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Differences Between chopsticks and bowls China’s Chopsticks Chopsticks for eating rice Polite if try to use chopsticks Bad luck in set parallel on top of bowl, or dropped Rude if chopsticks are stuck straight up in bowl Start with the outer utensils, and work in towards your plate Only spoon provided is soup spoon Salad fork has thicker tine at left Fish fork and knife Most inner fork and knife are for meat If tea or coffee or going to be served a teaspoon will be brought out with it Not rude to reach in front of someone to grab something Polite to reach for food with chopsticks Chinese host like to put food on your plate for you Place bones or seeds in different dish Your host will fill up your dish if it is empty Never take the last bit from a serving dish Eating Ways In America ,everyone has their own plate of food. American Table Manners Food is passed around the table If something is out of your reach, you ask politely for someone to pass it to you Not rude to leave plate full Not rude to leave your plate empty Not rude to take last item off dish Food Bread with butter,milk,hamburger,sandwich,hotdog,things like that Cold dishes, main courses, hot meat and vegetable dishes,soup Quantities Chinese treat friends with much food. * Chinese American Food Culture TUC-FIU 10-03班 田芯果 邴韵涵 In China , all the food will be shared by all the persons . Americans think five dishes is enough Chinese stress on the catogaries of food Americans think five dishes is enough