I don't remember so I must have been pretty young.
DH didn't know how until after we met and I introduced him to Asian food!
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I spent a summer in Vietnam when I was 15 and learned then.
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I wish I knew how!
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I haven't figured it out. Several people have tried to teach me, but it was a bust. And I got to hungry to keep trying.
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I am 25 and I use chopsticks best by throwing one away and using the other one to stab my food and eat it like a kabob.
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My mil says I don't know how to use them properly.
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I was in high school. Learned in my food and nutrition class while learning how to make sushi.
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Sometime after college
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Uh, never. Ha. I must look like a toddler when I use them.
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Yeah it was never.
I get frustrated and give up every time I try!
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Pretty young... I remember using forks for the first time at home in middle school.
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I don't remember, since I probably used it since I was young!
A lot of us "native" chopstick users actually don't even hold them correctly! Everyone has their little variations.
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I was 14 and a family friend taught me. It was easier than I thought!
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I don't use them properly, and the irony is that my parents used to own a restaurant named Chopsticks...
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2nd grade, in class. The teacher gave us popcorn to practice on and took my chopsticks away from me because I kept trying to use them while he was giving us directions and history.
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At a birthday party around age 11
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I was 5 years old.
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Never! I still have to ask for a fork. I'm so uncoordinated...
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I'm 28 and still trying to figure it out. I can manage with sushi & bigger pieces of veggies/meat, but rice is out of the question
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Haha, I am still learning. I just can't get the hang of it.
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@yin: haha!
i was very young. can't remember ever not using them. in fact we didn't even have any forks when i was little!
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In high school, but I'm still not very good with them. This thread just brought on a sushi craving big time.
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I think I was 12. I'm not that great with them and them and usually switch to a fork for rice.
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@PermaStudent: Seriously!!
Sometime in HS. Friends and I loooved sushi, so we would just try until it worked. Guarantee it's not the technically correct way, but it gets the food to my mouth!
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In elementary school. I'm not very good with them.
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I don't remember. Probably very young.
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DH taught me after we met so I was like 21 I think.
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In fourth grade a friend taught me at school using two pencils! I'm sure my technique isn't correct but I do pretty well with them! Mmmmm sushi
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DH taught me last year when I fell in love with sushi!
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@Rainbow Sprinkles: LMAO!!!!!!
@autumnlove: I don't use them properly either. They cross which is like a super no no. I don't know how to use them parallel! That's how I've always used them and my parents don't say anything.
@yin: same here! hahaha!
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I don't! I used them incorrectly for forever though!
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I don't remember, but I think I was really young. I've seen several pics of me as a 3 year old eating with chopsticks.
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No. I don't think we were given any other option besides chopsticks even as a kid.
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My mom and aunts were born in South Korea, so Korean food has always been a part of my life. I don't remember learning, but I am sure I was pretty young. My grandmother taught my husband (then bf) the first time I took him to meet her (at a Korean restaurant).
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My husband taught me he took me on our 2nd date to sushi. He made me eat our entire 3-course meal with only chopsticks. I got the hang of it fast. I was 19.
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I have known for as long as I can remember. I got really good when I lived in Hawaii.
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In college, at a Korean BBQ place. One of the girls showed our whole table how
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Yes. I was about 6 and me and my mom were at a Chinese restaurant. They were really slow and the waiter/owner /someone sat at the table and taught me how.
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I learned at girl scout camp when I was 10!
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