why did the chinese invent chop sticks
trigger
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Monday, 19th of July 2010 03:08:00 AM
they are crap anti- food torture tools the only thing they are good trigger for is drum sticks
for your air drum, which you would be sad Registered User enough
to own, because your the very person who has sets of Joined: Monday, 7th of June 2010, 11:14:00 chopsticks and insists on using them everytime you have chinese food, much Posts: 931 to the misery of your wife and kids! but the real climax is when you cook Viewed 3608 times your own wok fried stringy tangled up offal and are transported into 7th
heaven using real chpsks with a cheap home concocted chinese green swamp
meal,and l wouldnt be at all suprised if you first dish it up into silver
tins with cardboard lids ,then close your eyes shuffle to the dining table
leave it there run back make out you forgot you did that and walk back
rubbing your hands and licking your lips,trying to convince yourself it is
a real take away fromthe hoo hee gardengate chinese down the road
/>er....but l cant be sure
my Q> is it chopsticks againandfork off
or is ituse the fork and chopsticks are off
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Hunk
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Tuesday, 20th of July 2010 03:25:14 AM
Every inventor has a purpose/s for inventing things, that is Hunk why we should not question why the Chinese invented the chopsticks. Just Registered User leave them alone for their purpose in inventing & using chopsticks just as Joined: Thursday, 29th of April 2010, 19:34:52 they leave us alone in our use of the forks, spoons, & knives. Posts: 1668 Viewed 17350 times It is also just like asking, ''Why don't Americans, Britts, Canadians, &
other Europeans use handkerchiefs to cover their mouths when sneezing,
yawning, & sometimes coughing? Maybe some do, but unfortunately, I
haven't seen one yet. I am talking of hankies here, not tissue paper.
snookums
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Wednesday, 21st of July 2010 07:12:47 AM
chopsticks are the best things invented!! snookums Registered User Joined: Thursday, 20th of May 2010, 10:39:51 Posts: 1948 Viewed 1316 times
angel cakes
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Thursday, 22nd of July 2010 04:55:28 AM
to eat chopped food.at the time invented forks had not been angel cakes used yet, the sticks tradition stayed. Registered User Joined: Thursday, 22nd of April 2010, 00:58:06 Posts: 1118 Viewed 3307 times
SpongeBob
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Friday, 23rd of July 2010 12:46:50 AM
Gees Louise, they're easy as heck to use. I don't know what the SpongeBob problem is. I've used them since I was 8. I practiced on ALL the food I ate Registered User -- popcorn, spaghetti, french fries. I still use them 50% of the time. Joined: Saturday, 29th of May 2010, 19:46:08 Pracice a little, dude. Posts: 1934 Viewed 14909 times
Curly Temple
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Saturday, 24th of July 2010 06:01:11 AM
maybe coz we beat them to inventing the spoon?! x x Curly Temple if you ever go to a chinese place, just take your own knife and fork!! Registered User Joined: Saturday, 1st of May 2010, 00:41:49 Posts: 582 Viewed 12702 times
Lolli
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Sunday, 25th of July 2010 03:04:40 AM
Who says you have to use em. Lolli Chopsticks are fine and you get mad at them because you can not use em Registered User .Instead of making stupid comments about forks and chopsticks. Joined: Saturday, 8th of May 2010, 03:57:58 Just use a fork (loser). Posts: 1614 Viewed 6135 times
Peach
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Monday, 26th of July 2010 02:42:53 AM
So has any one decided it is just another religous sillyness Peach Registered User Joined: Wednesday, 9th of June 2010, 12:55:34 Posts: 960 Viewed 15825 times
Ment
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Tuesday, 27th of July 2010 01:10:37 PM
For the same reason as westerners, who invented fork and knife Ment - to avoid washing hands - before and after meals. In India neither fork Registered User and knife is used nor chopstcks but they have made fine art of eating with Joined: Wednesday, 28th of April 2010, 19:14:51 fingers with elegance. (But washing hands before and after meal is a must) Posts: 1841 Viewed 9345 times
my thug
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Wednesday, 28th of July 2010 02:45:20 PM
people would get their food from the fire using sticks or my thug branches of trees. later, when resources lessened, food was cut into Registered User smaller pieces before cooking, eliminating the need for knives. Joined: Monday, 10th of May 2010, 00:18:18 Posts: 1484 confucius also didn't approve of knives, instead supported chopstick use. Viewed 2573 times he taught ''the honorable and upright man keeps well away from both the
slaughterhouse and the kitchen. and he allows no knives on the table.''
Muscle Man
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Thursday, 29th of July 2010 05:18:57 AM
the other are kind of right. Muscle Man wooden chopsticks were first institutionalized in Chinese penitentiaries , Registered User the inmates were using knives, a kind of fork spoon they used to have as Joined: Thursday, 3rd of June 2010, 13:37:42 weapons, due the diverse cultures in the jails at that time it was Posts: 314 impossible to stop confrontation, the easy way they found was to chop the Viewed 1206 times food to little pieces before serving & avoid the use of knives & replace
any possible metallic object to wood for all inmates
This became a symbol of peace because the violence was reduced & Crazy
Confusious decided that all China should live in ''peace & use
chopsticks'' . well they all do now! , but they also use spoons for their
soups. Hunger was another factor involved in the use of chopsticks, small
portions of food & small serving dishes. They had to limit the amount of
food to the population.
Munchie
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Friday, 30th of July 2010 06:29:56 PM
To stop greedy Bs eating too fast Munchie Registered User Joined: Thursday, 20th of May 2010, 13:51:02 Posts: 1514 Viewed 3241 times
Kitten
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Saturday, 31st of July 2010 11:24:30 PM
I agree with Chris' answer. And chopsticks are probably the Kitten main reason why people in that area of the world outlive those of us in Registered User the US by many years. Well, that and their diets. There was a study a Joined: Friday, 4th of June 2010, 16:25:15 while back on people in the US who use chopsticks (regardless of the Posts: 752 reason). The majority of people who are over-weight do not use them. Viewed 5207 times
butt face
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Sunday, 1st of August 2010 01:12:58 AM
I believe it is because Confusious said ''The honorable & butt face upright man keeps well away from both the slaughterhouse & the kitchen. Registered User And he allows no knives on his table.'' Joined: Sunday, 9th of May 2010, 04:02:52 Posts: 1879 Confucius equated knives with acts of aggression, which went against his Viewed 8896 times non-violent teachings & should not be used to dine.
They may actually be linked to Chinese cooking methods - before
stir-frying the food is cut into tiny pieces, making them easy to
manipulate with a chopstick. (but not to us, because a fork is part of our
essential dinner table!)
Pumpkito
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Monday, 2nd of August 2010 11:57:03 AM
It is a part of their culture. Pumpkito Registered User Joined: Monday, 10th of May 2010, 05:15:19 Posts: 1719 Viewed 4690 times
Smiles
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Tuesday, 3rd of August 2010 04:34:08 PM
Be patient my son and soon you will be strong in the chop Smiles sticks! Registered User Joined: Tuesday, 4th of May 2010, 00:37:01 Posts: 1123 Viewed 10156 times
Fluffy-kun
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Wednesday, 4th of August 2010 06:06:03 AM
The conventional wisdom on this subject is that the Chinese Fluffy-kun consider it the chef is duty to carve meat or slice vegetables into Registered User bitesize morsels. Chopsticks were then invented to serve as efficient Joined: Friday, 7th of May 2010, 00:46:27 tools to pick up morsels of food & rice. But there is much evidence to Posts: 786 suggest that their use was originally motivated not by aesthetics but by Viewed 11797 times practical considerations.
Chopsticks were introduced sometime during the Chou Dynasty, probably a
century or so before the birth of Christ. Until the Chou Dynasty, stir
frying did not exist. But China faced a serious fuel (i.e., wood)
shortage. Forests were cut down to clear land for agriculture to feed a
burgeoning population.
lollipop
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Thursday, 5th of August 2010 10:22:16 AM
Chopsticks lollipop Registered User Joined: Thursday, 13th of May 2010, 17:25:09 Posts: 1951 It is commonly known that the Chinese invented chopsticks (or kuaizi in Viewed 6576 times Chinese) as a set of instruments to be used when eating but the reason
behind that is not commonly known. Actually, the Chinese were taught to
use chopsticks long before spoons & forks were invented in Europe (the
knife is older, not as an instrument for dining but as weapon). Chopsticks
were strongly advocated by the great Chinese philosopher Confucius
(551-479BC). Chinese people, under the cultivation of Confucianism,
consider the knife & fork bearing sort of violence, like cold weapons.
However, chopsticks reflect gentleness & benevolence, the main moral
teaching of Confucianism. Therefore, instruments used for killing must be
banned from the dining table, & that is why Chinese food is always chopped
into bite size before it reaches the table.
Here is an interesting article.
http://chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-01/09/content_297513.htm
Bub
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Friday, 6th of August 2010 08:03:47 AM
heheh..nice one. I love a good rant. I only use chopsticks for Bub sushi though. Registered User Joined: Sunday, 16th of May 2010, 22:24:58 Posts: 1418 Viewed 14021 times
Skitterz
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Saturday, 7th of August 2010 09:55:50 PM
If you hate it so much quit your yapping and complaining and Skitterz just stop eating Chinese. Registered User Joined: Sunday, 9th of May 2010, 22:43:21 Posts: 2055 Viewed 10663 times
Chicle
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Sunday, 8th of August 2010 06:46:35 PM
To answer the question - I suppose to eat with Chicle Registered User The rest is just twaddle Joined: Sunday, 25th of April 2010, 02:24:38 Posts: 1200 Viewed 18152 times
Princess Consuela Banana Hammock
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Monday, 9th of August 2010 12:59:20 AM
to make it hard to eat so that u dont eat so that u get really Princess Consuela Banana Hammock skinny. and u die. =) Registered User Joined: Friday, 14th of May 2010, 05:25:59 Posts: 337 Viewed 17567 times
sweet angel baby
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Tuesday, 10th of August 2010 05:39:53 AM
Well they are good at putting your hair up sweet angel baby Registered User Joined: Monday, 17th of May 2010, 19:30:45 Posts: 65 Viewed 15892 times
Lurver
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Wednesday, 11th of August 2010 11:58:25 PM
uhhhhhhhhh yeah...<3 ------ n0 c0mm3nt ------<3 Lurver Registered User Joined: Thursday, 20th of May 2010, 21:42:46 Posts: 1529 Viewed 9968 times
pookie
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Thursday, 12th of August 2010 12:41:54 AM
to prove that we are better for inventing the fork n' knife pookie Registered User Joined: Monday, 24th of May 2010, 12:35:51 Posts: 1972 Viewed 6419 times
Charli
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Friday, 13th of August 2010 12:06:49 AM
To confuse us I am sure Charli Registered User Joined: Sunday, 16th of May 2010, 22:29:49 Posts: 725 Viewed 1770 times
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