do you prefer eating with a spoon/fork or with your hands?

India
April 11, 2007 6:04am CST
which one would you prefer?What do you think of eating with your hands or with a spoon and fork. I wanted to know your views for the fact that I have seen people telling me that if only they eat with their hands they feel like they ahve eaten. I also have seen people who say its decent and presentable toeat with a spooon/fork. which way do u prefer?please share what u feel?
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16 responses
@ackars (1942)
• India
11 Apr 07
I prefer to eat with my hands.I have been grown and brought up in a family which was economically a bit back and in our custom and religion,people dont eat any spoon or forks to eat anything.So I have never been trained to do it.And I think its not the the time now to go and learn about it...Here in my college 95% eats with hands.So no "complex" problem also...
• India
12 Apr 07
ohh!Thats fine whene veryone around u use their hands to eat!
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@miryam (6505)
• Italy
11 Apr 07
I prefer a forc, but eat whith a hand also food are well..........not educative, but good
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• India
12 Apr 07
fork. That seems to be the culture in developed countries:-)
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@stella1989 (2274)
• India
11 Apr 07
Well I prefer eating with my hands when I am home but when out side with spoon or fork which ever is available,I can go with anyone of them. But I love ating out with hands real taste comes via hands thats what I think so!! Its so homely and comfortable. But when it comes to some manners I prefer spoon/fork. But in my society (in India) I mostly find people eating wiht hands so its not a big deal out here to eat using your hands!!
@charms88 (7538)
• Philippines
11 Apr 07
Eating with bare hands is a common practice in some of the rural areas of my country. I once use my hands while eating and I was having difficulty with it. I normally use chopstick only. Spoon and fork if I'm out in the restaurant. Everyone have their own way of eating habit. :)
• India
11 Apr 07
ya thats true everyone has their own habbit. But wanted to know ur vies.thanks charms88 for ur view!in our place, i seemany people eating with their handsin particular.
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@minty3 (592)
• Nigeria
11 Apr 07
I definitely love to eat with spoon and fork
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• Singapore
11 Apr 07
I definitely prefer eating with some utensils. Be it fork or knife, spoon or chopsticks, I just prefer to keep my hands clean. Then again, this is part of the culture.. some cultures eat with bare hands.
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• India
11 Apr 07
ohh!I do agree with you that its a part of the culturee in that particular geographical region. But when some people fromdifferent countries gather, this becomes ahuge issue. Nice to see that u use some utensil for that!:-)
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
19 Apr 07
i prefer eating with utensils as i am not used to eating with my hands, i sometimes use my hands for chicken(fried) others i dont anymore.
@cherriemae (3370)
• Philippines
19 Apr 07
it depends upon the occasion, the place and the food you will eat..if i go on a party, of course i need to use spoon and fork, but if i'm in our house, i love to eat using my hands, specially when the viand is adobo, i love to eat it using my hands, but if the food has soup, i need to use spoon coz how can i get the soup when i'm using my hand..lol
• Netherlands
4 Jun 07
Depends on what I'm eating and depends on the occasions. When I'm eating on barbecue party, I tend to use my hands since it is alot easier to hold a piece of yummy barbecued chicken and bite a chunk out of them. Of course I always wash my hand before and after I eat.
• Philippines
19 Apr 07
I eat with a spoon and a fork if im in a public restaurant and where foods dont require me to eat with my hand. I eat with a spoon when our viand has water on it, but when i eat fish or some foods that require me to eat with my hand, then i eat with my hand.
• Philippines
17 Apr 07
Usually I use a spoon or fork for eating. It depends on the meal. And here in the Philippines it is common too to eat with your hands. And a very delicious way to eat fish, I must admit. I don't know which way I prefer the most. I think it depends on situations and people you are with. (^^,)
• China
18 Apr 07
No,I hate this way,it make me uncomfortable.Do anyone would prefer!
@eloiski (16)
• Philippines
19 Apr 07
Hmmm, I love to eat with my barehands because it's more exciting especially wen ur in a beach eating fishes and other foods with no soup! But of course, i use fork and spoon when I'm in a restaurant coz its so embarasssing. But here in the Philippines, thers a restaurant here "KAMAYAN" mean eating using your hands. I havent gone der but Im wishing to spend my lunch der and watch the other pipz how good are they in eating using their hands! That must be cool!
• Philippines
19 Apr 07
My culture eats with hands most especially when at home. There is even a restuarant here in my country wherin you will eat using hands. Using our hands is like a symbol that we are comfortable and we are eating our food with people who are family to us. If we are not eating with our hands we use spoon and fork at home. But definitely I/we use spoon and fork when eating out even if it is a family outing.
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
17 Apr 07
I was brought up to eat with a knife and fork. Its not polite to eat with your hands. Its okay if its something like hamburger and french fries thats okay to eat with your hands.
@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
13 Apr 07
I am not trained to eat with my hands except for finger-licking food, where I will pick the food using my fingers :P Rather than get my hands oily and dirty, I prefer to eat wtih a fork and spoon. I find it more hygenic and I can give the excuse not to wash my hands before food. lol.