How To Use Chopsticks
- December 10, 2007
- 64,288 Views
Produced by
Howcast Media
Directed by
Kevin Hall
Writer
Tamar Haspel
Voice-Over Artist
Mario Bueno
Production Designer
Karin Olsen
Music
Edison Music Corp
Art Director
Dew Gueramian
Like skiing and speaking a foreign language, chopstick use is a skill ideally acquired in childhood. But with a little perseverance, adults tired of feeling boorish in Asian restaurants can become adept.
You Will Need
- Chopsticks
- Patience
Step 1: Position chopsticks
In your right hand, traditionally used even by the left-handed, rest the thick end of one chopstick on the webbing between your thumb and forefinger so that about an inch of it sticks out beyond your hand, and rest the other end on your ring finger. Keep your fingers loosely curled.
Successful chopstick use depends on stabilizing this bottom chopstick, which doesn’t move, to leave your thumb and forefinger free to maneuver the top chopstick, which does.
Step 2: Grip bottom stick w/ thumb
Grip this bottom chopstick with the bottom of your thumb so it is immobilized and sits firmly on your ring finger.
You can use the tip of your middle finger to stabilize the ring-finger end of the chopstick.
Step 3: Grip top stick w/ fingertips
If you’re holding the bottom chopstick correctly, your entire index finger and the top joint of your thumb are free to move around. Grip the top chopstick between the tips of these fingers so that its tip lines up with the bottom chopstick’s tip.
Step 4: Maneuver top & bottom sticks
To pick up a piece of food, maneuver the top chopstick to grasp it with the tip and brace it against the bottom one.
Etiquette requires that you use chopsticks neither to chop nor to stick. For that, use knives and forks.
Step 5: Lift food w/ chopsticks
Now, carefully lift a piece of food with your chopsticks, taking care not to let it slide out. Sweet success.
Many sushi aficionados insist that sushi should be eaten with the fingers—an excellent fallback position if you have trouble mastering chopsticks.
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Comments (6)
I love sushi !!! Yum
over 3 years ago by Summer
cool!
over 2 years ago by manj
Oh My God!..Since I've been child, I've wanted to use them!! thanks
over 3 years ago by Blanqui
nice video. well done
over 2 years ago by dogtide
Boorish? I wonder if the person who wrote that knows what it means. It means ";ill tempered and offensive in appearance and behavior";. Are people really ";offended"; if I use a fork in an Asian restaurant? Give me a break.
about 1 year ago by bugmenot
That's cool info. You can also post how to videos to www.how2answers.net
over 2 years ago by stevgitts
not really useful
over 2 years ago by vkazemi
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