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Old 03-08-2013, 21:00
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Do you use chopsticks or a fork or spoon , I like using chopsticks and I have a spoon handy for the last few bits I can't pick up
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Old 04-08-2013, 05:31
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Chopsticks, and always out of the takeaway carton. I never dispense into a plate.
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Old 04-08-2013, 08:38
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With cutlery, can't be bothered with chopsticks even If i am quite good with them.
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Old 04-08-2013, 10:50
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Chopsticks every time. Even my five year old daughter does.
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Old 04-08-2013, 11:10
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On the subject of Chinese takeaway, how come over here, they're supplied in either foil or plastic cartons, but in America, you get paper pails like these http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/ma...-american.html
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Old 04-08-2013, 11:22
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Never Chopsticks. Far too fiddly!
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Old 04-08-2013, 11:31
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SPOON & FORK & its allways better cold the next morning
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Old 04-08-2013, 12:26
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Chopsticks. Every time.
Noodles get dumped into a bowl, dim sum straight out of the box.
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Old 04-08-2013, 13:08
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On the subject of Chinese takeaway, how come over here, they're supplied in either foil or plastic cartons, but in America, you get paper pails like these http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/ma...-american.html
I prefer the foil & the plastic containers we get over here, at least you can wash the plastic ones and re use them for other food storage
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Old 04-08-2013, 13:11
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I prefer the foil & the plastic containers we get over here, at least you can wash the plastic ones and re use them for other food storage
im with you on that the plastic ones come in handy
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Old 04-08-2013, 13:29
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Never Chopsticks. Far too fiddly!
Agreed. Why make your meal more difficult to eat? Even if you're good at using chopsticks, there must have been a time when you weren't. Not understanding the motivation for attempting to use them if it's not what you grew up with.
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Old 04-08-2013, 13:56
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A spoon and fork - the same way I eat most of my food.
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Old 04-08-2013, 14:01
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A spoon and fork - the same way I eat most of my food.
It's the same way Thai people eat their food too.
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Old 04-08-2013, 14:18
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Chopsticks and a Chinese spoon.
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Old 04-08-2013, 14:19
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With a knife and fork. Spoons are for babies.
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Old 04-08-2013, 14:46
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On the subject of Chinese takeaway, how come over here, they're supplied in either foil or plastic cartons, but in America, you get paper pails like these http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/ma...-american.html
We have 1 place around here that uses those, it just happens to sell the best food as well although it is also the only Chinese that does not include chips or rice with the meals so it is the most expensive.
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Old 04-08-2013, 16:29
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Agreed. Why make your meal more difficult to eat? Even if you're good at using chopsticks, there must have been a time when you weren't. Not understanding the motivation for attempting to use them if it's not what you grew up with.
Its just more fun!
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Old 04-08-2013, 16:39
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It all depends on what we're having. If we're having a few Chinese dishes to share and we've got the rice bowls out (I could never eat straight from the container, they do this on soaps all the time and it winds me up for some reason!) then the chopsticks come out. If we're not sharing and each have our own on a plate then it's a fork and spoon.

They don't use chopsticks in Thailand so we don't use them for Thai food, that's a fork and spoon.
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Old 05-08-2013, 08:20
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Knife and fork.

Even if you can use chopsticks properly a knife and fork is easier. I don't get the point in using chopsticks. The other week a bloke at work bought leftover chinese for his lunch and used chopsticks, he wasn't even very good with them, I swear it took him twice as long to eat it.

Out of interest do the people that use chopsticks eat Indian food using only their hands?
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Old 05-08-2013, 08:32
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On to a hot plate and I use a fork. I can use chopsticks but a fork is easier. We don't use chopsticks for any other cuisine like Indian or Italian so why with just Chinese? It isn't any easier. Sounds a bit pretentious to me.
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Old 05-08-2013, 08:43
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I use knife/fork/spoon to eat mine - I am no expert with chopsticks but can eat with them but I just prefer to use a fork.
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Old 05-08-2013, 09:53
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Knife and fork.

Even if you can use chopsticks properly a knife and fork is easier. I don't get the point in using chopsticks. The other week a bloke at work bought leftover chinese for his lunch and used chopsticks, he wasn't even very good with them, I swear it took him twice as long to eat it.

Out of interest do the people that use chopsticks eat Indian food using only their hands?
I've grown up using chopsticks, so its the norm for me. As for Indian food, yes I usually use my hands and a naan bread.
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Old 05-08-2013, 10:29
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The dishes I tend to choose have quite a lot of sauce / stock with them so I dump rice in a bowl, dump the main on top and eat with a spoon. ribs get picked out of the box with fingers

I do use chopsticks in the restaurant though.
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Old 05-08-2013, 10:46
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Another one for fork and spoon. I'm rubbish with chopsticks. For most Chinese and Thai food you don't need a knife.
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Old 05-08-2013, 12:59
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SPOON & FORK & its allways better cold the next morning
Really? I beg to differ on that one.
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