Why do people use chopsticks when knives and forks are better?

Question

U never see people fumble a knife & fork right?

Answer 1

YEAH !! that's a good question. and WHY would the only use chop sticks when the to to asian food restaurant. if they like chop sticks, use them all the time no matter what food it is.

Answer 2

Chopsticks are higher up the evolutionary scale than knives and forks.

When one uses chopsticks, the expectation is that meat, and vegetables, will be cut into bite sized pieces.

I often see people fumble with knives and forks.
Most people do not know how to correctly use them.

[ How many people do you know/have seen eating an entire roast chicken with a knife and fork? Or eat stewed pears in syrup?]

Answer 3

It is cultural and it looks more elegent when u know how to use it the right way (the chopsticks should not cross each other at any point in time). Since in the orient, it is very common to have communal dishes set at the dinner table (only things you have to yourself are a bowl of soup and rice), the other end of the chopstick can be used to pick the food up instead of having serving spoon.

Answer 4

More like knife and fork users have no chopstick skills.

Answer 5

You never see someone born using chopsticks fumbling with them, either.
I always using chopsticks when eating Asian cuisine, it contributes to the whole experience. Besides, a quarter of Americans are obese, I think a lot of us could benefit from food falling off our utensils.

Answer 6

Once you have mastered the chopstick, it's much easier to eat pretty much any Asian food with them then a fork or spoon. Japanese food is cut into bite sized pieces made to eat in one bite so chopsticks are ideal. They are also great on rice.

Answer 7

People who only use chopsticks don't fumble, only people who aren't used to using them. I hated them when I first visited China but now that I know how to use them, I kind of like them. I use them a lot at home now, very efficient ;-)

Answer 8

The novelty, I suppose. In many places around the world, people wash their hands really well and eat with them, which I suppose would be the overall easiest way to eat, but seems odd to me. There are a lot of thinks that you would probably still want a knife for anyway.

Answer 9

Much asian food is designed to be handled with a pair of chopsticks. ie, the size of the chicken pieces, or the way the vegetables are cut, or that the rice 'clumps'...

Answer 10

To each their own. You are used to forks and knifes, but if the tables turned, you may have difficulty using a fork.

Answer 11

chopsticks came specially from chineses and japaneses it there culture...the way knife and fork is ur culture....there is also a culture where people use non...they just use their hand to eat..its as simple as that.