I remember when I was quite young - would have been probably 7 or 8 - and my uncle came to visit - he was in the Canadian military and was posted on the base 30 minutes for us for a while - so he would sometimes visit when he had leave. He was my mom's baby brother, many years younger, so she hadn't really grown up with him and she loved having him come over - and he loved it because she managed to treat him as an adult, vs some of his other siblings who still saw him as a child.
But one of those visits, we went out for dinner at "Chan's Kitchen" - the one chinese restaurant in our town. And my uncle very patiently taught me how to use chopsticks. I was so impressed that he KNEW how to do this - he was VERY worldly and regaled us with stories of sleeping under the Eiffel tower and other amazing adventures from his time posted in Germany.
Neither of my parents knew how to use chopsticks - or would ever have thought to attempt it - but I was just old enough to learn and to retain the information. Interestingly - my coworker D who was actually born in Japan (her dad was in the military and they were posted there) - never learned how to use them at all!
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But one of those visits, we went out for dinner at "Chan's Kitchen" - the one chinese restaurant in our town. And my uncle very patiently taught me how to use chopsticks. I was so impressed that he KNEW how to do this - he was VERY worldly and regaled us with stories of sleeping under the Eiffel tower and other amazing adventures from his time posted in Germany.
Neither of my parents knew how to use chopsticks - or would ever have thought to attempt it - but I was just old enough to learn and to retain the information. Interestingly - my coworker D who was actually born in Japan (her dad was in the military and they were posted there) - never learned how to use them at all!