Who loves using chopsticks?
Katie loves using chopsticks! I use chopsticks for almost everything I eat. Growing up in Japan, I learned to eat with chopsticks before learning to use a fork! (Yes, I do now know how to use a fork. But I still prefer chopsticks.)
Have you ever tried eating with chopsticks?
(I don’t normally eat pancakes with chopsticks, but when someone asked me if I did, I had to try!)
If you don’t know how to use chopsticks, here’s a step-by-step guide:
www.ehow.com/how_3261_chopsticks.html
Or you can always watch a youtube video. (Is there anything that’s NOT explained on youtube these days?)
Chopstick Challenge Time:
I challenge you to replace your fork (or fingers!) with chopsticks for at least one meal/snack per day for the next week. Or maybe you want to have a complete chopsticks-only day? If you do already know how to use chopsticks, try to think outside the (Chinese take-out) box and use them to eat foods you wouldn’t normally eat with chopsticks, such as waffles, Italian food, or salad.
Be creative and have fun with it!
I’m so in Katie. As you know, learning to use chopsticks was one of my New Year’s resolutions, and I’m not doing very well with it. Perhaps your challenge will inspire me to practice practice practice! 🙂
You are so sweet to check in on my teff supply. Thanks so much – I’m good for the time being.
I love chopsticks! wish I could afford more sushi to eat with them; it feels wrong with other things. (Salad?)
…I’m such a finger snacker…
Katherine
Ok I just saw this right now but this is such an appropriate and amazing challenge. You posted this on April 7, which was the anniversary of my stepdad passing away due to obesity-related health complications, and five years later one of the things of his we are still using are CHOPSTICKS. At one point he bought a case of 10,000 sets of chopsticks and though we’ve been using them for years now, we’re nowhere near through with them! It’s so funny and it makes me smile when I use them. So I’m SO on board with this challenge!
I blogged about the chopstick challenge! Here’s the link: http://kellapillar.blogspot.com/2010/04/move-over-lunchables.html
what a cute idea!!! I actually eat so much food with chopsticks already 🙂 they are just really fun! I eat way faster that way too… haha
i’ve definitely been doing this!!! i have hello kitty, mother of pearl, and traditional japanese chopsticks that i’ve been trading on and off with this week :]
I love using chopsticks to eat. It’s fun. I have a really nice set of jade chopsticks that my sister got for me when she went to China.
I have a set of stainless steel chopsticks, and I use them regularly. Never thought of using them with pasta. I’ll have to try that.. They’re great to eat salad with. The stainless steel chopsticks can be a little slippery, but they last forever, and you can stick them right in the dishwasher.
I challenge myself to eat with only chopsticks for a week starting now.
Oooh have fun! 🙂