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Article #966Re: Chopsticks - one final question
From: Michael Wise
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 20:16
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 20:16
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In article <3C89150D.51CA952B@zip.net>, SlipperySlope <THEGook@zip.net> wrote: > > Having read some of the many posts on the subject, I've > > come to the conclusion that there are so many different > > customs and rules of etiquette in the use of > > chopsticks, the best I can do is at least not stick my > > chopsticks upright in my rice. My question is, why not > > just eat with a fork, knife and spoon? If one is in a > > Chinese restaurant in the USA, is that really a > > problem? Or is it one way to avoid any unintentional > > rudeness? I don't really care who is laughing, but I > > don't want to offend anyone.. > > > > sk8girl > > White folks don't know how STUPIDLY RIDICULOUS they look trying to eat > rice from a plate! > > Long grain rice is the staple in chinese food. Long grain rice is NOT > sticky and DOES NOT glob up like short-grain served in japanese and > korean places. When I'm in a restaurant watching the idiot whiteys > trying to pick up long-grain rice FROM A PLATE it takes everything > inside to keep myself from going up to them and tell to eat with a > goddamn fork cause they look like FUCKING IDIOTS! > > If you "must" eat with chopsticks THEN DO THE FOLLOWING: ask the waiter > for a ****RICE BOWL****. TAKE THE RICE ***FROM THE PLATE*** AND PUT > SOME INTO THE RICE BOWL THEN *****SCOOP THE RICE INTO YOUR MOUTH WITH > THE CHOPSTICKS*****. IF YOU BOTHER TO PAY ATTENTION, YOU MIGHT NOTICE > THAT THAT IS THE WAY THE CHINESE GET THE RICE INTO THEIR MOUTHS ****WHEN > THEY EAT RICE WITH CHOPSTICKS****! > > Stop and think for a minute how stupid and ridiculous you look trying to > pick up grains of rice from a plate with chopsticks!! And the next topic will be how stupid chinks look drinking soup from the bowl. Don't these yellow foreigners know that in this country, we consume our soup with a spoon? Geez, what fucking idiots these gooks are. Don't they know everybody is laughing at this and other Chinese peasant traits like taking care of your personal hygiene (clipping your nails for instance) in public places like a MUNI bus? --Mike
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