Today was a gloriously gross indulgent write-off (terrible for me eyes and body), but at least I did manage to make dinner and deal with the Doom Pile of Dishes. I tried eating rice with a fork to be silly and still found it incomprehensible so I googled “why do white people eat rice with a fork”. Apparently because it is just a starch to eat with other dry things you need a fork for: it is like a crumbly potato. Cool. Well, I’m still going to stick with a spoon anyway…
Because I’m silly - how do you eat rice properly with chopsticks? I can use them and pick things up okay but doesn’t drier and crumbly (long grain) rice fall, or even if you get a clump isn’t it hard to pick up more than a little bit at a time?
I’m guessing picking up a mouthful of sticky short grain rice is easier, or when it’s mixed in with sauce and other food to bind it.
To eat rice with chopsticks it needs to have been cooked to be eaten with chopsticks IMO. It’s more sticky and you gently grab a clump, place the clump in your mouth, then go for the main dish, then chew (or chew/swallow the rice bite first). Eating wet or dry single grains of rice with *chopsticks is not fun.
For ref at home we typically just use a spoon, and it has been ages since we’ve cooked rice to use chopsticks with but IIRC it’s always jasmine rice absorption method or sushi *rice when we’ve bothered to eat rice using chopsticks at home. Don’t quote me on any of that though.
Today was a gloriously gross indulgent write-off (terrible for me eyes and body), but at least I did manage to make dinner and deal with the Doom Pile of Dishes. I tried eating rice with a fork to be silly and still found it incomprehensible so I googled “why do white people eat rice with a fork”. Apparently because it is just a starch to eat with other dry things you need a fork for: it is like a crumbly potato. Cool. Well, I’m still going to stick with a spoon anyway…
Spork.
You got Doom running on a pile of dishes? Show me how sensei.
Because I’m silly - how do you eat rice properly with chopsticks? I can use them and pick things up okay but doesn’t drier and crumbly (long grain) rice fall, or even if you get a clump isn’t it hard to pick up more than a little bit at a time?
I’m guessing picking up a mouthful of sticky short grain rice is easier, or when it’s mixed in with sauce and other food to bind it.
I use a fork at home and don’t understand why it’s an issue. Italians and Spaniards eat rice with a fork.
To eat rice with chopsticks it needs to have been cooked to be eaten with chopsticks IMO. It’s more sticky and you gently grab a clump, place the clump in your mouth, then go for the main dish, then chew (or chew/swallow the rice bite first). Eating wet or dry single grains of rice with *chopsticks is not fun.
For ref at home we typically just use a spoon, and it has been ages since we’ve cooked rice to use chopsticks with but IIRC it’s always jasmine rice absorption method or sushi *rice when we’ve bothered to eat rice using chopsticks at home. Don’t quote me on any of that though.
You use the chopsticks differently for rice. Think “shovel”
It’s not easy with chopsticks.
Quite honestly if I’m faced with it I either get a spoon or if lacking I have to hold the bowl up to my mouth and sweep it in with the chopsticks.