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30–40 centimetres) for frying or cooking. They come in two lengths: shorter for eating and cooking, and longer (approx. While chopsticks are popular around the world, it is in Asian cuisine that they are most widely used. Far more expensive than plastic, bamboo or wooden chopsticks, they are regarded as luxury goods. Chopsticks can also be made from precious metals, such as gold or silver.

For foods containing bones (such as chicken), hold the food with the chopsticks and eat around the bone.Ĭhildren often find it easier to hold chopsticks nearer the bottom instead of in the middle.Japanese chopsticks (hashi), the East Asian equivalent of cutlery, are two polished sticks of specific length made from wood, bamboo, porcelain, bone, metal or ivory, sometimes also decorated with ornaments.

Lift the food up to your mouth, leaning over if necessary.The basic idea is to use the chopstick as a pivot, with the thumb being the axle. Grab the food, and then bring the chopsticks together by curling your index and middle fingers. To pick up food, straighten your index and middle fingers as much as needed to move the top chopstick outward.When eating, always keep the bottom chopstick stationary and use the top chopstick to manoeuvre and pick up food.The index and middle fingers should be curled. Now pick up the other chopstick and place it on top, firmly between the tips of your thumb, index and middle fingers.Pick up a chopstick and hold it so that it’s resting comfortably between the tip of your fourth finger (the ring finger) and the hollow gap between your thumb and index finger.Always grab the chopsticks in the middle, making sure that the ends are even and do not cross.Plastic chopsticks are more slippery and harder to hold. If possible, use wood or bamboo chopsticks.