Posted by
RepublicanEvangelist on Saturday, December 27, 2008 6:51:48 PM
My wife and kids and I at PF Chang's today for lunch. It isn't my favorite Chinese food. My favorite is at Yang Chow's in Chinatown. If ever in LA, you should go and eat the slippery shrimp. It tastes much better than it sounds. Anyway, I usually use a fork when dining with Chinese food, Japanese food and pretty much any other food other than like a hot dog or pizza. There I just use my hands. I think the French invented the fork and it may be a high water mark in history. To me the chopstick is like the horse and buggy. Anyway it occurred to me today as odd that cultures that use the chopstick are also cultures that have rice as their staple. Other than the shoveling technique (placing the rice bowl up to your mouth and shoveling it in), there is no way to eat rice efficiently with the chopstick. I think it probably burns more calories eating two or three grains at a time (I once grabbed four) than is produced by the two or three grains. I think there is a diet plan in there somewhere. There is a phenomenon of some Asian immigrants to the United States gaining weight upon arrival. Many speculate it is the increase in meat consumption and or the prevalence of junk food. I say it is the fork.