Americans and finger-food

[SpeedRacer 1]

I work with a Japanese guy, an Indian guy, and a Nigerian guy.

I was talking about how Americans love to eat with their fingers.

Peel & eat shrimp, steamed crabs, fried chicken, corn on the cob, barbecue ribs, etc etc.

My parents used to have a lot of guests from Europe & they weren't as enthusiastic. Especially when it comes to picking crabs or something.

In Baltimore we have these big crab feasts where you sit around a table covered with newspapers, & eat steamed crabs seasoned with Old Bay But a lotta foreigners can't seem to understand why the crab meat hasn't already been prepared first. They don't like eating things with their fingers.

So why did this develop in America, and not so much in the countries most americans came from?

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[LisaM 0]

American's are lazy. Plain and simple. Finger foods are easy to eat and easy cleanup (no utensils to wash).

~ Lisa
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[NWFlyer 2]

And yet we eat sushi with chopsticks when really, the proper way is to eat it with the fingers. Sashimi, of course, should be eaten with chopsticks.

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[waltappel 1]

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So why did this develop in America, and not so much in the countries most americans came from?

Because we are smarter than the rest of the world. One thing I have wondered for a long time is why people think the Chinese are so smart. If they were all that smart they would have come up with the idea for forks instead of those dumbass chopsticks!

Walt

[Mostly_Harmless 0]

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American's are lazy. Plain and simple. Finger foods are easy to eat and easy cleanup (no utensils to wash).

How is picking crab from it's shell lazy? I would call those Europeans lazy for wanting it already prepared out of it's shell . One someone says finger foods to me I think of all the times I got together with a bunch of my friends at a diner or something and order some waffle fries and chicken fingers and pig out. Call me lazy but those times were the best.

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[PLFXpert 0]

At home, I prefer to eat a lot of things with my fingers. Particularly asparagus.

Somtimes I use toothpicks to make it fun.

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[LisaM 0]

I'll give you the crab thing... I have heard some serious grunting doing that (none for me, thanks).

I am not saying I don't like finger foods, don't get me wrong. But it is the easy way out.... aren't we American's notorious for that?

~ Lisa
~ Do you Rigminder?

[aprilcat 0]

Are these guys 'Fill In the number"-generation American or are they actually right FROM these places?

I've seen many Nigerians eat with their fingers; even soupy-grainy foods.

I don't understand why some French eat sandwiches with a knife and fork. They drop more of the sandwich that way but look elegant (?) picking it back up with a fork. Grab the damned thing and eat it already!~~April

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[PLFXpert 0]

I'm seeing George Costanza...eating a Snickers...with a knife & fork.

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[Buried 0]

b/c added preparation takes time and americans like to stuff their face as fast as they can!

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[kbordson 8]

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So why did this develop in America, and not so much in the countries most americans came from?

Rebels! Make a rule and we want to break it. Independant thought and efficient action.

(any of those answers work?)

[skydemon2 0]

How does your pee smell after all that asparagus?

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[tigra 0]

Actually, I don't think its an "American" thing at all. People from a lot of different cultures/ countries eat with their hands and some kind of bread (or tortilla).

[PLFXpert 0]

Like roses. Thank you for asking.

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[PLFXpert 0]

Exactly.

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[LisaM 0]

He's a strange breed.... you can't go off what he does.... he'd wrap himself in velvet all the time if he could!

~ Lisa
~ Do you Rigminder?

[popsjumper 2]

Because Europeans don't bathe as often as Americans and their hands are nasty and they know it.

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[PLFXpert 0]

That is just wrong!

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[popsjumper 2]

I'm bold like that...

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
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[skydemon2 0]

I have eaten some of that before and I can say roses is not what comes to mind!!

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone!

I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!!

[Stumpy 284]

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So why did this develop in America, and not so much in the countries most americans came from?

Because we are smarter than the rest of the world. One thing I have wondered for a long time is why people think the Chinese are so smart. If they were all that smart they would have come up with the idea for forks instead of those dumbass chopsticks!

Walt

In China and Japan, knives and forks were seen as weapons and tools and therefore stay in the kitchen. Civilised people did not use weapons at the dinner table, hence chopsticks. Since you asked!!

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