[Hyakushi]

Originally Posted by MMM

This is a very fair question.

Chopsticks fit with Japanese culture perfectly. In Japan food is art, and food is appreciated, and food is loved. You will find people say that in Japanese cuisine presentation is just as important as flavor. It must stimulate more than one of the senses. It should please the eye, the nose, the mouth, even touch and sound are important. Sensory peace, tranquility and balance are valuble. In the west these ideas are largely ignored.

So with that in mind, think about chopsticks, and think about western utensils. Chopsticks can stir, mix, move and carry. The soft piece of tofu, bite of rice or slice of sashimi makes its path from the small plate to your mouth delicately carried by two long, pliable pieces of wood. The food remains in the same form until the moment it hits your tongue.

This is eating food properly in Japan. What better time to be harmonious with nature and with your self than at mealtime?

Do you still wonder why they don't use violent metal weapons to stab, slice, butcher, and cut up their food?



Really? I thought it was a pretty good post, actually. And at least it was on topic and tried to address the inquiry of the original poster.

I agree with you MMM many things are ignored today and many traditions are being forgoten. I was studying cooking asian cuisine, I wanted to be a chef because I loved to cook but as you can see I couldn't control the consequences of my actions. If you really like the thing you are doing then the way you talk about it is poetry, not many people will under stand that seeing how they just mainly want money from there jobs instead of having a good time.
What wrong with mixing both food and sex together Tenchu?, *raises eye brow* Tenchu you say MMM sounds gay for talking about sex? Now your making me wonder if your incompitent. . .