can u use chopsticks???how good?

November 13, 2009 12:53am CST
hi everyone, can u handle chopsticks? honestly, i cannot. u know, chinese people say: when u hold chopsticks, u hold them to the top , u will marry to someone who lives far away...the other way, u hold them on the bottom, u will marry someone who lives near u....believe it or not??
9 responses
• United States
13 Nov 09
i can use it a little but i would prefer that i eat with a fork i always eat with a fork even soup can someone really eat with chopsticks or is it impossible
13 Nov 09
hi, my husband is so good with using chopsticks ,he can even pick up a piece of straw mushroom, or a rice on the table.... keep trying...cheers P.S. u use fork to drink soup? how? i have never tried....
• United States
13 Nov 09
dip the fork in the soup and go slow you can get enough soup from a fork its slow porocess but not for me
@simonelee (2715)
• China
20 Dec 09
chopstick - using chopstick
Hi there. I'm not good in using chopstick but i do know how to use it. I love to eat in Chinese restaurants but i usually asked for spoon and fork because i feel impatient in using it and i become more hungry. Can't wait to put those foods inside my mouth. My partner is a chines so i'm trying to perfect my skill in using those sticks. I hope i become patient now.
@mimiang (3760)
• Philippines
14 Nov 09
I wish I could because I want to learn. We eat Chinese lots of time but i constantly for spoon and fork
@daffy6 (101)
• Malaysia
13 Nov 09
I am a chinese and I used chopsticks since I was a kid but in a wrong way. I did not learn how to hold it the right way as I started holding it in a crossed way when I was about 5 years old. Since then, I hold it that way. Cant change back to the right way now but it works well for me.
• Canada
19 Nov 09
Yeah i can use chopsticks... lol i don't know how good I am.. i just hold it regularly. I dont hold them right at the top or right at the bottom.. i hold it a little bit higher than the middle...
@fsll518 (304)
• China
12 Dec 09
I am Chinese, and I can use chopsticks :) Yes, old people talked about that, but I guess that's just opposite to what you said. If they hold at the bottom, they would marry someone far away... The logic is usually kids hold chopsticks at the bottom part, which is not correct in the eyes of older generation, so they frighten the kids: If you do that, you will marry someone far from your home (and be miserable)! Maybe it doesn't work for foreigners, :P
@bettydeng5 (1822)
• China
13 Nov 09
I'm Chiense, sure I can use chopsticks. I heared the people said this, but I don't believe this. lol
@BART78 (2927)
• Canada
13 Nov 09
ummmhh!! nice input with that chop stick grip, hahaha!!, i'm good in eating food using CT, i learned using CT with my ex girfriend, half chinise, from them on i love eating nooddles and dimsu's using CT, i like those made of bamboo i find it more healthy..
• Philippines
13 Nov 09
the only reason many asian food is eaten with chopsticks is because of confucius. and yeah i can use chopstix. but i prefer a knife since i really really really love Bloody red meat.