JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for October 04, 2019

It is perfectly acceptable, in fact traditional, to east sushi with your fingers. It is completely unacceptable to eat sashimi (raw fish with no attached rice) with anything other than chopsticks.

“Because sushi doesn’t taste right if you eat it with a fork……

Too much food makes it into your mouth instead of falling on the table or floor."

If you knew Sushi,

like I know Sushi

Oh! Oh! Oh! What a roll

Marcy shouldn’t tell JoJo what it is until after he’s tasted it!

Sushi never tastes right.

A fancy way to say “raw fish”.

This is why I use my fingers. I am not adept at using chopsticks.

Or as we call it, “bait”

Sushi doesn’t taste right, regardless of what you eat it with. It is disgusting.

I was at a church social when the pin on some tongs broke. I took the separate pieces like big chop sticks and began serving salad. The folks were pleased and amazed.

This is going to cause a big mess.

My hands shake to much to hold chopsticks the “proper” way, but I can still feed myself by holding them differently, though a fork or spoon is much easier for me to use.

At my favorite sushi bar I always request a fork (and spoon) because; to quote Jim Gaffigan, “I’m too white for chopsticks!”

2014? No wonder the kids look so young.

It’s what you do when the she shed burns down.

One day at a Japanese restaurant my wife was having trouble getting udon noodles to stay on her fork. I just nipped in with my chopsticks – no prob.

The Japanese word for chopsticks is hashi. The way to say it phonetically, is “hah-she”.

There are several important manners for using hashi, or Japanese chopsticks. One of the most important is, when you aren’t using your chopsticks, to put them on top of the bowl, rather than just hanging in the food.

There’s a great little sushi shop in Nanaimo, BC. Might be worth a drive down tomorrow.