Last night I had a moment with a pair of chopsticks.  I was thinking on what to have for dinner.  I was already hungry and the quickest thing to bite is to make some pancit canton.  Some of the packets were already swarmed with ants so i cooked them them all – 4 packets.  I was drooling while imagining that i would have a lot of pancit canton.  Good thing Ma’am JD had some so i was not able to devour them all.

I started having mouthfuls of pancit canton using the chopsticks. I ate it the chinese way.  I placed the noodles in a flat dish so at the end of the meal I was already having a hard time eating the last small amount so i used spoon.  I smiled to myself because i started with chopsticks and ended with a spoon.

It made me recall that while in China, i don’t like having bowls as meal or dinner plates.  When i invite people (friends and students) i like them to have a taste of how we serve food my way so i use plates.  We use bowls for soup.  Then they explained to me that chopsticks is hard to use when using a flat plate because they have a hard time picking the last morcel.  Now i can understand as i have experienced it last night.

Over in China, i own more than 3 dozen pairs of chopstics and at least a dozen chinese bowls for meals.

Some said that chopsticks is a way for someone to eat very little that is why it can induce slimness. =)  This did not happen to me. hehehe