Today I was given something to eat that was like burger meat wrapped in cabbage. I tried to eat it with slippery chop sticks but just squashed it. I prefer the really cheap chopsticks that offer some grip :-)

There was a knife and spoon available so I grabbed the knife but is was useless without a fork. So I asked for a fork, moving the knife in a sawing action and pointing at the food and the spoon. I thought it must be obvious that all I need is a knife. But Obachan brought me another spoon ???

Later I remembered my friend Yoko finding it hard to use a knife and fork when she visited our house in the UK. So I guess in Japan, a fork is not needed. A knife is used alot for preparing food such as skinning fish.
Watching Obachan eat the same thing with chopsticks made me realize that I was doing the correct thing in squashing it and then biting through half way. I did eventually get a fork after a small search in the kitchen draws :-)

If only I had said “FoKu” rather than “Fork” it would have been easier.

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