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Originally Posted by Englishstudent (Post 623388)

Yeah but the further back on the chopsticks the less strength or grip you have on your food... wow Carpaccio sounds hard to make but if you love it so much I will try it. Personally I kinda have a bland taste in food I love prawns, king prawns in batter lol

Could you recommend some less exotic Japanese cuisine to get me started on, a description of the meal would be nice to, I love fried rice and rice in general and all meats except raw fish :mad:

eh.. you don't really need strength..... >.>''
if you're worried about your grip w/ the chopsticks... then your obviously not holding it right.
*i can hold like a 8 oz. steak holding a pair of chopsticks at the very back...*

and carpaccio is italian x]
i just love raw beef <3

haha and as far as raw fish goes... that's only sushi/sashimi >.>''
every other cooking technique cooks it.....

hmm... and something easy that's japanese? x]

Tamago Kake Gohan
or
Egg over Rice =3

Just get a steaming hot bowl of rice
crack in an egg (quail or chicken)
add soy sauce, sesame oil
and
(these are optional) thinly sliced scallions, natto, a bit of mustard, and roasted sesame seeds.
Stir and serve =3

I don't hold it right anyways, But i've held it that way since i was a kid, i'm just used to it. My brothers and cousins are the same. we get laughed at when we go back to Hong Kong.

=D

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Originally Posted by xYinniex (Post 623464)

I don't hold it right anyways, But i've held it that way since i was a kid, i'm just used to it. My brothers and cousins are the same. we get laughed at when we go back to Hong Kong.

=D

haha... i think i heard some where that most asians don't even hold chopsticks proper >.>'''

but meh =3
there's one right way... and so many wrong ways... >.>'
but as long as the food gets to your mouth (eloquently) whose complaining? >.>'' not yuujirou x]

Of course, we use chopsticks all the time:)

Yes, I do use chopstick as most asians does, well the thing is as long as you can pick up the food and put the food into your mouth with the chopsticks, the way of holding it doesn't really matters ^.^

Not holding them right hmmmm... Well i hold one resting on the V shape of my thumb and the other over the top held by my index and thumb and bottom held up by second finger. Is this correct?

Yup took some practice but when you first got a hold on it it's just as easy to use as a knife and fork ^^.

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Originally Posted by Englishstudent (Post 623626)

Not holding them right hmmmm... Well i hold one resting on the V shape of my thumb and the other over the top held by my index and thumb and bottom held up by second finger. Is this correct?

can you take a picture? x]

There is a website - JBox.com
I think, well I'm not sure.
But it sells training chopsticks and regular chopsticks.

Training Chopsticks:
JBOX.com Search : training chopsticks

Regular Chopsticks (Including Training Chopsticks)
JBOX.com Search : chopsticks

I've tried on my own, I've had my friends try to teach me, but I always end failing in some unforseeable manner.

I blame my stubby fingers and lack of manual dexterity XP .