Can you eat using only your hands?

hi flaredust! first off let me apologize first. i'm sorry if the topic wasn't very clear to you. uhmmm, let me clarify just a few things. when i said eating with your bare hands i wasn't referring to eating hamburgers, chicken, french fries, etc. in short, i was wasn't referring to finger foods. obviously you need your hands to eat them, how else should you do it? actually, what i was trying to ask was that if you eat with your bare hands during every meal? the reason why i asked is because there are some parts in my country where people are very traditional. they rarely or never use spoon and fork when eating. they say that when they use their just their hands to eat food tastes better and it's more fun to eat that way. and also, they say it's a form of camaraderie and friendship if you eat along with them too with bare hands. it wouldn't look good on you if you ask for a spoon and fork while all of them are eating with their hands.

Eating hamburgers or hot dogs with a knife and fork is normal for me. I also can eat grapes with a knife and fork. Of course if I'm someplace like McDonald's, I must use my hand, but I hold my hamberger with the paper it came in.

wat can i say? i am a filipina and i came from very humble beginnings.back in the younger days all the members in the family would eat in out bare hands.i always have that finger lickin' feel while eating to literally speak.even as i am now in australia where people observe table etiquette seriously i still eat with my bare hands.of course i can only get away with eating with my barehands at home.my husband constantly reminds me to never do it on public esp. when we dine in a posh restaurant because it would be a total embarrassment.

We Filipinos are used to eating with our bare hands but of course with art. Well, I don't know how to describe that but we at least try not to appear messy when we eat with our hands. But if we attend a gathering or in public we eat using fork and spoon. I don't know how to eat with chopsticks.

I've eaten with my hands on occasion, I just don't like it. Maybe I'm a snob, but I like to eat with utensils. Sometimes at home I'll eat sushi with my hands if all my chopsticks are in the dishwasher, but I really prefer not to. Hmmm Time to make some sushi?

indeed kissing is unhygienic but it's still good, right? oh sorry about that we're not talking about kissing here are we? i understand what you're saying. basically culture has everything to do with what we eat and how we eat it. i am with you though on not eating shared food. even if it's from my parents or siblings, i never eat their leftovers or something that's already in their plate. well, you should try eating your food with your hands. and i'm pretty sure you'll enjoy it. why don't you try it just for the heck of an experience. i'm not taking about burger, chicken, french fries, pizza, or any other finger foods. try eating a something messy life spaghetti or lasagna! i'm sure you'll have a great time doing it!

well for me, there are really some foods and some occasions that i feel like using my hands...hehehe and i feel like its more fun and foods are more yummy! hehehe but of course with family and friends and if all of you are doing that! so you are also a Filipino? well i think there are some restaurants that using our hands for eating is more acceptable...hehehe

yep indeed i am! 100% born and breed! hehe yeah i forgot about that. there are indeed restaurants where everybody uses their bare hands. i've been to those restaurants. i love eating with family and friends there. great company and great food and clean hands is the best equation!

i see that you're from the philippines too. well indeed it's pretty common to eat with our hands. although i prefer eating with a spoon and fork any day, there are times though that it's good to eat with just our bare hands. especially when all of you are doing it. it makes it more acceptable. unless of course you're in a fancy restaurant.

i don't know about your but it's hard to eat rice with a chopstick. at least for me. eating noddles though is a breeze. have you tried eating noodles though with your bare hands? i do it very rarely but it's actually fun... spaghetti is even better and more messy too!

i'm asian but we use spoon here. are you chinese clorissa? chinese are very good with chopsticks. it was hard for me at first but with practice i got pretty good with it. it's harder for me to eat rice with it though. i just don't know how. should you pick each morsel individually? hahaha just kidding!

hi checkmail! so eating with your hands is also tradition in india? here in the philippines it's also tradition too. although normally we eat with fork and spoon at home. there are times though that it's fun to eat with your bare hands. i guess usually, it's the people you are with that makes it fun, right?

hi shery! i totally forget about the knife! i rarely use the knife when eating though. only when i eat in some fancy restaurants. i guess that's why it slipped my mind. i sure haven't tried eating with a big knife though. that must be fun! i'll try it sometimes. another thing, i'm in the medical field and i didn't even know that there was such an enzyme in you hands. i do know that your skin has substances that protects you from infection and it also as resident bacteria. i didn't know that it has enzymes that actually helps you in digestion. i might look into that and do some research. some cool information you have there! thanks!