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Article #940Re: Chopsticks - one final question
From: Peter L
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:01
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:01
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First of all Karen, stop feeding the troll. "Karen Lee" <maverick_1140@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:2P9i8.3835$Vx1.309788@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net... > Also, in America, eating any kind of food straight from the bowl/plate is a > no-no, as far as table manners go. Huh? Then how do people eat in America if not straight from bowl/plate? Do they flip the food in the air and try to catch it with their mouths? Do they sweep the food on the table then eat it from there? Or do they scoop it up with their hands first? Eating long grain rice the Chinese way > is pretty much like you're "drinking" the rice, with chopsticks to help you > along. I've tried it (when in Rome), and it didn't feel right. Besides, > that's not how I eat rice at home. > > Here's another question, though: Asian people slurping their soup. I've > been told that *all* Asian people slurp their soup (in Asia). And when I > was in Asia, that is what I saw. But my parents don't slurp, and they're > from Asia, too. So who's right? Someone please tell me. > > And sometimes I go to Asian restaurants (such as Vietnamese restaurants, > where they serve a lot of soup), and all the Asian customers will be happily > slurping away. But then there will be always be a couple of American > customers who are looking around and giving dirty looks to everyone around > them. > >
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