Are you using spoon and fork? chopstick or by bare hands...

@jbelle (912)
Philippines
May 27, 2007 11:47pm CST
Me? i can use spoon and fork, a chopstick or by bare hand... Occasionally when i go to chinese, japanes and korean restaurant i use chopsticks, while in the beach or picnic i know how to use my hands by eating but usually i use spoon and fork. how about you? can you use all? or what do you usually use in eating? are you comfortable with it?
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@rangics (1334)
• Philippines
28 May 07
I am comfortable with spoon and fork. With barehands, yes I can manage that one too but using chopsticks? Sad to say I don't know how to use this stuff. I think it's fun to use chopsticks too..
@jbelle (912)
• Philippines
28 May 07
yeah its true that using spoon and fork is more comfortable. thanks for sharing...
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• Philippines
3 Jun 07
we are very much the same, rangics. i am most comfortable with fork and spoon and i have never learned how to use chopsticks. eating with barehands is something which i am never comfortable doing.
@vesuvius (1677)
• Philippines
28 May 07
I use spoon and fork in eating - I grew up using it because my entire family uses those utensils regularly too. I cant use chopsticks because I havent been taught of using such eating materials. LOL Eating with bare hands is one great option for me especially when the food I'm eating is dry or fried - it's very Pinoy to make use of our hands when we eat, right??
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@vesuvius (1677)
• Philippines
30 May 07
I believe we are a little lucky that we could do eat with our hands. At least, we are 'trained' to survive in any place without any utensil.. LOL On the other hand, I do use my hands while eating but I dont raise any of my foot. I guess it all depends on preference in the eating habits.
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@jbelle (912)
• Philippines
28 May 07
yeah so your'e filipino too? nice meeting youÜ. do you think we are lucky enough that we kno how to use our hands in eating?
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@tala91285 (1074)
• Philippines
28 May 07
It might seem rude to non-Filipinos (and some Filipinos too) but when I use my bare hands to eat, I always put my foot on the chair to let my elbow rest on my knee for support.
@d00d00 (826)
• Hong Kong
28 May 07
i think it is in our culture to use spoon and fork. we don't usually have the knife when setting the table. on the other hand, what we filipinos can especially do during meals is to use our bare hands. i think it really requires mastery for this skill to be perfected.. lol. but personally, i am satisfied with using the spoon and fork. or just the fork alone. =D
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@jogie_bien (1103)
• Philippines
28 May 07
i can used all.
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@tala91285 (1074)
• Philippines
28 May 07
I use all ^_^ It depends on what I'm eating or where I'm eating though. It's good to be flexible ^_^
@jbelle (912)
• Philippines
28 May 07
wow very good... im not really good in using chopsticks ^_^
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@lexus54 (3572)
• Singapore
28 May 07
I can use both fork and spoon, as well as chopsticks. I have been brought up to use chopsticks since when I was young. Chopsticks are particularly useful when you are eating noodles.
@jbelle (912)
• Philippines
28 May 07
yeah thats right its easy to use chopstick when eating a noodles...
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@cuttyrish (2667)
• United States
31 May 07
i use spoon and fork regurlary. And i use chopsticks too, when i go to some asian restaurants. I am not good at it thought. I prefer using spoon and fork. Using hands in eating? Of couse, sometimes i use my hands in eating. I like to eat some fried fish and dip it in some sauce with hands, and put some rice on it, and etc.
• Philippines
3 Jun 07
i always use spoon and fork for eating. i am not good at eating using bare hands only, it was never customary in the family even if we go on picnics. as for chopsticks, oh no, i have never ever been taught how to use it.
• Philippines
3 Jun 07
depends on where i am, i use the right style. for restaurants, i prefer to eat with spoon and fork, but with places that uses chopsticks i use that too. for picnics, i use my hands. i am most comfortable using the spoon and fork for meals with rice but if i eat some noodles, i prefer chopsticks.
@wonderful1 (2075)
• China
3 Jun 07
I'm from China, I use chopsticks and spoons when we have dinner. It is a traditional custom. When I eat fruits, I often use forks, because I cut them into pieces and put them into a dish, and add some sugar. When I am in the beach or picnic i will use hands. When my hands are clean, I like use hands, but I usually use chopstics and spoons, because it seems more polite in public places. I never eat western-style food in a restaurant, it is too expensive. And I don't like use fork and knife together.