If this post is a troll then it's been quite an effective one, generating quite a lot of earnest discussion with only occasional sarcasm! If not then I apologise to lilyatlonely, but it's a bit suspicious to me... first post by a newly registered user, and it just looks to me like deliberate words out of place but otherwise perfect spelling and grammar.
Just my impression...
I like to eat rice (and most other things) with a large spoon, thereby allowing me to shovel large quantities of food into my mouth at once .... and it helps me avoid having to scrabble around on my plate like a retard, trying in vain to pick up the last few grains with chopsticks.
I have an amusing image in my mind of JJack attempting to teach his infant offspring how to use chopsticks to eat rice.
It annoys me when I go for lunch in a Thai restaurant in the UK and they give me a fork and spoon to eat rice noodle based soups. That's just impractical.
Amusing how its acceptable to go to a thai restaurant in the West but if anyone mentions a Western restaurant in Thailand the backpackers are all up in arms.
I have become so accustomed to eating with a fork and spoon that it feels abnormal to eat 'farang' style. I feel lost without my spoon in my right hand!!
you just disclosed you're right handed. Left handers use their left hand for their spoons in Asia.
Well I'm bored so I'll join the rest of the bored folks and respond.
losing_touch said:
I feel lost without my spoon in my right hand!!
callippo replied:
you just disclosed you're right handed. Left handers use their left hand for their spoons in Asia.
I'm 'right-handed' and when I am using 2 implements eg: Spoon and Fork or Spoon and Chopsticks I always have my spoon in the left hand.
This is only practical I think, lets look at Noodle soup:
Holding my fork or chopsticks in my right hand, I pick out nice pieces of stuff from the soup and place them in the spoon (preferably Asian style spoon) in my left hand.
I then gently dip the spoon in the broth and then I have the perfect mini noodle soup in a spoon. Yum
I do much the same for many dishes, selecting what I want and placing it in the spoon so that every mouthful is perfect.
If you think it's weird, I don't care.
If you couldn't be bothered, then that's up to you, I don't care.
Now I'm hungry.