Filipinos Eating -Forks & Spoons

[August1991]

On 9/6/2024 at 7:23 AM, Perspektiv said:

Hong Kong is a mix. Its rather unique.

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I am real.

Perspektiv, you are fake.

[August1991]

Prespektiv - fake,

Why do Filipinos not use knives?

[Guest]

5 hours ago, August1991 said:

Prespektiv - fake,

Why do Filipinos not use knives?

Ask my wife. Mind you, she uses knives. 

[herbie]

18 hours ago, August1991 said:

Why do Filipinos not use knives?

Forgetting the knives Asians use in the kitchen that cut the food into small pieces for you. Put a 12oz slab of steak or whole Thanksgiving turkey in front of one.
For that matter have a head shake at the white person eating a KFC drumstick with a knife and fork.

[August1991]

On 9/25/2024 at 5:37 PM, herbie said:

Forgetting the knives Asians use in the kitchen that cut the food into small pieces for you.

As I noted, Chinese eat food with sticks.

Filipinos eat food with spoons and forks - no knives  

[herbie]

And many cultures eat their rice with spoons or their fingers. So what?

Big pieces you have to cut up aren't part of their culture.

[August1991]

On 9/27/2024 at 11:49 PM, herbie said:

And many cultures eat their rice with spoons or their fingers. So what?

Big pieces you have to cut up aren't part of their culture.

Disagree.

Some people eat food with fingers (India) or with sticks (China).

We in the West require a knife.

[herbie]

17 hours ago, August1991 said:

We in the West require a knife.

to eat chili? spaghetti? hamburgers? FISH & CHIPS? Drumsticks?

The cook could cut it all up before it's served and none is required.
Big chunks are a cultural thing, showing your guests food is plentiful. In other cultures that is expressed with variety of dishes, not size like hunks of meat and whole uncut potatoes.

Never been to an Asian's house? Multiple dishes, differing flavours, textures of food. Comparable banquet of food.
100x better than a knife to go along with a whole chicken breast, boiled potato and frozen veggies....

 

Edited October 23, 2024 by herbie

[August1991]

On 10/23/2024 at 4:27 PM, herbie said:

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Never been to an Asian's house? Multiple dishes, differing flavours, textures of food. Comparable banquet of food.

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Herbie, you miss my point.

IME, many Asians do not understand sarcasm.

They rarely if ever understand irony.

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But we Europeans (Westerners) use knives to eat.