How To Eat With Chopsticks Without Losing An Eye

I promise you that you too can eat using chopsticks, no matter how hopelessly un-Asian you think you are, no matter how klutzy you are. You probably won’t lose an eye or any extremities during the course of this procedure, but if you want to be safe, you might want to go put on that pair of safety goggles in the garage.

Step 1: Take your first chopstick and hold it like you were going to write your name with it. The chopstick should wind up in your thumb and there should be approximately an inch of choptick out in front of your fingers. The part that would be the writing end.

Step 2: Introduce your other hand and push the chopstick out another inch, so there are two inches that would be the writing end. Next, really get the chopstick nestled in your thumb. Brace the chopstick with your middle finger and maintain a firm grip. Really push against it. Think of this chopstick as being completely stuck like this forever and ever. Okay, let’s not think of the difficultly that you could have going to the bathroom, we’re all trying to eat here. It’s hypothetical anyways! You should be able to move the top of your thumb and your entire index finger freely.

Step 3: This probably feels weird, so take a moment. Scratch that itch on your nose. Can you do it with your chopstick hand? No, not using the chopstick, use your finger. You should be able to wiggle your thumb and index finger while holding onto your very firmly stuck chopstick.

Step 4: Introduce your other hand again and slide that other chopstick right on in. The second chopstick goes between your thumb and index finger. Hold the chopsticks so that they are parallel and have a decent sized gap between them.

Step 5: Now touch the tips of the chopsticks together. Remember, the first chopstick should never move! Just practice touching the tips together.

Now you can start to use chopsticks. You can probably wiggle your thumb and index finger while holding onto your dear chopsticks. The important thing is to practice, practice, practice, practice, practice. Don’t worry, chopsticks are not magic, they will work if you practice them the right way.

Now that you understand that some things might go wrong when you use chopsticks, you can start to use them properly.

As a beginner, I would recommend that you only hold two chopsticks parallel to each other. This will prevent you from being able to pick up food that sits between the chopsticks. It’s also a good idea to never put your chopsticks together in a strange way. It is universally said that the bottom chopstick should always remain fixed.

If you are a left-handed person, you might want to consider learning the right way to hold chopsticks. This is actually a lot easier than having to reverse the way you hold chopsticks to correctly place them on your plate. The only thing that you might want to do is to practice picking up small objects that would perhaps escape from a fork or pick-me-up.

Chopsticks are a really useful and practical way to have food or drinks on hand without having to use more dishes, or have someone else clean up after you. If you find yourself in a situation where you are unable to eat or drink because there is not enough food or drink in your vicinity, use chopsticks instead of a fork or a knife. It is a sound strategy to have everyone have a little more food or a drink at your table, or at least some form of a utensil to facilitate the eating process.

If you are right-handed you should hold the chopsticks in your left hand and use the foremost chopstick to point to the specified object or action. The second chopstick should be held in the same direction. You might think that this is a difficult way to hold chopsticks but once you do it once in a while, it will become second nature to holding chopsticks. You will have less of a problem picking things up and offering them to others. In fact, it is a great idea to use chopsticks to hold change for instance coins in train stations or even in confusing situations.

You can use chopsticks to eat just about anything that is cooked and if you are able to combine it with a nice soup, you can really heat things up. So, use chopsticks to find a nice restaurant, keep chopsticks in your pocket or in your bag, use them whenever you feel like using them and enjoy your daily meal. You will probably find at least one interested in your chopsticks.