Chopsticks question...

[Gary]

Look at this pic. Is that correct?
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jc2ZAw5kem4/TDlvpMbxB4I/AAAAAAAAEgA/qlXU8-370_0/s1600/how+to+hold+chopsticks+1.jpg

[Taxed and Spent]

On 8/1/2020 6:30 AM, Gary wrote:
> Look at this pic. Is that correct?
> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jc2ZAw5kem4/TDlvpMbxB4I/AAAAAAAAEgA/qlXU8-370_0/s1600/how+to+hold+chopsticks+1.jpg
>

If it works, how can it be wrong? I don't use my index and middle
fingers on the non-stationary chopstick, just the index finger.

And I was complemented in Japan years ago at my excellent use of chopsticks.

Maybe it depends on how easy it is for the use to make the Vulcan hand
salutation.

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 9:29:40 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> Look at this pic. Is that correct?
> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jc2ZAw5kem4/TDlvpMbxB4I/AAAAAAAAEgA/qlXU8-370_0/s1600/how+to+hold+chopsticks+1.jpg

It's one correct way. There are several correct ways to hold them.

Cindy Hamilton

[dsi1]

On Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 3:29:40 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> Look at this pic. Is that correct?
> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jc2ZAw5kem4/TDlvpMbxB4I/AAAAAAAAEgA/qlXU8-370_0/s1600/how+to+hold+chopsticks+1.jpg

That's the way the Japanese and the locals here will handle chopsticks. OTOH, other people will hold their chopsticks differently. The Vietnamese will actually cross their sticks. I don't know how they do it.

Chopsticks vary from country to country. The Chinese like long chopsticks, the Koreans like to use skinny metal ones - those are scary as hell.

President Obama, like everybody that grew up in Hawaii, knows how to use chopstick. The weird thing is that he uses chopsticks like a Vietnamese. Why that is, I can't say. Speaking of Obama:

https://everythingchopsticks.com/All-About-Obama-Chopsticks-Obama-Japan.html

[GM]

Who cares, we had eight years of that useless marxist puke, that was *quite* enuf...

--
Best
Greg

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 8:29:40 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>
> Look at this pic. Is that correct?
> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jc2ZAw5kem4/TDlvpMbxB4I/AAAAAAAAEgA/qlXU8-370_0/s1600/how+to+hold+chopsticks+1.jpg
>

Does it matter? Although I have never mastered chopsticks I've always
read that however the person manipulates them and can get food into
their mouth it does not matter. The chopstick police have been disbanded
and no one will be arrested.

You do know that the Chinese invented the fork but regressed to using
sticks to eat with?

[Sqwertz]

On Sat, 01 Aug 2020 09:30:01 -0400, Gary wrote:

> Look at this pic. Is that correct?
> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jc2ZAw5kem4/TDlvpMbxB4I/AAAAAAAAEgA/qlXU8-370_0/s1600/how+to+hold+chopsticks+1.jpg

Here's how I hold mine

https://www.bnd.com/living/ddvymb/picture26520049/alternates/FREE_768/How%20NOT%20to%20hold%20a%20fork

-sw

[Bruce]

On Sat, 1 Aug 2020 14:50:50 -0500, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid>
wrote:

I would have thought you'd hold it like this:
<https://elearningchips.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/p/h/ph_007_igor_177_pw1.jpg>

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!!!! But we need to work on your grip.

[Jeßus]

On Sat, 01 Aug 2020 09:30:01 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:

>Look at this pic. Is that correct?
>http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jc2ZAw5kem4/TDlvpMbxB4I/AAAAAAAAEgA/qlXU8-370_0/s1600/how+to+hold+chopsticks+1.jpg

There is no 'correct'. Just find the way that works best for you. And
wooden chopsticks are easier to use that plastic ones IME (the wood
grips the food better).

[Dave Smith]

The true test is to use them to eat soup.

[Hank Rogers]

I don't care how you hold yours squirt.
That doesn't matter. rfc uses Popeye's model. When he stood on the
fantail, throwing the galley's garbage overboard, it made the
united states and brooklyn new york proud.

Sailors who carry out garbage are all American heros.

Navy don't allow people from texas or marines to board navy ships.
Tuff.

[Julie Bove]

"Gary" <g.ma...@att.net> wrote in message news:5F256E59...@att.net...

> Look at this pic. Is that correct?
> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jc2ZAw5kem4/TDlvpMbxB4I/AAAAAAAAEgA/qlXU8-370_0/s1600/how+to+hold+chopsticks+1.jpg

I think so.

[Bruce]

I'd like to "hold" squirtie and give him a hand job, lol.

[Gary]

The one thing that the picture mentioned was that the bottom
chopstick was stationary and only the top one was moved to
grasp the food. That made sense to me.

My only remaining pair of chopsticks are lacquered ones and
very slippery. The cheap unfinished wooden ones are much
better. They give you those with Chinese takeout food.

I still don't use them but have always wondered about the
proper way to hold them.

[Pamela]

I use chopsticks that way and it has always worked well.

I've seen several alternatives, sometimes very different, but none of them
look more effective.

Some ways look like very sloppy technique and it's a wonder they work at all,
although they seem to manage quite well.

[notbob]

On 2020-08-01, Jeßus <j...@j.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 01 Aug 2020 09:30:01 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:

>>Look at this pic. Is that correct?
>>http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jc2ZAw5kem4/TDlvpMbxB4I/AAAAAAAAEgA/qlXU8-370_0/s1600/how+to+hold+chopsticks+1.jpg

> There is no 'correct'.

Yes, there is. 1-2-3 fingers is less 'correct' (according to the
Japanese). 4 fingers is more 'correct" (again, according to the
Japanese). Japanese prefer plastic, Chinese prefer wood, Koreans
prefer Stainless Steel. Vienamese prefer a "scissors" action (watch
'em at a pho house). I can't do it. I use a 3-4 finger Japanese
style.

> wooden chopsticks are easier to use that plastic ones IME (the wood
> grips the food better).

I prefer bamboo. ;)

nb

[Taxed and Spent]

On 8/1/2020 6:30 AM, Gary wrote:

> Look at this pic. Is that correct?
> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jc2ZAw5kem4/TDlvpMbxB4I/AAAAAAAAEgA/qlXU8-370_0/s1600/how+to+hold+chopsticks+1.jpg
>

I looked at this more closely and I think the description is incorrect,
but the drawing is correct.

The middle finger does not pivot, just the index finger.

And with this correction, it is the way I have always done it.

[Jeßus]

On 4 Aug 2020 00:20:09 GMT, notbob <not...@nothome.com> wrote:

>On 2020-08-01, Jeßus <j...@j.net> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 01 Aug 2020 09:30:01 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:
>
>>>Look at this pic. Is that correct?
>>>http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jc2ZAw5kem4/TDlvpMbxB4I/AAAAAAAAEgA/qlXU8-370_0/s1600/how+to+hold+chopsticks+1.jpg
>
>> There is no 'correct'.
>
>Yes, there is. 1-2-3 fingers is less 'correct' (according to the
>Japanese). 4 fingers is more 'correct" (again, according to the
>Japanese). Japanese prefer plastic, Chinese prefer wood, Koreans
>prefer Stainless Steel. Vienamese prefer a "scissors" action (watch
>'em at a pho house). I can't do it. I use a 3-4 finger Japanese
>style.

Meh. The correct way is whatever works for a person.

>> wooden chopsticks are easier to use that plastic ones IME (the wood
>> grips the food better).
>
>I prefer bamboo. ;)

Yes, I meant bamboo.

[Jeßus]

On Sun, 02 Aug 2020 07:24:56 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:

>"Jeßus" wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 01 Aug 2020 09:30:01 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:
>>
>> >Look at this pic. Is that correct?
>> >http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jc2ZAw5kem4/TDlvpMbxB4I/AAAAAAAAEgA/qlXU8-370_0/s1600/how+to+hold+chopsticks+1.jpg
>>
>> There is no 'correct'. Just find the way that works best for you. And
>> wooden chopsticks are easier to use that plastic ones IME (the wood
>> grips the food better).
>
>The one thing that the picture mentioned was that the bottom
>chopstick was stationary and only the top one was moved to
>grasp the food. That made sense to me.

Yes.

>My only remaining pair of chopsticks are lacquered ones and
>very slippery. The cheap unfinished wooden ones are much
>better. They give you those with Chinese takeout food.
>
>I still don't use them but have always wondered about the
>proper way to hold them.

I learned over time to not over think it... in my earlier days, the
more I analyzed the issue, the worse I was with chopsticks :) Stopped
thinking and worrying about it and had much greater success.

[songbird]

sometimes i just poke chunks of things with one and
that gets the job done.

if you want to practice use raw soybeans and rice...

for bonus points try to snag the flies out of the air.
i have actually done that once. no reason to try again
since then...


songbird

[Mike Duffy]

On Tue, 04 Aug 2020 07:27:23 -0400, songbird wrote:

> if you want to practice use raw soybeans and rice...

On of my Asian friends said children practice with ice cubes.

[GM]

Cruelty towards children...!!!

--
Best
Greg

[Jeßus]

On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 07:27:23 -0400, songbird <song...@anthive.com>
wrote:

>Jeßus wrote:
>> On Sun, 02 Aug 2020 07:24:56 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:
>>
>>>"Jeßus" wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 01 Aug 2020 09:30:01 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >Look at this pic. Is that correct?
>>>> >http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jc2ZAw5kem4/TDlvpMbxB4I/AAAAAAAAEgA/qlXU8-370_0/s1600/how+to+hold+chopsticks+1.jpg
>>>>
>>>> There is no 'correct'. Just find the way that works best for you. And
>>>> wooden chopsticks are easier to use that plastic ones IME (the wood
>>>> grips the food better).
>>>
>>>The one thing that the picture mentioned was that the bottom
>>>chopstick was stationary and only the top one was moved to
>>>grasp the food. That made sense to me.
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>>My only remaining pair of chopsticks are lacquered ones and
>>>very slippery. The cheap unfinished wooden ones are much
>>>better. They give you those with Chinese takeout food.
>>>
>>>I still don't use them but have always wondered about the
>>>proper way to hold them.
>>
>> I learned over time to not over think it... in my earlier days, the
>> more I analyzed the issue, the worse I was with chopsticks :) Stopped
>> thinking and worrying about it and had much greater success.
>
> sometimes i just poke chunks of things with one and
>that gets the job done.

That can work :) Thai noodles can be dangerous with chopsticks. Twice
I've flicked spicy noodles in my eye using chopsticks. not good, maybe
I should wear protective glasses in future.

> if you want to practice use raw soybeans and rice...

I've developed the skills need for cooked rice, dunno about raw

rice...

> for bonus points try to snag the flies out of the air.
>i have actually done that once.

Really? Quite an achievement.

> no reason to try again
>since then...

Indeed. You can now rest on your laurels... not that I even know what
a 'laurel' in this context means.

[songbird]

Jeßus wrote:

> songbird wrote:
...
>> for bonus points try to snag the flies out of the air.
>>i have actually done that once.
>
> Really? Quite an achievement.

i was more surprised than the fly (due to volume of
organ registering surprise i suppose, but as they say
the fly was committed, i was just involved...)

>> no reason to try again
>>since then...
>
> Indeed. You can now rest on your laurels... not that I even know what
> a 'laurel' in this context means.

the laurel was a plant sacred to a god in Greece
and wreaths of it were awarded to winners...

when it comes down to odd and coincidental
experiences i just remind myself that it has to
happen to someone.

like tossing a nickle across a room and having
it land in a crack and stick.

or throwing a rock and bouncing it off an edge
a few times in a row or ...

i've just concluded that in life i do a lot of
odd things.

but i can't say i've ever flicked my eye with
a noodle with hot sauce on it.


songbird

[Jeßus]

On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 07:50:41 -0400, songbird <song...@anthive.com>
wrote:

>Jeßus wrote:
>> songbird wrote:
>...
>>> for bonus points try to snag the flies out of the air.
>>>i have actually done that once.
>>
>> Really? Quite an achievement.
>
> i was more surprised than the fly (due to volume of
>organ registering surprise i suppose, but as they say
>the fly was committed, i was just involved...)
>
>
>>> no reason to try again
>>>since then...
>>
>> Indeed. You can now rest on your laurels... not that I even know what
>> a 'laurel' in this context means.
>
> the laurel was a plant sacred to a god in Greece
>and wreaths of it were awarded to winners...

Thanks songbird :)

> when it comes down to odd and coincidental
>experiences i just remind myself that it has to
>happen to someone.
>
> like tossing a nickle across a room and having
>it land in a crack and stick.
>
> or throwing a rock and bouncing it off an edge
>a few times in a row or ...
>
> i've just concluded that in life i do a lot of
>odd things.
>
> but i can't say i've ever flicked my eye with
>a noodle with hot sauce on it.

I'm too impatient getting the noodles down my neck, that's more likely
my problem...

[bruce2...@gmail.com]

On Tue, 04 Aug 2020 07:27:23 -0400, songbird wrote:
>
> if you want to practice use raw soybeans and rice..

And don't forget how they catch incoming arrows and knives with their chop sticks on those Karate and Kung-Fu movies.

[Gary]

;)

[dsi1]

I love Kung fu movies and Hong Kong movies. The difference between Asian movies and Western movies is that Western audiences will try to find errors of logic in film. Asians don't really give a crap if stuff doesn't make any sense at all or if things seem a little "unrealistic."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwIIDzrVVdc

[Bruce]

Mr Blanket Statement strikes again!

[Jeßus]

On Fri, 14 Aug 2020 09:34:44 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
<dsi...@hawaiiantel.net> wrote:

Thanks once again for displaying your fixation/bigotry at every
possible opportunity.

[Dave Smith]

Too dumb to know and to stupid to care?


>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwIIDzrVVdc
>

[dsi1]

Indeed!

[songbird]

dsi1 wrote:
> On Friday, August 14, 2020 at 7:41:27 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:

...

>> Mr Blanket Statement strikes again!
>
> Indeed!

Linus?


songbird

[Jeßus]

On Sat, 15 Aug 2020 17:01:32 -0400, songbird <song...@anthive.com>
wrote:

No. Linus was Caucasian, so unacceptable to our resident racist.
Perhaps Pol Pot would be more fitting.