🥢 National Chopsticks Day 🥢 [Feb 6]

[KellytheBelly]

Hello. 🥢? Anyone?

Each year on National Chopsticks Day, people worldwide celebrate the humble and ancient utensils on February 6th.

Around 1200 B.C., Chinese cooks began using chopsticks to prepare food. These tools were likely long enough to reach into hot cooking pots. Then about 400 B.C., when fuels for cooking became scarce, food was prepared in smaller pieces reducing the number of resources needed to cook it. At the same time, the need for sharp eating utensils faded, and shorter chopsticks entered the scene.

The Chinese term for chopsticks is, 'kuai-tzu.'

Once these handy eating tools found their way to the dinner table, they spread around the world. Portable and elegant in their design, they also vary in style from region to region.

Today chopsticks may be made from wood such as bamboo or aspen. Elaborately carved chopsticks may be cut from jade, ivory, or wood, and artisans may ornately paint some chopsticks with miniature scenes. [source: National Day Calendar]

HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL CHOPSTICKS DAY
[source: National Day Calendar]

Use chopsticks to eat your meals. Practice using chopsticks, or teach someone how to use them. Share your favorite set of chopsticks, or your favorite meal to eat with chopsticks. Visit your favorite restaurant where chopsticks are provided. Of course, you should invite someone to celebrate with you! Maybe ask them to join you in a chopstick competition to see who is the most proficient using them. Be sure to use #NationalChopsticksDay to share on social media.

🥢 Chopsticks [WIKI]
🥢 Holding Chopsticks Properly (With Asian Dining Etiquette Tips) [source: WikiHow]

🥢 How to Eat with Chopsticks Like an Absolute Pro 

        [source: Reader's Digest - A Trusted Friend in a Complicated World]

🥢 Why 1.5 billion people eat with chopsticks | Small Thing Big Idea, a TED series  [YouTube]

Other Fun Stuff, With/About Chopsticks!

🥢  Chopsticks - Piano Tutorial Easy SLOW - How To Play ♫ [YouTube]
🥢  Chopsticks - Piano Tutorial ♫ [YouTube]
🥢  Chopsticks INSANE VERSION (Impossible piano) ♫ [YouTube]

🥢  Big (1988) - Playing the Piano Scene ♫  [YouTube]
🥢  The Karate Kid (1984) - Catching A Fly With Chopsticks Scene  [YouTube]
🥢  Jackie Chan Funny Chopstick Fight! (scene from, 'The Fearless Hyena')  [YouTube]

🥢   Chopsticks [Seinfeld] [YouTube]

Eating with chopsticks is an art form that brings joy to every bite. Chopsticks: the tools of patience and precision. Food tastes better when you eat it with chopsticks! (⸝⸝ᵕᴗᵕ⸝⸝)