160
>implying anyone comes here to do anything but savour the smell of their own shitposting

chinky nip jews did pearl harbor, little boy piss eggs, gutter oil.

>>6385152
This is actually a good one. Picking items that are on top of noodles in a soup bowl or out of a steamer basket that you don't want to force an implement down on.

>>6381252
Portion control.

>>6385538
goddamn, beat me to it.

Stirring chocolate milk.

>>6382675
How many billions, exactly?

>>6385677
That's bullshit, the prongs on a fork will incorporate the chocolate syrup into the milk better than chopsticks would.

>>6385156
Recall the part where I said metal is a very good conductor.

Meaning that, yes, the food is hot, but seeing as food is not made of metal, much less heat is transferred to it.

However, metal chopsticks will pick up the heat from the pan/grill very easily. That's what I wish to avoid.

Do Asians use pool cues for yard work?

>>6381252
to maintain the vision of the chef from the moment preparation is finished to the moment you destroy the food in your mouth. If the chef doesn't want 4 new holes in the food to be part of the dish.

>>6385705
Oh right, you're picking stuff of a grill.

>>6382708
That's a lie.
I've lived there the past 3 years and they most definitely use chopsticks primarily, even the younger generation.

>>6385711
kek

Because I'm not using the lance of fucking longinus.

>>6382708
Your guaranteed reply generator is broken

Chopstick wins~ Hands down.

>>6381261
yes because the best tool for picking up individual grains of rice is two sticks

good lord you are fucking stupid. you should have killed yourself years ago, but no, you insist on continuing to pollute the gene pool.

>>6387261
>individual
you use it to pick up rice that's stuck together into one chunk

>>6381252
I don't like stabbing sushi with a fork.
A chopstick is much better for eating sushi, all weeb shit aside. I find it comfortable to use.

They both have their purpose.

>>6384448
You can easily just scoop the fork under the dumpling.

You guys do realize a fork isn't just for stabbing right? Why do you think it has a curve and isn't just straight?

>195 replies

jesus fuck

>>6382758
>Sushi is raw fish. You're talking about those seaweed/rice rolls that have a different name every 10 metres you travel.
No. It depends on the type you are talking about hosomaki is a thin roll (hosoi=thin), for exemple.

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>>6381983

>>6383076
>Because people in Asia aren't squeamish about other people using their utensils on shared plates.
they often serve dishes with communal utensils. it depends on your company

>>6383161
eating mash potatoes, spaghetti bolognese, steak, tandoori chicken, caesar salad, with your hands

are you black/brown?

>>6384886
>"I'm a superior HK'er/台湾人" detected

fuck off cunt, the mainlanders are no worse than you, no matter what you think.

>>6384922
>oh right, you mean use a knife to cut the steak, which is something that you could do before putting the meat on your plate
wants to eat cold steak

nigga you gay

>>6387261
>individual grains of rice
have you ever eaten rice before you goddam fucking retard?

>>6387829
chips ,french fries crisps tuilles

>>6387829
pringles are legally 'not' chips
ie, they're not legally able to be labelled chips

>>6387857
By the time you're done eating your steak after awkwardly stabbing at it with a bitch trident, you could have finished eating your pre chopped steak
hint:
cut the steak
cook the steak
eat the steak

>>6387892
fuck the police

>>6387911
>cut the steak before cooking
nigga don't ever cook for me

>>6387829
I believe you have steak fries, French fries, chips, mashed formed potato paste

>>6387963
the point of the picture is that in Australia they are all called chips

>>6387946
muh rare steak

>>6383863
So what, pretty much no one in Japan eats it with their fingers.

>>6388040
This is untrue. You have never been to Japan weeb.

I eat off a sword

>>6388040
>>6388085

why don't you two faggots get a room because it's neither,

>>6388133
Nice. I'm so fucking hungry right now.

>>6387853
They kinda are though. At least people from HK don't spit and piss everywhere and have figured out how to mostly chew with their mouths closed.

It's not as effective as knife and fork, making you eat in a slower tempo.

you can cook w/ chopsticks
like if you want to flip something really fast without stabbing it like a piece of meat or something
also theyre made of wood so they dont fuck up nonstick pans

>>6381252

I don't know. All I know is I can't eat Chinese or any kind of Asian food without them.

>>6381252
noodle soup, bitch.

>>6381265
I love orange fingers. Licking the stuff off my fingers is my favorite part of eating any snack food.

>>6387892
they are reconstituted frankenchips
fite me irl FDA

>>6381252
You fags will argue about anything holy shit

>>6388710
What's your point? Not all of us are content to sit in a peace circle exchanged bromides and platitudes.

Discussion is good for your brain, nigger.

>>6384957
/thread

OP, how much of a gluttonous, uncultured swine are you?

>>6381253

Fag.

>>6388714

>>6384912

Anyway. I learned to use chopsticks before fork/knife, it's easier than the latter combination.

>>6387261
how about a motherfucking spoon, or are riceniggers too retarded to figure it out?

>>6389775
I've been to western China. Bowl rice is eaten with chopsticks and plate rice is eaten with a spoon.

>>6387829
No, what you have there are:

>Potato wedges
(though honestly that's only via context, the particular picture could easily be mistaken for french toast sticks)
>Fries
>Chips
>Crisps
(and even then only by legal definition as >>6387892 stated, normal people refer to them as chips as well)

>>6381278
ken sama?!
i thought you died in that shrimp tossing incident

>>6383233
I use a fork to whisk (if I don't want to dirty a whisk, or the amount of food I'm whisking is small), a spatula to stir fry, and I don't eat cheetos.

A fork has uses OTHER than whisking (uses it does better than chopping sticks more often than not), and it whisks better than chopsticks. A spatula has PLENTY of uses besides stir frying, and does all of them significantly better than meme sticks.

I'm not saying I hate chop sticks. I love using them when eating east asian food, because it draws me closer to the experience intended by the chef (or creator of the dish). If I'm eating a really good donburi, I'll use chop sticks. If I'm eating General Tsao's Chicken, I'll use a god damn fork, because it's fucking american.

If I'm eating Indian food, I'll often eat with the naan and only use a utensil if I have to.

Well, if you're eating delicate food or dumplings chopsticks keep you from puncturing the food.

>>6384043

A spork really is the most efficient and practical eating utensil but I suspect that it's use as a disposable plastic cafeteria utensil is why it hasn't caught on for home use.

Are there nice quality sporks out there that aren't designed for camping use?

>>6381252
You can use chopsticks to make a walrus impression in restaurants.

This ALWAYS gets me laid.

>>6393312
they're like 13$ each

>>6381252
metal can ruin flavors

>>6381252
hey OP now you can get a job and move out of your parents house.

>>6381252
>>6381252

>you have ten seconds to name a practical reason to not just slop all your food on a plate instead of presenting it well

>>6387829
Patatine fritte larghe
Patatine fritte
Patatine
Patatine

Literally:
Big fried little potato things
Fried little potato things
Little potato things
Little potato things

One thing chopsticks do that other utensils can't really manage is to manipulate gristly and fiddly food like ribs for you to chew around. Crucially, you can reposition your grip without returning the food to the plate.

I think you can only really do the same thing with your hands, so chopsticks are good for food that you'd otherwise need to get your hands messy to eat around and pull meat out of.

>>6381252
I'm sure this doesn't apply to everyone but personally I find I eat slower when using chopsticks. So I feel like it's probably better for me overall in regards to digestion and just really enjoying a meal instead of shoveling things into my mouth.

>>6381252
Eating slower to get full sooner unlike you fat disgusting american pigs who shovel too many calories in your big mouths

>>6396319