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On Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 9:40:54 PM UTC-5, John B. wrote:

And those who eat with "chop sticks" think that fork and spoon eaters
are ridiculous and the finger eaters consider all utensils as somewhat
effete :-)

I guess it depends on what you are eating. I would not want to eat hot food with my fingers. Burning your hands every time you eat seems foolish. And eating soup by drinking it from the bowl seems odd too. Macaroni and cheese with your fingers? Spaghetti with your fingers? Steak with your fingers? Do you just chew off a piece that you are holding in your hands?

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On Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 9:40:54 PM UTC-5, John B. wrote:

And those who eat with "chop sticks" think that fork and spoon eaters
are ridiculous and the finger eaters consider all utensils as somewhat
effete :-)

I guess it depends on what you are eating. I would not want to eat
hot food with my fingers. Burning your hands every time you eat seems
foolish. And eating soup by drinking it from the bowl seems odd too.
Macaroni and cheese with your fingers? Spaghetti with your fingers?
Steak with your fingers? Do you just chew off a piece that you are
holding in your hands?

Drinking soup out of the bowl is SOP for Japanese food -- chopsticks are
used to pick out the bigger stuff. For steak, hold the bit you want
between your teeth, then slice off the rest with a sharp knife, missing
your nose. Works a treat for muktuk, or so I'm told.

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On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:46:15 -0700 (PDT), "
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On Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 9:40:54 PM UTC-5, John B. wrote:

And those who eat with "chop sticks" think that fork and spoon eaters
are ridiculous and the finger eaters consider all utensils as somewhat
effete :-)

I guess it depends on what you are eating. I would not want to eat hot food with my fingers. Burning your hands every time you eat seems foolish. And eating soup by drinking it from the bowl seems odd too. Macaroni and cheese with your fingers? Spaghetti with your fingers? Steak with your fingers? Do you just chew off a piece that you are holding in your hands?

I would have to ask why one wants to stick meat, at a temperature so
high than one cannot touch it with a finger, into one's mouth.

Drink soup? The ultra civilized French commonly drink hot coffee from
a bowl.

Macaroni with the fingers? I'm not sure but a multitude of people eat
rice with their fingers. Very, very common.

Steak with the fingers? Why, the cook cuts it up in bite sized bits.

What you are ignoring is the fact that those who eat with different
implements, or no implements, prepare their food in different ways.
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Cheers,

John B.