Chopstick Etiquette?
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- jessop
December 19, 2009
4 posts -
Hey there,
I am a food writer (www.jessieandthegiantplate.com) with a strong interest in Chinese cuisine, and I am currently researching for an article on Chinese chopstick etiquette.
So far I have interviewed a couple of people about the rules of chopstick use that they learnt as a child, but I would love to hear from more. So, if any Chinese readers or readers with Chinese-heritage have the time, I'd love to hear from you on this subject.
Please feel free to reply here, or send me an email at jessielevene AT hotmail DOT com
Many thanks in advance,
Jessie
- jessop
- fyen18
December 31, 2009
20 posts -
It's me Fei, don't know if u remember me, we met at Panda a while back with Jane and Shana. How have you been? Things I know about chopsticks: don't stick them into your bowl of rice and leave them there. Especially, don't stick your chopsticks directly from the top of the bowl and leave it unattended since this will look as if the chopsticks were incense and your bowl of rice a dried bowl of rice. Usually, people light up incense and stick them into dried bowls of rice when they visit funerals. So a symbol like this may suggest that death is near, so this is a big no-no.
Happy 2010,
Fei
- fyen18
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