Isn't 'Hashi' the correct term? Chopsticks are a westernized word from what I was told. My tea sensei would get mad at me if I referred to Hashi as Chopsticks. . .
I never eat with my fingers, unless it's a cookie sort of thing, but even with Sushi and the such. My family is all of German descent, which, generally, in German families, everything is eat with utensils of some sort. For some reason I have an aversion to touching my food with my fingers, I guess it seems unclean for me as that's how I was raised? I eat burritos and pizza with a fork. . .
When it comes to Japanese food, I use Hashi, but with everything else, I use a fork.
