Who invented chopsticks and why?!
Answers: i think that it was the chinese who invented them but why did they? isnt it easyer to eat with your hands or they could have just invented pocelain or wooden spoons and forks.
chopsticks provided a way for the chinese to eat their noodles. when coming from a western viewpoint, of course it seems difficult to handle chopsticks cos we've been taught to use the fork and spoon since young. but for chinese, using chopsticks is an effortless task.
Ah so!
chopsticks were invented by the Chinese to eat food with.
Maybe they didnt think of spoons or forks and someone else did.
I propose this question:
What came 1st. the Chopstick or the Fork"?
I also think that eating Egg Foo Young with your hands would be a little messy--no?
Lets use a different scenerio.
Why did they invent pasta before the Italians? Because they thought of it first.
Thats all, they didnt think of forks and spoons and someone else did.
They did think of chopsticks though before( whoever invented the fork did).
Does this make any sense or am I losing you?
yeah, the chinese invented chopsticks. noodles are sticky and besides, in those days u didn't have soaps and stuff so it was better to eat with something other than hands. chopsticks help you to eat faster too and it looks cool . so they invented them.
By Pauline
Chopsticks originated in ancient China as early as the Shang dynasty (1600-1100 BC) and were widely used throughout East Asia. Tools resembling chopsticks were also unearthed in the archaeological site Megiddo in Israel. This discovery may reveal the existence of a trade relationship between the Middle East and Asia in early antiquity or may be an independent parallel development. Chopsticks were also common household items of civilized Uyghurs on the Mongolian steppes during the 6th–8th centuries.
"The honorable and upright man keeps well away from both the slaughterhouse and the kitchen. And he allows no knives on his table." (Confucius)
Confucius equated knives with acts of aggression, which went against his non-violent teachings. Some experts credit his influence with the widespread adoption of chopsticks throughout China; scholarship had triumphed over the warrior lifestyle.
Such utensils may look primitive to us Westerners, but the early Chinese adopted chopsticks because cutting and skewering instruments (i.e. knives and forks) were considered violent and barbaric in nature and should not be allowed at a civilized meal. Confucius thought that the further removed your meal was from the act of slaughtering and butchering, the more cultured you were. If you'll notice, all Chinese food is cut and chopped in advance into easy bite-size pieces by the cook before it is served. When you think about it, it is a rather elegant attitude.