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International Chopsticks Day

Put away the forks and spoons, 

It's National Chopsticks Day. They may or may not be new to you. But, for about 1/4 of the world's population, chopsticks are the eating utensils of choice for every meal. Like western children, Asian children, quickly learn to use chopsticks, and quickly become adept at using it. To them, forks are an odd utensil.

Chopsticks can be made of wood, bamboo, plastic, bone, fine china or metal.

In China they are called "Kuaizi", which means "quick little bamboo fellows".

Chopsticks have been in use for over 5,00 years. They originated in China, and are used in virtually all Asian cultures. How their use spread to other countries is not known.

To participate in National Chopsticks Day, use chopsticks for all of your meals. Chances are, you will eat Chinese or other Asian food with your chopsticks. But, you can eat any foods with chopsticks today.

Chopsticks etiquette is very important,to use them incorrectly can be impolite or insulting.

• Don't insert chopsticks upright into your food, it's an insult.
• It's okay to stab a piece of food with a chopstick.
• Don't point at people with them.
• Don't suck or chew on the ends of your chopsticks.
• Chopsticks are not drumsticks. Don't drum with them.

Here are a collection of traditional Chinese chopstick riddles which read a bit like poems. With each simply ask "What are they?":

Twin brothers, with long and thin bodies, like dishes rather than soup.

With little round feet and square head, they come in and out in pairs. They are caught twice or three times in the day and at night they are punished to stand until daybreak.

The bodies are thin and ten inches long. They are cut off from their mountain home. They suffer in hot oil and boiling water. They could never see their mother.

Twin brothers are the same height. They come out but never talk. At mealtimes they are the first to appear. At work time they never show up.

Twin sisters go to the dining table, they come and go between spice and sauce, and bathe in hot water.

Two babies are the same height, thin and small. They will be first to taste the delicious food but will never put on weight and grow up.