Khmer table manners
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Re: Khmer table manners
That fancy dining set up is for British nobility. The kind in Downtown Abbey or some other show.
People went to school (finishing or etiquette school) to learn how to use all that correctly.
I’m with JB, I’d just walk out. Life is way to short to learn a skill I’d never use.
One place set would be enough for a Khmer family to use with left overs to spare.
People went to school (finishing or etiquette school) to learn how to use all that correctly.
I’m with JB, I’d just walk out. Life is way to short to learn a skill I’d never use.
One place set would be enough for a Khmer family to use with left overs to spare.
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Same here, to the same point. It increased over years, alongside with stress over time i guess.xandreu wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 2:10 pm I suffer hugely with misophonia - an extreme disliking of certain sounds, and for me, that sound is the sound of other people eating. I'm normally quite a gentle soul who wouldn't say boo to a goose, or whatever the idiom is, but I could quite happily commit murder when it comes to the sound of other people eating. The Khmer culture of deliberatly making the loudest, most unneccessary chomping sounds whilst eating has made me move tables in restaurants many times. It absolutely enrages me like nothing else. I know it's a mental disorder, but I've suffered with it all my life. I cannot bear it. Especially when it's so unneccessary. It's the equivelent of someone putting their face against yours and calling your mother the most vile disgusting names imaginable.
Thankfully, most Khmers I know don't eat like that and eat in the normal way most westerners would, but too many of them don't.
The top of it was Cambodia, not everybody eats like that, but more than enough i've seen already.
I have to confess that my ears were already very tired from the 15 previous years of industrial machinery noises i've been through. I think that weighted a lot, apart from the natural dislike of such lack of manners at a table.
Paying attention to details for enough time can really worn you out, at some point on some topics, "too much is too much" ^^
Now i take more care of myself ^^, as i feel a bit tired after all theses adventures in
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I love chopsticks, I use them all the time. Apparently I don't hold them correctly according to some self-proclaimed scholars I've met on my way. I could imagine that causing some uproar among the more conservative crowd.
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For the most part it is just outside in. Not too much to learn.newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 10:53 pm That fancy dining set up is for British nobility. The kind in Downtown Abbey or some other show.
People went to school (finishing or etiquette school) to learn how to use all that correctly.
I’m with JB, I’d just walk out. Life is way to short to learn a skill I’d never use.
One place set would be enough for a Khmer family to use with left overs to spare.
Fairly unnecessary in most settings (to that extent anyway) but a four/five course setup is not unusual
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Yeah, it's not very difficultcautious colin wrote: ↑Sat Sep 24, 2022 1:33 pmFor the most part it is just outside in. Not too much to learn.newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 10:53 pm That fancy dining set up is for British nobility. The kind in Downtown Abbey or some other show.
People went to school (finishing or etiquette school) to learn how to use all that correctly.
I’m with JB, I’d just walk out. Life is way to short to learn a skill I’d never use.
One place set would be enough for a Khmer family to use with left overs to spare.
Fairly unnecessary in most settings (to that extent anyway) but a four/five course setup is not unusual
I served silver service through an agency in a host of higher end London venues for extra cash a long time ago; the most work is in polishing all the fucking utensils before and after service; the serving itself is a piece of piss
Re: Khmer table manners
The American way is the best... eating with your hands whilst driving down the highway... the epitome of Freedom
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That form looks fine to me. The key is to hold the chopsticks farther away from the food.newsgatherer wrote: ↑Sat Sep 24, 2022 1:24 pm I love chopsticks, I use them all the time. Apparently I don't hold them correctly according to some self-proclaimed scholars I've met on my way. I could imagine that causing some uproar among the more conservative crowd.
Japanese people often often praise my skills in this field.
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How can one pick up the small, delicate pieces of food when the chopsticks are held so high up?
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I hold them as shown in the photos, and picking up peanuts is no problem.newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Sat Sep 24, 2022 6:57 pm How can one pick up the small, delicate pieces of food when the chopsticks are held so high up?
A sure sign of a chopsticks rookie is gripping them right down near the business ends.
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Definitely.Chad Sexington wrote: ↑Sat Sep 24, 2022 7:21 pmI hold them as shown in the photos, and picking up peanuts is no problem.newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Sat Sep 24, 2022 6:57 pm How can one pick up the small, delicate pieces of food when the chopsticks are held so high up?
A sure sign of a chopsticks rookie is gripping them right down near the business ends.
I’ve been using chopsticks since an early age (5-6yrs old) in pretty much the same manner. The only thing I have difficulty with is soup. Seems to be cold by the time I get half way through.
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