Why Chopsticks?

[Slykaz1]

OMG! It feels weird to go from chopsticks to fork.......I've been eating with chopsticks for the past two months and I tried a fork......OMG I felt awkward eating with a fork.

[kireikoori]

Personally, I find eating several foods easier with chopsticks. For ramen and rice chopsticks a must, I would struggle to eat those things with a fork or spoon.

[Tturtle]

you have to use chop sticks because you look stupid eating sushi with a fork

[drummachick]

A lot of food is easier to eat that way. Sushi with a fork? Naaaaahhh. Once you get used to it you may actually start to prefer them over other utensils. I do at least.

[hypekstatic]

Wait... who said we don't use spoons??
How would we eat soup? lolll
Well I'm pretty sure that before asians even realized
what a fork was, they thought of chopsticks. It's like the most
simplistic of eating utensils, but of course it's much harder to use them
than forks because a fork is a more complicated made utensil which leads to
a easier use of it. Well thats my theory anyway... as for confucious and all
that, i don't know. I just know that Chinese used it first then korea and japan.

I can't use chopsticks correctly xP so when I go eat with my grandparents
who are traditional, they smack me in the head T_T but trying to use it
the right way is really hard for me cuz im used to the way i hold them.
either way, i eat with chopsticks most of the time, the only time i dont is
at american restaurants. when i get lazy though i just use one stick and
poke the food xD HA (ps, koreans use metal chopsticks [well i dont lol] and it is freaking hard!)

[VisualKei]

Um... for the same reason we use forks and spoons. That's the way they were raised, it's the way their parents ate and taught them to eat. I'm sure sometimes they wonder why we eat with forks and spoons :P

[HYDfan]

Originally Posted by Nyororin

Why do other places use spoons and forks? Isn`t it a lot easier to actually have some control over the thing you`re eating than to just stab it or try to scoop it up?

I like your point. It just goes to show that we all have a different view. Once I started learning the correct way to use chopsticks, I realized that they weren't that hard and actually really suited for rice and asian food.

[iamjenii]

For a lot of people and where they grow up, it's also by preference. Most Asians grow up on chop sticks. It's not like we don't use other utensils, it really also depends on the food. And since most Asian cultures use chop sticks as a main utensil, much food is also centered around its usability.

I get lazy sometimes but most of the time, I'll use chop sticks for almost everything I eat.

[NonStopReaper]

Originally Posted by iamjenii

For a lot of people and where they grow up, it's also by preference. Most Asians grow up on chop sticks. It's not like we don't use other utensils, it really also depends on the food. And since most Asian cultures use chop sticks as a main utensil, much food is also centered around its usability.

I get lazy sometimes but most of the time, I'll use chop sticks for almost everything I eat.

lol i grew up using spoons and forks and chopsticks. while my parent just use chopsticks. i only use chop sticks soo i can reach across the table to get whatever foods over there. I use the spoon to eat my rice... i know i'm too americanized -_- i always have a spoon,fork and chopstick. but when i eat out an certain places i use chopsticks

[tifa]

noodle.... my hero.. and scary person...* sneaks off be4 noodle glares at me with the look off "are u stupid"*