• tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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      12 days ago

      Easier to eat sticky rice (like in Japan) with chopsticks than a spoon, and cultures that don’t make sticky rice (China, Korea) don’t eat rice with chopsticks.

      Actually I know Korea uses a spoon and I think China does for fried rice but if they have a bowl of white rice they might use chopsticks because it’s culturally acceptable to pick up the bowl and just kind of push it into your mouth.

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          12 days ago

          I’ll have to take your word for it. I’ve been to Korea a few times but I can’t quite remember what other people were using for their rice in restaurants. I know they at least use it for stuff like bibimbap, and I’ve seen a couple Koreans say they use spoons for just rice on yt

          https://youtu.be/-l3szzEXMk4?t=147

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      12 days ago

      Yes, rice is best eating with spoons. I have no idea how people eat rice with chopsticks. They’re crazy. Actually I think they eat sticky chunky rice, so they pick up the rice in clusters with chopsticks and that’s great for them but that is not the kind of food I eat so whatever.