There is a Chinese food fork - it's great if you have a day off and you plan to pamper yourself with rolls in front of a TV in your living room. But, if you ever go to a chic restaurant, where the sticks are the norm, but the forks will not even offer as a table appliance, then you will be extremely necessary to read the following instructions.
Find out how to keep sticks and how to move your fingers to enjoy Chinese cuisine as it should. Let's start!
Separate two sticks. If you have disposable sticks, those that are most often served in almost all Chinese restaurants, then you must first separate them from each other. Two halves will resemble tweezers. Take the first wand. At first, take only one stick using your dominant hand (although in the Chinese tradition is made with your right hand, even if you are left-hand) and send a narrower end towards the plate. Adjust the wand so that about three centimeters of a thicker end peeking out of the area between the index and thumb. The lower joint of the thumb will not give a stick to move. Now put the wand so that it rests slightly on the inside of your nameless finger, while freeing your middle and index finger.The first wand will be your support and it should not move them to this position when you take food.
Compare the thick end of the second stick with the thick end of the first stick, so that it looks out for three centimeters and was located between the index and thumbs. Control the narrower tip: it should take place between the middle and index fingers. Relax your hand and try to remember this position, because it is the main way to keep sticks.
In order to move the second wand (remember that the first stick is fixed), slightly push it on it with the tip of the thumb, and make sure that the finger does not shift the first wand. In addition, use the index and middle finger to push the sticks or weaken them.
The most difficult way to synchronize your thumb with the average and indicative so that everything worked in unison, but this skill will definitely appear with practice.
Take the food. Learn to compress freely and let go of sticks, and do not be discouraged if you will not be able to capture food from the first time.As soon as you feel that we have mastered the ownership of chopsticks, start with large pieces of food, such as shrimps and sushi, then go to smaller dishes, requiring confident coordination: rice and noodles, for example. Good luck!