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Benedict Arnold

Am I shamefully uncooth to eat sushi with my fingers rather than sticks?

Posted - April 3, 2017
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  • 496
    No, I'm not going to complain. First we are having sushi. Secondly its not like you are feeding me. So, let's just sit a spell and enjoy. Pass the Saki. 
      April 3, 2017 6:59 PM MDT
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  • Depends on how much wasabi you're using.
      April 3, 2017 7:00 PM MDT
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  • Hummm. Don't see the connection.
      April 3, 2017 7:01 PM MDT
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  • That's not my problem.
      April 3, 2017 7:03 PM MDT
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  • Ah!  So you don't know.
      April 3, 2017 7:10 PM MDT
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  • I do so!!! I just don't feel like explaining it .... That's my prerogative :p
      April 3, 2017 7:12 PM MDT
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  • DO NOT!!
      April 3, 2017 7:39 PM MDT
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  • You're trying to trick me .... DO SO! But I don't have to prove it by give explanation. Cos I said so 
      April 3, 2017 7:44 PM MDT
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  • DO NOT!!! And I'm TELLIN"!!!
      April 3, 2017 7:49 PM MDT
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  • lol:) "STOWE" AWAY! :p
      April 3, 2017 7:50 PM MDT
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  • Hi Whistle6,
    Turns out this chopsticks v. fingers for sushi is quite a significant question!
    Americans tend to eat sushi with chopsticks, but by-and-large in Japan, most sushi is traditionally eaten as a finger food:

    "Using chopsticks to eat sushi? Wrong, wrong, wrong, says Trevor Corson, the author of “The Story of Sushi” (originally published as “The Zen of Fish,” Harper Perennial, 2008)."
    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/dining/04sush.html

    You can even pay $105 and the author of this book Trevor will give you lessons!
      April 3, 2017 7:09 PM MDT
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  • Checked the link.  Pretentious scam.
      April 3, 2017 7:51 PM MDT
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  • Well...I am not sure I would pay the bucks to learn to eat sushi with my fingers! ...or the ZEN OF FISH either...
      April 3, 2017 10:02 PM MDT
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  • In a few days I'll come up with a retort that will burn like wasabi.
      April 3, 2017 7:53 PM MDT
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  • 7792
    If you think you are shamefully uncouth then I guess you are. I've eaten sushi with a fork and my mouth and I feel free and justified.
      April 3, 2017 7:12 PM MDT
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  • I feel brazen and fearless using my fingers.
      April 3, 2017 7:52 PM MDT
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  • 5614
    Why sushi at all? Eat something else that smells like fish.
      April 3, 2017 9:40 PM MDT
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  • It's better to just skip the sushi and eat good food.
      April 3, 2017 10:17 PM MDT
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  • ...in Bellingham, Washington there is a shop that makes their sushi with the option of Brown Rice!
      April 5, 2017 5:33 PM MDT
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