• Orbituary@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I was taught to pass food with the back end of the chopsticks, not the part that goes in your mouth. Is that your understanding as well?

    • sushibowl@feddit.nl
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      5 months ago

      Generally, if you want to pass food to someone, put it on a plate so they can pick it up themselves.

      The only reason to use the back of the chopsticks, is if there is a shared plate of food in the center without a separate set of serving chopsticks. Taking from the shared plate with chopsticks that have been in your mouth could be considered unhygienic. You can use the back of the chopsticks to move the food to your own plate, then eat it.

      However this is more like advanced etiquette and not a crucial rule, in my opinion. The only really bad things to avoid are sticking your chopsticks upright into rice and passing food between chopsticks.

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      5 months ago

      Passing to their plate, not their chopsticks.

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        5 months ago

        Wait, you don’t pick it off the leaf on the person, and put it directly in your friend’s mouth?

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          5 months ago

          No, but I prechew it for them for easy digestion. Its a courtesy in my culture.