Before the Chinese started using spoons, how did they eat the last few grains of rice with chopsticks?

Question

I think it's impossible, especially on a plate, and I'm wondering how the Chinese dealt with that.

Answer 1

with bowls

Answer 2

with their hands ....

Answer 3

they weren't eating off plates, but out of bowls.

they scrape the last few grains out ( with sauce) using chopsticks.

Answer 4

Hahahaha i'm chinese but i've never ate rice with chopsticks! That's pure madness.

Lol.. i dont know. They l**k the plate?

hehehe.

Answer 5

maybe they didn't eat it and maybe that's why you get so much food when you order Chinese coz they have bigger portions coz they cant get it all with there chopsticks

what i want to know is how the h**l they ate soup

Answer 6

tongues.

Answer 7

They put the bowls near their mouths so they can use the chopsticks to kind of slide the rice into their mouth.

Answer 8

not impossible.  chinese people eat their rice out of a bowl.  chinese rice is more glutinous than the typical white rice eaten in america, so it is stickier.  when eating, they hold the chopsticks in one hand and the bowl in the other.  to get the last few grains of rice out of the bowl, the bowl is held up to the mouth and the chopsticks are used to shove rice out of the bowl and into their mouths.

Answer 9

hehe i can do that! (pick the last few grains of rice)

but i'm not Chinese :] i'm Korean~~~

Answer 10

The rice is sticky so no grains were ever left on the plate.

Answer 11

Uhhh Just don't eat it. I'm sure they weren't that gready as to eat every grain of rice.

Answer 12

probably lifted the plate to their face and licked it off... idk. amybe they just left them there :]

Answer 13

With thier hands duh!

wth you think god gaves us hands for?!

Answer 14

Lift a bowl or plate to your lips and scrape or scoop with chopsticks and you can eat even to the last grain of rice.....no problem!

Answer 15

with rice espeacially they tip up the plate or bowl and basically drink all the rice

Answer 16

ther chinese are really good at using chopsticks.

Answer 17

they lifted the bowl/plate to their faces and swept the rive in I think, but then again, they are masters of their own utensils.

Answer 18

They would l**k the plate or suck em up through a straw.

Answer 19

Well they used bowls and if they were really that desperate for three grains of rice they would scrape it out with the chopsticks into their mouth I guess they will do the sane thing with plates too

Answer 20

It is polite to leave the last few grains to show that you've had enough to eat and that your hunger has been satisfied.

Answer 21

Mr. Miagi (from the Karate Kid) could catch a fly with chop sticks -lol- anything is possible.

Answer 22

The Chinese eat rice from small rice bowls, pushing the rice grains into their mouths with chopsticks.

Answer 23

probably fingers.. or they are just really good with using chopsticks.. lol.. HOPE THIS HELPS! :)

Answer 24

using the chopstick to sweep the rice into their mouths.

Answer 25

they ever did

legend has it they got so mad they squinted at the rice until it jumped into their mouths

and thats y we have so many car accidents

lol

jk about the driving thing

Answer 26

They don't actually use them like you think. They use them as shovels, or scoops. They hold the plate or bowels up to thier mouth and scoop the rice with the chop sticks. So they can get the last bit no problem. I've done this myself, so I know it works.

Answer 27

I think they licked the bowl.