Guide to Chopsticks
Have you ever been in a Chinese restaurant and been amazed by a customer using chopsticks? I know I have. Chopsticks seem difficult and awkward to use for Americans, but in all actuality chopsticks can beas easy to use as a knife, fork, or spoon in act, Chinese have been using chopsticks long before forks were even invented. This paper examines the information I researched and gives instructions on how to use chopsticks in five simple steps.
I have found three sets of instructions for proper use of chopsticks. All three of them came from the Internet, and all three have positives and negatives. “Instructions on how to Use Chopsticks” gave me great insight on the history of chopsticks and even gave a quote from Confucius regarding chopsticks. This article also listed rules for chopsticks etiquette. The instructions from this article were not very insightful. Two basic rules were given including: the lower ends must beeven and the two chopsticks must beon the same plane. The instructions were very basic and did not help me at all. A visual aid did appear in the article, but the instructions were not in depth enough to let me know what is going on in the picture.
throughexamining three ways to correctly use chopsticks I no longer have to stand in awe at the consumer next to me in a Chinese restaurant. I can now use chopsticks, and with a little more practice I will have mastered the technique. Always remember when using chopsticks, do not concern yourself with being perfect just beuseful, and practice makes perfect.