Handedness of Utensil Manipulation

[Ysh]

Fork left knife right, or korean(flat, ridged end) chopsticks.

You are left or right handed? Which hand do you use fork in if you do not use knife?

Right handed. Fork in right hand if used alone. Swapping may occur(fork right, knife left) in cases of particularly tough or slippery meats that require more force to hold down, but this feels awkward as my cutting motions with a knife in left hand isn't as fluid.

Interesting. I suppose it will make sense if this right hand is really far more powerful than left, you will give it harder task.

I learned to cut left handed because formal dinner rules require it. Hazing at a dinner party can be called for for any rules infraction, no matter how minor. (No, I'm not sharing more than that... well, I'll just say that someone pissed in the grog one year.)

What is cutting left handed? I am right handed but I cut with left hand, yet I see other men in this thread who are right handed cut with right hand. It seem to me there is no consistent way right handed man will cut.

I think if the meal is well cooked, you can actually cut it with fork, one little piece at a time, nice and easy and nobody will probably notice.

In the places where only steel knives can carve into the meal because the cook hates his job or his customers or everyone, nobody will probably care if you use your fists.

So I usually just use the fork, but if I need to use a knife then I do it with my right hand because I need strength and precision with it, fork going in left hand or in a waiting position. I tend to never put a knife in my mouth, so when I can send the food to my mouth, I use the fork for that, holding fork in right hand.

I am right-handed.

One time I do analysis on my body and the man asks me if I am left handed because he claim I have more muscle mass in left arm than right. So I think I have more strength in left hand and more dexterity in right. For this reason I will refer to my arms as ''Dex'' and ''Buster.'' Dex being right for the dexterity, and Buster being left for sheer power.

Lefty here !
Fork in left, always. Spoon in left, always.

Very logic system!

after being stationed in japan for 5 years I grew accustomed to using chopsticks and even when I went back to the us I still regularly eat with them. it deffinately slows down your eating but I think that's a good thing you end up eating less but I feel its more enjoyable.


I can make a mean plate of Japanese curry and rice. also learned how to make my own rice triangles

sadly if you don't use it you lose it is very true most of the language I picked up while there I cant remember T_T

I will make some of this curry myself. Very tasty and freezes well. The curry is easy to make, though the roux is a bit of pain so I will make this in large patch and freeze it. I think that some sauce with meat and vegetable over rice is ideal food form.

One day I hope to visit this Japan island, it sound like very interesting place to me! I do not want to look like so much of a tourist, so I am studying some basics of this language. So far I know these following important phrases:

• やれやれだぜ
• だってばよ
• お前はもう死んでいる
• 無駄無駄無駄
• 私は 火影 に なる

With these I think I will be able to get by in common Japan situations, but I still have much to learn.