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To think mash is the easiest thing to eat with chopsticks?

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PennyRa · 28/12/2022 23:17

Talking with a friend about Christmas, somehow the fact we used chopsticks for Christmas dinner came up (Chopsticks are the norm in our household). Friend said something along the lines of chopsticks are great but can't be used for everything. I replied, yeah sometimes you need a spoon. Friend responded "Yeah, imagine trying to eat mash with chopsticks"...

I didn't want friend to feel bad at the time, maybe they don't have much experience with chopsticks I'm not sure, so just glossed over it, but the more I think about it the more I'm confused.

AIBU to think mash is the easiest thing to eat with chopsticks?

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Talipesmum · 29/12/2022 09:34

Memam · 29/12/2022 05:59

Some people are really sinking their teeth into the 'neat little blocks' comment. Clearly she means mash of the solid, fluffy type. You know, not gravy-ridden and liquid.

As for some of the others who are hell bent on trying to ascertain where she is from - no, I mean 'really' from, just does it mean if she says she's part-Chinese, -Japanese or -Korean, her opinion holds more weight? It doesn't work like that.

Personally, a fork is best for mash. Yes, you can pick up a lot of mash if it's more solid, light and fluffy with chopsticks, but once you're almost finished it'll be near impossible to 'get to' the rest, so I disagree with you OP. The curved sides and tines of a standard fork are infinitely better to collect mash for consumption!

Chopsticks and mash is like when people eat their fried rice on a plate with chopsticks! It's rice in a bowl with chopsticks. Anyway, I digress...

Agree - but just to point out she’s not saying “chopsticks are the most convenient utensil to eat mash with”, she’s saying “mash is one of the easiest things to eat with chopsticks”. Basically, sure, there are plenty of things that might be tricky to eat with chopsticks, but mash is really not one of them.

Definitely going to have to try this for the purpose of research. And it would in no way be part of my culture. So ner.

Willowswood · 29/12/2022 09:44

Omg. Lol to all the people that are replying and not actually answering the question. The question is, is mash the easiest thing to eat with chopsticks?

The question isn't 'is it rude to eat mash with chopsticks', or 'what countries use chopsticks', 'should you lick chopsticks' etc etc

So to answer the actual question, yes it's extremely easy to eat mashed potato with chopsticks, due to the texture of the food it is very easy to pick it up with the chopsticks.

KousaMahshi · 29/12/2022 12:10

PennyRa · 29/12/2022 03:18

I get that my culture is laughable without a seconds though, but that is all I am asking of you ...a seconds thought

You haven't said what your culture actuially is, so how is anyone going to give it a seconds thought?

KousaMahshi · 29/12/2022 12:12

Willowswood · 29/12/2022 09:44

Omg. Lol to all the people that are replying and not actually answering the question. The question is, is mash the easiest thing to eat with chopsticks?

The question isn't 'is it rude to eat mash with chopsticks', or 'what countries use chopsticks', 'should you lick chopsticks' etc etc

So to answer the actual question, yes it's extremely easy to eat mashed potato with chopsticks, due to the texture of the food it is very easy to pick it up with the chopsticks.

Actually the answer to the question is No, mash is definitely not the easiest food to eat with chopsticks. Lots of things are easier to eat, many of them are food actually made for eating with chopsticks.

TheBirdintheCave · 29/12/2022 12:19

I find rice the easiest thing to eat with chopsticks but that's probably because I eat a lot of rice with chopsticks.

kimchifix · 29/12/2022 12:30

Who cares what you eat your food with, especially in your own home? In some cultures people eat with their bare hands. So what?! If it's easier for you, it's easier. Tbh, I think it must be easier to eat mash than rice with chopsticks - at least it sticks together & you can scoop up a good mouthful!

MrsMorrisey · 29/12/2022 12:37

Why would you in the first place?
But if you did I can see why it's not that hard.
Why aren't you saying your culture?
What is Euroasian?

KousaMahshi · 29/12/2022 14:17

Eurasian is, obviously, someone/something that is part European and part Asian. But since there are 48 countries in Asia, and many many more cultures and sub cultures and ethnic groupings, its pretty meaningless as a cultural descriptor.

AndyWarholsPiehole · 29/12/2022 15:05

When eating a Christmas dinner with chop sticks do you cut up the meat and then use the chopsticks or just take a bite out of a large slice?

Floralnomad · 29/12/2022 15:14

Surely what is easy or not easy to eat with chopsticks depends on the dexterity of the person using them .

Pumperthepumper · 29/12/2022 15:24

I can see mash being easy to eat with chopsticks.

Baked beans are probably quite hard to eat with chopsticks, id imagine.

KousaMahshi · 29/12/2022 15:29

AndyWarholsPiehole · 29/12/2022 15:05

When eating a Christmas dinner with chop sticks do you cut up the meat and then use the chopsticks or just take a bite out of a large slice?

If you were presenting the meal to be eaten with chopsticks, only bite sized pieces would be on the table.

AndyWarholsPiehole · 29/12/2022 15:43

Thank you for the reply KousaMahshi. Makes perfect sense.

xsquared · 29/12/2022 16:01

Grew up eating pretty much every meal with chopsticks.

Mashed potato would definitely be easy to eat with chopsticks, but easier than anything else? Not sure.

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PennyRa · 29/12/2022 20:17

AndyWarholsPiehole · 29/12/2022 15:05

When eating a Christmas dinner with chop sticks do you cut up the meat and then use the chopsticks or just take a bite out of a large slice?

What we had you could rip with the chopsticks

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