Foo - How the heck do you eat with chopsticks?

I can pick up the large pieces of food, but little grains of rice are a no-go. How the heck do you pick up tiny grains of rice with rounded wooden sticks?

put your mouth close to the bowl and scoop quickly. Wipe and repeat.

That does not help with little grains of rice.

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Practice (http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/japanfan/b09d/)...

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Chopsticks, Hickey.

You have to start with good steamed rice first. Then you press the rice down into your bowl with the chopsticks. Then you can pick up large clumps of rice. Don't stand around talking about it either. Quickly put the rice in your mouth or it will break apart on your chopsticks.
Ernest

You have to start with good steamed rice first. Then you press the rice down into your bowl with the chopsticks. Then you can pick up large clumps of rice. Don't stand around talking about it either. Quickly put the rice in your mouth or it will break apart on your chopsticks.
Ernest

I got Chinese takeout. The rice is so-so. Some big clumps that I can manage, but lots of stray single grains of rice that I can't pick up no matter how hard I try.

That does not help with little grains of rice. Scooping works. You will notice most japanese and chinese dishes use stickier or clumpier rice. If you're making your own stir-fry, add an egg about halfway through and it will make your rice nice and clumpy. For plain rice, you can steam it a bit longer, or use a stickier rice.

Chopsticks, Hickey.

I know. You can't get a hint like that?? Good thing I didn't try to be subtle.

I know. You can't get a hint like that?? Good thing I didn't try to be subtle.

I always use a fork or spoon. Recently I was mocked because I did not use chopsticks for the entire meal. I'm trying to go the chopstick route.

chinese use two types of rice. the non sticky kind for fried rice types, or sticky rice for rice that's not going to be mixed with anything else on the dish.

the sticky stuff you can pick up with chopsticks, the flaky kind you use a spoon.

I can repack my loose-bearing headset with chopsticks while track standing

j

I can repack my loose-bearing headset with chopsticks while track standing

j

Pics or it isn't true.

But that would mean holding a camera with my off-hand while doing it? Actually, that would not be a problem, but I am not really accustomed to using my cat-juggling hand for that.

j

chinese use two types of rice. the non sticky kind for fried rice types, or sticky rice for rice that's not going to be mixed with anything else on the dish.

the sticky stuff you can pick up with chopsticks, the flaky kind you use a spoon.

So I'm supposed to use a spoon for the non-sticky rice? How come no one said that before?

But that would mean holding a camera with my off-hand while doing it? Actually, that would not be a problem, but I am not really accustomed to using my cat-juggling hand for that.

j

I'm waiting.

Somewhat patiently.

For pics.

So I'm supposed to use a spoon for the non-sticky rice? How come no one said that before?

Because they want to laugh behind your back.

Because they want to laugh behind your back.

I could care less what other people think of me. If I'm a source of entertainment, so be it.

I just wanted to know if it was expected to pick up little tiny grains of rice with chopsticks. Apparently, it's not.

silly white people :lol:

silly white people :lol:


:lol:

Hey, how well can you barbecue, huh? Can you make a decent salsa from scratch?

the salsa, I cannot do :innocent:

I can repack my loose-bearing headset with chopsticks while track standing

jI use rice for bearings. Much smoother action than steel ball bearings.

Are you using a bowl?

When you get to the bottom of the bowl, use as much of the left chopstick (if you're right handed) as you can as a scraper to get the remaining grains into a small area, put your mouth to the edge of the bowl then scoop them in.

Are you using a bowl?

When you get to the bottom of the bowl, use as much of the left chopstick (if you're right handed) as you can as a scraper to get the remaining grains into a small area, put your mouth to the edge of the bowl then scoop them in.

I had takeout from Pickup Stix. I was using a plate. Next time I'll try a bowl, but I don't know that I'll have any better luck.

Just use a straw, and suck up the rice grains like an anteater eating ants.

I had takeout from Pickup Stix. I was using a plate. Next time I'll try a bowl, but I don't know that I'll have any better luck.
Pickup Stix isn't Chinese food.

the salsa, I cannot do :innocent:

If you can box-step, you can waltz...

Pickup Stix isn't Chinese food.

It's all I've got within walking distance. Chin's in Encinitas doesn't deliver.

It's all I've got within walking distance. Chin's in Encinitas doesn't deliver.

wait where are you? I live in Mira Mesa (admittedly far from encinitas) but there are a few ok chinese places.

anyway here is how I eat rice...

wait where are you? I live in Mira Mesa (admittedly far from encinitas) but there are a few ok chinese places.

anyway here is how I eat rice...

I'm in Carlsbad. Chin's is the only decent Chinese food around here.

I had takeout from Pickup Stix. I was using a plate. Next time I'll try a bowl, but I don't know that I'll have any better luck.

A plate makes it *much* harder. Use a bowl and bring it up close to your mouth. And I agree about aggregating the little bits of rice into a larger clump.

Cbad. I'll make you real chinese food when you come here. :rolleyes: I'll hook you up, gf. :thumb:

I use rice for bearings. Much smoother action than steel ball bearings.

I'll have to try that. Do you recommend short grain or long? I;d be using brown rice, btw.

as to the OP I would follow the WWTMD? maxim

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I'll have to try that. Do you recommend short grain or long? I;d be using brown rice, btw.Short grain, unless you have a headset that uses needle bearings. White rice is much preferred.

Cbad. I'll make you real chinese food when you come here. :rolleyes: I'll hook you up, gf. :thumb:

Chuck E Cheese sells Chinese food?

I love the chapter in Clavell's Shogun, where Blackthorne gains face by eating very delicate food with chop sticks. Another warlord had served the delicacies and provided chopsticks, hoping to make the westerner lose face. Really well written.

Not sure how this will help you eat rice with chopsticks.

I recommend you rent Karate Kid and watch Master Miyagi catch flies out of the air with chopsticks. This should teach you how to eat something easy, like non flying rice.

WWTMD

This made my whole night. Thanks. jim

Chuck E Cheese sells Chinese food?

I'm not inviting him anymore. He kept taking extra helpings. Now I know why.

like non flying rice.


It's fried rice, Jeff.

I dunno man. That sounded a little racist there. :notamused:

I love eating with chopsticks! Even rice - the meal seems to last longer (not shoveled) and also seems to digest better (because I'm not walking around bolting the food as I'm always on the go). Plus I have many pairs of chopsticks to choose from - single person dining (here) - I like to treat myself to a nice dinner once in a while - with carefully chosen plates and utensils and of course if it's an asian dish - I have several sets of chopsticks to match to my dinnerware.

Although I must say - I am a relatively new user of these things and the learning curve was quite interesting as my old boyfriend enjoyed food with chopsticks - and so I would use them and hehe - yeah I'm the nerd who had a piece of sushi fall out of the chopsticks - onto the floor and roll a HUGE number of feet almost back to the kitchen.

hehe the boyfriend about choked on his food as we watched the sushi roll ... :D

It's fried rice, Jeff.

I dunno man. That sounded a little racist there. :notamused:

I yam what I yam Siu.:innocent:

Does polished rice make for a smoother headset?

use your fingers.

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as to the OP I would follow the WWTMD? maxim

http://www.anime.com/Akira_Kurosawa/images/03-mo-yojimbo.jpg

Okay, that's just effin' cool. Truly the gold standard for jidaigeki & chambara films. So badass.

If it's rice from a take-out joint, probably low grade/non export quality. Wait, what was the original question?

put your mouth close to the bowl and scoop quickly. Wipe and repeat.

And, if you can't manage that, then pick up a piece of meat or shrimp with the sticks and use it as a wiper to move the rice from the bowel to your mouth.

I was expecting to see something about a magnifying glass in here somewhere, but asuming you want to avoid the spoon and the bowl, the technique is to use the sides of teh chopstick and not the ends. Position the sticks so that both are scraping along on the plate surface as you make the pinch onto the rice grain a little distance away from the end of the chopsticks. If your plate has any rim or other irregularity, it will help to shove the rice grain on top of the irregularity so you can pinch onto more of it.

If it's rice from a take-out joint, probably low grade/non export quality. Wait, what was the original question?

I think it was something about headsets