cooking an omelette with chopsticks is a superior experience.
Plus it’s fun.
I’ll abandon the fork and spoon when they come up with something better.
I find it just fun to eat with them. In the end, it doesn’t matter as much how you are delivering food to your feeding hole.
Because they are fun and feel appropriate when they are used?
I’m passable with chopsticks, but I can’t think of any situation where I’d prefer them over other utensils.
I like them better for ramen, but a fork does about as well.
Almost any pasta. Roasted or boiled veggies. Cheezits or similar, keeps the dust off. Pierogies, most snall dumplings really.
Who else goes through spoons quicker than any other utensils? In my household
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- Big spoons
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- Little spoons
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- Chop sticks
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- Knives
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- Forks
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- Butter knives
Long spoon. I love long spoon.
We call them Korean fighting spoons. Since it’s for reaching side dishes and sauces before others at the table
I can hear this image
Found the backpacker.
Little spoons go first for me,. But yes, spoons are the ultimate utensil
Spork enters the chat.
Get outta here Popeyes. Your tines are too short to grab the meat, and your ends are too pointy to gather the last 5%. I’d end up full of styrofoam, pawing at a bone like a kitten if I used you. My fingers and teeth work 100x better than you.
Even if I’m backpacking and I need to save weight, I’d rather have a cat-dog version of spoon and fork.
I have a lot of condiments to scoop
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Yes, but
Do it for the challenge! IV peaked at sub par but it’s still funner than a fork
Honestly for a lot of foods they’re really not a bad choice. They’re excellent for eating flavored chips when you dont want powder on your fingers, also grabbing things from jars
Teaching my Cheetos loving children how to use chopsticks has saved all my gaming controllers.
my god grabbing things from jars how has that never occurred to me
Chop sticks and Cheetos are a classic combo!
They are the best choice for salads. Eating salads with a fork sucks
I use them for eating popcorn
But then you can’t shovel handfuls of popcorn in your mouth where a quarter misses your mouth and is found in the couch cushions 2 days later.
Gotta feed the roach homies
Aren’t those the people who come over and empty your ashtrays when they’re out of weed?
found in the couch cushions 2 days later.
Just saving some for later.
I’ve gotta find someone with a 3D printer locally who can make me those fingy chopsticks for cheetos. I’m tired of cleaning my keyboard everytime I wanna snacc.
Check your public library, nowadays many often have a couple for the public to use
When I was in Toronto, yeppers. Alas I’m on an island out in the middle of nowhere. I’m gonna have to find a 3D print shop or make a friend lol
Alas I’m on an island out in the middle of nowhere.
It’s nice to hear from you again, and to be reminded of your living situation somewhere near Trailer Park Boys and Man in a Motel
Please do not eat food served via a 3d printed tool/plate/bowl/cup. A number of the materials that are used for 3d printing are toxic (cross contamination is likely even if the material has been changed), and the plastic can contain small abrasion which are impossible to sanitize.
the plastic can contain small abrasion which are impossible to sanitize
That’s putting it mildly - every 3D print has tons of small crevices and imperfections even just from the layer lines alone, it’s just completely impossible to keep a 3D print clean between repeated food contact. Unless it’s sealed with resin or similar, but that’s also not easy to get right.
and the plastic can contain small abrasion which are impossible to sanitize
This is a big reason why I don’t like plastic dishware, cups, etc even when they are made with food-safe materials.
Because I can lift my bowl and just push the rest of the food in my mouth. Instead of moving it around with a fork.
There are foods that just don’t hit the same if you don’t eat them with chopsticks.
Ever tried to eat sushi with a fork?
But if it’s a rice bowl, screw the chopsticks. Gimme a spoon.
I eat sushi with a fork at least once a week
I firmly believe sushi should be eaten with hands.
Makes sense. A chef’s hands touched 80% of that piece of Nigiri while making it
Can’t use chopsticks, eh?
Japanese sushi chefs agree. Sushi is a finger food.
I used to eat sushi with a fork and it is possible. But that’s really about the only food that’s easier to eat with chopsticks than fork and knife.
Depends on the rice, sticky rice is really easy to eat with chop sticks, you can just generally grab anything and get a chunk. Medium sticky you can scoop up but non sticky/liquid sauce is a non-starter.
Spaghetti with a fork fesls wrong
Spaghetti with everything feels wrong. The form factor is simply bad. It’s not like a garden hose, where you need it to be that long.
It’s not my least favorite, but it’s a bit down the list. Penne is probably the best general purpose shape, at least according to these guys: https://www.realsimple.com/we-asked-chefs-which-pasta-shape-works-best-in-any-dish-11849324
I’m a fan of rotelle and fiori as well.
I prefer Vesuvio and Cavatappi
Both fine choices, they are on the upper end of the scale for me as well.
Just break it up before you cook it.
I do, when I cook it :) still prefer more complicated geometry
Nah it’s noodles, chopsticks just feel right with it.
The sure way for me to appear to be an amateur chopstick user is to use them.
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For frying certain things they’re very useful for flipping or grabbing.
