Comments on: How to use chopsticks http://www.expatintaiwan.net/2009/08/03/how-to-use-chopsticks/ An American expatriate shares his thoughts on life, language, food, and culture in Taiwan. Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:14:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elizabeth Taylor http://www.expatintaiwan.net/2009/08/03/how-to-use-chopsticks/comment-page-1/#comment-10128 Elizabeth Taylor Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:01:22 +0000 http://www.expatintaiwan.net/?p=390#comment-10128 :,' I am very thankful to this topic because it really gives up to date information *-; :,’ I am very thankful to this topic because it really gives up to date information *-;

]]> By: The Expatriate http://www.expatintaiwan.net/2009/08/03/how-to-use-chopsticks/comment-page-1/#comment-6839 The Expatriate Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:55:00 +0000 http://www.expatintaiwan.net/?p=390#comment-6839 The odd thing is, many of them learned this from their parents. Mrs. Expat's father also uses chopsticks in a rather backwards manner, yet both Mrs. Expatriate and her little sister use chopsticks normally. The odd thing is, many of them learned this from their parents. Mrs. Expat’s father also uses chopsticks in a rather backwards manner, yet both Mrs. Expatriate and her little sister use chopsticks normally.

]]> By: sb http://www.expatintaiwan.net/2009/08/03/how-to-use-chopsticks/comment-page-1/#comment-6590 sb Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:17:10 +0000 http://www.expatintaiwan.net/?p=390#comment-6590 (from a Taiwanese-American) You have the best and most conventional form and technique by FAR. I have never seen anyone use chopsticks so awkwardly as your coworkers, aside from children and foreigners just learning. My parents were a little strict but I would have been smacked at the dinner table for using chopsticks so strangely. In case you haven't been told already, it's also very bad manners (and luck) to stick anything especially chopsticks into a bowl of rice so they're sticking up. It resembles the burning of incense to honor the dead. (from a Taiwanese-American)
You have the best and most conventional form and technique by FAR. I have never seen anyone use chopsticks so awkwardly as your coworkers, aside from children and foreigners just learning. My parents were a little strict but I would have been smacked at the dinner table for using chopsticks so strangely.

In case you haven’t been told already, it’s also very bad manners (and luck) to stick anything especially chopsticks into a bowl of rice so they’re sticking up. It resembles the burning of incense to honor the dead.

]]> By: YellowFlag http://www.expatintaiwan.net/2009/08/03/how-to-use-chopsticks/comment-page-1/#comment-3800 YellowFlag Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:10:28 +0000 http://www.expatintaiwan.net/?p=390#comment-3800 I've used chopsticks nearly all my life since I was 3. However I have never encountered anyone who has ever used it like me. I use the index finger and the middle finger to hold the top chopstick and then I lift the top chopstick up. Kind of like a pencil. The thumb doesn't do much to direct anything. The bottom chopstick just lies there resting on the inner thumb. I'm Vietnamese (half Chinese). I’ve used chopsticks nearly all my life since I was 3.
However I have never encountered anyone who has ever used it like me.
I use the index finger and the middle finger to hold the top chopstick and then I lift the top chopstick up.
Kind of like a pencil. The thumb doesn’t do much to direct anything. The bottom chopstick just lies there resting on the inner thumb.

I’m Vietnamese (half Chinese).

]]> By: The Expatriate http://www.expatintaiwan.net/2009/08/03/how-to-use-chopsticks/comment-page-1/#comment-111 The Expatriate Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:17:44 +0000 http://www.expatintaiwan.net/?p=390#comment-111 I think it's just because that's the most simple, most natural way to hold them, so foreigners naturally do it that way. I'm not sure why my friend Summer holds hers so oddly; Miss Expatriate's father also holds his like that, but Miss Expatriate holds her chopsticks like me as well, so she didn't learn her awesome chopstick skills from her father. I think it’s just because that’s the most simple, most natural way to hold them, so foreigners naturally do it that way. I’m not sure why my friend Summer holds hers so oddly; Miss Expatriate’s father also holds his like that, but Miss Expatriate holds her chopsticks like me as well, so she didn’t learn her awesome chopstick skills from her father.

]]> By: Amy http://www.expatintaiwan.net/2009/08/03/how-to-use-chopsticks/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Amy Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:16:35 +0000 http://www.expatintaiwan.net/?p=390#comment-109 I hold my chopsticks like you! Is it genetic? Is it regional? Is it cultural? More research must be done! I hold my chopsticks like you! Is it genetic? Is it regional? Is it cultural?

More research must be done!

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