Rate your chopsticks skills

[Stacerita]

I just ate my chicken bowl with my chopsticks.

 

[Disneyland Princess]

I have a friend who is chinese and she taught me how to use them when I would sleep over at her house. Im never going to be very good at it but I can now use them.

 

[beattyfamily]

I can use them quite well. I lived in Macau (near Hong Kong) from age 6 thru 13.

If they are on the table, I use them. If they are not, then I'll just use a fork.

 

[Evil Genius]

I like using chopsticks. My late dh and I used to have contests to see who could pick up the smallest piece of food.

 

[rparmfamily]

Live in Hawaii...chopsticks are everywhere. I just used them to eat the sushi I got at Target, LMAO.

 

[Diznygrl]

After I discovered a love for sushi, I taught myself the proper way to use chopsticks (The internet! It's a beautiful thing) so I could go to my favorite sushi restaurant and eat without looking like a bumbling idiot. I need more practice to really get good at it, but I can manage just fine. Chopsticks are fun! I would never ask for a fork.

 

[Liann]

Texas here No idea why but I just HAD to learn to use chopsticks as a teen. I think it just seemed so exotic to me. Oh and my family was racist so I wanted to tick em all off any way I could. Anyhoo, once I had kids I made sure they also learned to eat with em. Hubby took a little longer to convince but he too is good with the sticks now. It's really fun to go to restaurants that offer and ask for sticks then have your whole family be good with em. The wait staff is friendlier I swear! It's almost like a respect thing I think.

I also like to cook with sticks sometimes. They just seem right in a wok ya know? I guess it's about the experience for me now. I almost think that if I had a kimono I'd wear it on Asian cuisine night LOL! Mmmmm Thai beef salad and jasmine rice, tofu and veggies, noodle soup (no you don't drink the broth with chopsticks. You CAN use a spoon-they use spoons too- or simply drink from the side of the bowl)

My DD 12 will grab sticks out of the drawer instead of a fork about 30% of the time no matter what I cook at home. Think Hamburger helper cheesy mac and a kid eating it with chopsticks

Well I guess I should mention she also is famous for using said sticks as candle lighters which is why I am constantly buying new sets of sticks..... respect, not so much with her!

I know I know, I'm sideways in this pic.... oops.

We didn't get a pic of my son cuz he ate so dern fast.

 

[Compte de Yoyo]

I learned as an adult comfortable with them at home and when out, unless there's slippery noodles involved!

 

[tiggerunner]

My husband spent much of his teenage years in Taiwan, so no choice when I married him. Our girls learned young and if you eat out with us you Must use them. WE were in China last May and bought all kinds of special ones for family members.
I learned to cook Chinese food and I have to admit that the food doesn't taste the same with a fork!

 

[kaytieeldr]

I started using chopsticks maybe, I don't know, 25 years ago - because my brother could... and while he thinks he's better than me we've been engaged in a mild, friendly competition most of our lives.

So, while I haven't used them recently - I haven't eaten out recently - I can, and so I'm comfortable.

 

[Dollface]

I love eating with Chopsticks for some reason lol.
When I was younger, we lived in San Diego and there was this Chinese restaurant called La China or something and my family seriously went there like once a week to eat so I learned pretty young. Then we moved and we weren't going to eat Chinese all the time and I sort of lost my skills for it. When I was in 4th or 5th grade I was hospitalized and this one nurse, who, for some reason, would always come talk to me when she wasn't working, (I don't remember why or how we got on the subject of Chopsticks) taught me so I left the hospital knowing how to use them again and have since

 

[Golf4food]

When all else fails I use my chopsticks to stab my sweet & sour chicken like a spear.

 

[Mermaid02]

I can't use them- I took my 12 year old to lunch yesterday though and he used them like he has used them forever!

 

[luvmy3]

I've never tried to use them since I have a very nice set of forks