Are you left or right handed?

[Mel81x+]

HappyBlue right about now.

[Happy Blue]

2 hours ago, nudge said:

How do you cut your steak? With an axe? Or just swallow it whole

Like you would with chop sticks  ..attempt to use your cutlery, give up and just pick it up and chew on it 

[Stan]

36 minutes ago, Happy Blue said:

Like you would with chop sticks  ..attempt to use your cutlery, give up and just pick it up and chew on it 

absolute neanderthal  

[Viva la FCB+]

On 29/01/2022 at 12:42, DeadLinesman said:

I tend to sit on it for about 20 minutes before so it feels like a stranger.

First thing that came to my mind 

wait does this mean we're ambidextrous?  

[nudge]

48 minutes ago, Stan said:

absolute neanderthal  

Poor Neanderthals, can't catch a break. Not only did we contribute significantly to their extinction, but even after 40000 years we still keep on falsely depicting them as primitive, inferior ape men to make ourselves feel better about it

[Spike]

On 28/01/2022 at 18:45, nudge said:

Umm that's the normal way to eat?... Fork in the left hand, knife in the right. Do people use fork and knife in a different manner in the US?

That is how I, and everyone in my family eats, as well as family friends, etc. I think that how it's taught, probably as you say a cultural thing, to me it is bizarre to see a knife used on the left hand.  However, my wife's family has Filipino heritage and they eat by using a fork in the left hand and a spoon in the right hand, and use the fork to push food onto the spoon. Which is interesting to think about, I wonder if it is a bizarre culmination of eating food that would be eaten with chopsticks in the many places of East-Asia but also having been influenced by western styled tools.

[nudge]

7 minutes ago, Spike said:

That is how I, and everyone in my family eats, as well as family friends, etc. I think that how it's taught, probably as you say a cultural thing, to me it is bizarre to see a knife used on the left hand.  However, my wife's family has Filipino heritage and they eat by using a fork in the left hand and a spoon in the right hand, and use the fork to push food onto the spoon. Which is interesting to think about, I wonder if it is a bizarre culmination of eating food that would be eaten with chopsticks in the many places of East-Asia but also having been influenced by western styled tools.

That's pretty much the norm all across the SE Asia. I agree that it's probably influenced by both the East and the West. Those influences are also pretty interesting when you compare the table etiquette of different nations in the region - for example, chopsticks are rarely used in Thailand, but they are the utensil of choice in Vietnam, who were heavily influenced by Chinese culture, and Cambodia, who in turn has been influenced heavily by the Vietnamese.

[Spike]

1 minute ago, nudge said:

That's pretty much the norm all across the SE Asia. I agree that it's probably influenced by both the East and the West. Those influences are also pretty interesting when you compare the table etiquette of different nations in the region - for example, chopsticks are rarely used in Thailand, but they are the utensil of choice in Vietnam, who were heavily influenced by Chinese culture, and Cambodia, who in turn has been influenced heavily by the Vietnamese.

The Philippines is just rudimentary Chinese culture multiplied by the table scraps the Spanish would let them have, with a little pacific island flair for good measure. Yeah I imagine so, since you live there say hello to my dad for me and then spit in his face.

[nudge]

1 minute ago, Spike said:

The Philippines is just rudimentary Chinese culture multiplied by the table scraps the Spanish would let them have, with a little pacific island flair for good measure. Yeah I imagine so, since you live there say hello to my dad for me and then spit in his face.

Where does your dad live?

[Spike]

Just now, nudge said:

Where does your dad live?

Cambodia the last I checked. That could have changed several times.

[Carnivore Chris]

On 30/01/2022 at 10:50, CaaC (John) said:

 

If you find yourself only able to use the left side of your computer's keyboard, there are still plenty of words that you can type out. By using Q, W, E, R, T, A, S, D, F, G, Z, X, C, V, and B—the letters on the left side of the standard keyboard—

 

Sad Bastard 

[Mel81x+]

1 hour ago, Spike said:

That is how I, and everyone in my family eats, as well as family friends, etc. I think that how it's taught, probably as you say a cultural thing, to me it is bizarre to see a knife used on the left hand.  However, my wife's family has Filipino heritage and they eat by using a fork in the left hand and a spoon in the right hand, and use the fork to push food onto the spoon. Which is interesting to think about, I wonder if it is a bizarre culmination of eating food that would be eaten with chopsticks in the many places of East-Asia but also having been influenced by western styled tools.

This is one of the more common ways I have seen folks eat fried-rice where I am from from in India. I used to find it weird at first then I realized its quite practical and you can do it with the accompaniments too.

[Viva la FCB+]

On 01/02/2022 at 11:32, Spike said:

That is how I, and everyone in my family eats, as well as family friends, etc. I think that how it's taught, probably as you say a cultural thing, to me it is bizarre to see a knife used on the left hand.  However, my wife's family has Filipino heritage and they eat by using a fork in the left hand and a spoon in the right hand, and use the fork to push food onto the spoon. Which is interesting to think about, I wonder if it is a bizarre culmination of eating food that would be eaten with chopsticks in the many places of East-Asia but also having been influenced by western styled tools.

It is kinda funny my Fiance is Filipino as well, she still uses a fork and spoon for most things even being born and raised here and fairly westernized. I probably eat more rice then her and I kind of adopted using it for rice as its 1000% more practical. My experience with Filipino food is alot of rice and alot of sauces and soups - the meats and fish are all cooked to the point where you can use a fork and spoon and anything that isnt usually has a bone which they used their hands for. 

[Tommy]

You lot made me curious about Filipino food. I have research to do. 

[RandoEFC+]

My Dad is probably one of the last people in the UK at least to have gone to school, written left-handed and been forced to learn to write right-handed, resulting in him being ambidextrous.