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Sectorseven · Jul 28, 2016

Like for any given meal in their home, or do they assimilate and use silverware?

Honest question.

explodet · Jul 28, 2016

Try and eat corn flakes with chopsticks and get back to me.

dancingphlower · Jul 28, 2016

Depends on what's being eaten.

CSX · Jul 28, 2016

Yes.

Source :.

Myself

Lesath · Jul 28, 2016

Yes, but really only for stir fry or noodle dishes.

PSqueak · Jul 28, 2016

I'd assume they do so when they eat traditional food from their region of heritage that is also traditionally eaten with chopsticks.

Moltenix · Jul 28, 2016

Depends on the meal.

ElectricBlanketFire · Jul 28, 2016

Sporks and clapping.

andythinkpad · Jul 28, 2016

90% of the time. How else do you eat rice and noodle with? Spoon?

edit: when I eat lunch at work I use spoon. I think chopstick doesn't work well with boxy shape lunchbox.

Baliis · Jul 28, 2016

Some certainly, some of my coworkers bring chopsticks from home to eat lunch with at work too.

Hasphat'sAnts · Jul 28, 2016

Yes we eat burritos with chopsticks.

commedieu · Jul 28, 2016

Heh.

Sub'd

Tuck · Jul 28, 2016

andythinkpad said:
90% of the time. How else do you eat rice and noodle with? Spoon?

...serious question?

Fork.

crimzonflame · Jul 28, 2016

Assimilate?

voodoojohn · Jul 28, 2016

Most of the Chinese-Americans I've known ate mostly home-cooked Chinese food at home and ate it with chopsticks.

Dongs Macabre · Jul 28, 2016

We also use the Western invention called the "fork".

zeemumu · Jul 28, 2016

I imagine when it's appropriate to the meal.

fallengorn · Jul 28, 2016

I eat pizza with chopsticks. How do you eat it, with your hands? *scoff*

andythinkpad · Jul 28, 2016

Tuck said:
...serious question?

Fork.

You eat rice with fork? What kind of bowl do you use?

Quick · Jul 28, 2016

Canadian, but I eat with cutlery.

I'm not from a culture that uses chopsticks.

n64coder · Jul 28, 2016

They also use spoons for their soups:

Jazzy Network · Jul 28, 2016

Yeah man when I go to Longhorn and they wont give me chopsticks for the steak I start flipping tables.

explodet · Jul 28, 2016

EDIT:

LiK · Jul 28, 2016

i eat almost everything with chopsticks these days. i actually didn't start using chopsticks until I was in college. nowadays, i find it more convenient and easier for certain foods including certain snacks.

BronsonLee · Jul 28, 2016

I do whatever the fuck I want

erlim · Jul 28, 2016

Yeah for sushi.

LegalEagleMike · Jul 28, 2016

OchreHand · Jul 28, 2016

I wish Sporks were more popular

Quick · Jul 28, 2016

Tuck said:
...serious question?

Fork.

andythinkpad said:
You eat rice with fork? What kind of bowl do you use?

I've eaten rice with a fork many times, though it's really hard when you're almost out. At this point, I just scoop the rice directly in my mouth.

Otherwise, fork for noodles, spoon for rice.

SwiftDeath · Jul 28, 2016

Specificity will lead to a better discussion, OP

Do you mean first generation immigrants from Asia in general, all Asian-Americans?

All food?

Thugnificent · Jul 28, 2016

I was born an Asian American so I didn't "assimilate." That being said, whatever is appropriate for the meal.

S-Wind · Jul 28, 2016

Asian Canadian here.

Yes, when eating something that is typically eaten via chopsticks I use chopsticks.

I'm obviously not going to use chopsticks for my steak, or rack of ribs, or cereal!

On the flip side, does anyone actually eat sushi with a fork?!

PassiveObserver · Jul 28, 2016

Yes.

I'll use it even for eating chicken wings because it keeps my fingers from becoming sticky. Not to brag about my skills but chopsticks are like extensions of my fingers, so I'll use it for finger foods.

def sim · Jul 28, 2016

not every culture in the Asian race use chopsticks even

TickleMeElbow · Jul 28, 2016

I eat traditional Japanese food with chopsticks, and western food with a fork/knife.

On a related note my grandma in Japan eats spaghetti with chopsticks haha.

Davey Cakes · Jul 28, 2016

The chopsticks that double as a fork and knife...

At that point, there isn't a point, right? You might as well just use the fork.

iRAWRasaurus · Jul 28, 2016

Yes at home if I am eating with my family.

LeroyPantwether · Jul 28, 2016

LiK said:
i eat almost everything with chopsticks these days. i actually didn't start using chopsticks until I was in college. nowadays, i find it more convenient and easier for certain foods including certain snacks.

Could you elaborate? What foods are easier and more convenient to eat using chop sticks? Also, how are you measuring ease and convenience?

explodet · Jul 28, 2016

S-Wind said:
On the flip side, does anyone actually eat sushi with a fork?!

Sushi should only be eaten bare handed.

Brinbe · Jul 28, 2016

No? That's kind of a stereotypical assumption. Filipinos don't use chopsticks lol. Fork and spoon usually haha

massoluk · Jul 28, 2016

andythinkpad said:
90% of the time. How else do you eat rice and noodle with? Spoon?

edit: when I eat lunch at work I use spoon. I think chopstick doesn't work well with boxy shape lunchbox.

Pick your weapons combo for Asian foods:
1. Spoon and fork
2. Spoon and chopsticks.
3. Chopsticks

Just fork is totally inefficient, I found it weird that it is a mainstay in your American shops.

Aaronrules380 · Jul 28, 2016

andythinkpad said:
You eat rice with fork? What kind of bowl do you use?

I can use chopsticks when I go to eat asian food, but I still find it easier to eat rice with a fork

Ashhong · Jul 28, 2016

Like almost everything else, you can't generalize and say yes or no. Not only does it depend on the food, it depends on the person. For example, I hate using chopsticks even though I can, and mainly use a fork. My brother and sister prefer to use chopsticks.

voodoojohn · Jul 28, 2016

def ault said:
not every culture in the Asian race use chopsticks even

Dude, you're being pedantic. It's obvious what Asian people we're talking about.

BronsonLee · Jul 28, 2016

voodoojohn said:
Dude, you're being pedantic. It's obvious what Asian people we're talking about.

CAMBODIAN

And eat rice with a spoon you fools

vern · Jul 28, 2016

Most food is easier to eat with chopsticks. I'm white though. Mainly foods like burgers, pizza, burritos I eat not using chopsticks. Steaks of course fork and knife. Nearly everything else chopsticks are a better tool.

gaiages · Jul 28, 2016

S-Wind said:
Asian Canadian here.

Yes, when eating something that is typically eaten via chopsticks I use chopsticks.

I'm obviously not going to use chopsticks for my steak, or rack of ribs, or cereal!

On the flip side, does anyone actually eat sushi with a fork?!

My friend does. It like tears the sushi apart and I'm like

Schrade · Jul 28, 2016

n64coder said:
They also use spoons for their soups:

I hate those spoons. They look and feel like toddler spoons and they are too big.

What's wrong with a regular spoon?

LeroyPantwether · Jul 28, 2016

vern said:
Most food is easier to eat with chopsticks. I'm white though. Mainly foods like burgers, pizza, burritos I eat not using chopsticks. Steaks of course fork and knife. Nearly everything else chopsticks are a better tool.

How are they a better tool? What makes them better?

PassiveObserver · Jul 28, 2016

voodoojohn said:
Dude, you're being pedantic. It's obvious what Asian people we're talking about.

Only the ones that descended from the Dragon Emperor, apparently.

Schrade said:
I hate those spoons. They look and feel like toddler spoons and they are too big.

What's wrong with a regular spoon?

Noodle soups though.

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