How adept are you with chop sticks?

Once I adapted I became quite adept, almost adroit, if I do say so myself.
I am, however, not yet ambidextrous with them.

I jsut go straight for forks…. i’m not good with chop sticks.

No problem. They are the best choice for eating salad or taking a pickle out of the pickle jar.

I’m rather adept, though it took me awhile.
I normally use chopsticks when offered to use them at Asian restaurants, and occasionally I’ll use them at home when eating sushi from our neighbors.

I’m a fucking ninja with chopsticks!

I’m pretty good at using them, but my parents taught me young (age 5 or so).

Fluent.

I have been able to change a babies diaper with chop sticks and leap tall buildings in s single bound with them!!

I’m too damn lazy to even bother to try learning how to use them. Fork, please.

I eat with my hands like a werewolf ;)why waste time

I am quite adapted to them even to the point that one of the chefs that cooked for me asked if I had been to an Asian country before.

And he was Japanese, which makes it serious.

I can get the important bits to my mouth.

I’m alright with them. I used to be bad and I would ask for a fork even up to just a few years ago, but now I would never do such a thing. :) I’ve learned to use them pretty well.

I know how to use them but I’m lazy. I usually just shovel the food into my mouth with a fork. I do use the chopsticks in cooking oriental food, the cooking techniques (the wok) involved pretty much require chopsticks, even the traditional method of judging temperature. All you need is a wok, a steamer, a cleaver and a pair of chopsticks.

I’m pretty good, but not an expert or anything. I don’t get enough practice.

@lucillelucillelucille Do werewolves have hands? ;)

I’ve been trying to be adept, but so far I’m only half dept.

@ubersiren -Yes,and manicures cost a fortune!

I try, but, usually end up stabbing my food with the chopstick, then monch.

I started with trainer sticks and now too “IN” to ask for them. I’m gettin better all the time to loosely quote the Beatles and now just make a mess with the free starter.

@lucillelucillelucille Hahaha… you be funny!

I went to sushi train the other day and must say i sucked quite badly at first. My first 3 dollar plate went on the floor. However, i managed to struggle enough to get some food in me, and i didn’t surrender to the old stabby method of using chopsticks either.

I’ve been living in South Korea for a year and a half, so pretty good! When I first arrived it took me two hours to get through a lunch, and half of my clothes now have kim-chee stains all down them. It’s not polite to pick up food with your fingers here though, so even fried chicken is consumed using chopsticks. Burgers are all good for fingering.

I’m at work progressing.

Quite. Practices with popcorn as a child, but I still scoop rice with the bowl to my mouth. Unless the rice is clumpy.

My kid can use them better than me…and that’s saying a lot.

I’m adept, but my duck struggles a bit.

@Vunessuh -Make sure it’s dead before you eat it ;)

Two years ago I was told I’d been doing it wrong my whole life, but by then it was too late. I’m competent, I guess. My technique is crude but I can eat superfast. ;)

I’m pretty good, but not totally fluent. My Chinese Daughter-In-Law gave me a lovely set of lacquered Happiness Chopsticks and a silk pouch to keep them in, and I use them frequently.

Grew up with them. I can take any two sticks that fit in my hand and make them into a utensil. I prefer a fork for some types of rice though, especially when I’m ravenous. It’s just so much faster.

I can’t catch flies with them like some movie stars, but I grew up with them – I have lived in both China and Japan. I prefer them to cutlery.

Pretty adept, had lots of extra practice in Taiwan last month.
Have several sets I use at home now and then.

Lol——I grew up eating with chopsticks, not fork and knife (that came later), so it’s as natural as using a pen or a pencil to write. Chopsticks are my other fingers.

I can eat jell-o squares with chopsticks. And I actually have a harder time eating rice with a fork than I do with chopsticks.

Very adept, to the point where one of them will end up poking me in the eye!

Excellent, been using all my life and they are great for picking up the last bits of yum from a plate or bowl.

I suck at it, so I no longer even try. My husband used to think he was really good at it, until he started eating at the Asian restaurants that the Asian Americans frequent. Once he saw how good someone could be with them, he gave it up for good. ;-)

@MacBean Jello-squares? Why?

@anjeanmayenim Because someone bet me I couldn’t.

I’m not an expert, and my technique is a little strange, but it works well enough.