Hello!

I feel silly asking this on Reddit, but how do you hold chopsticks? I’m hopefully taking a trip to Japan in the near future, and I thought I’d get a head start and start learning some basics. Like how to use chopsticks.

However, holding the chopsticks hurts my hand a lot and makes my muscles cramp up painfully. I’ve watched countless youtube videos and even got the little trainer that goes on the end to help you learn, but it still makes my hand so sore! My hand will start to cramp up and I have no choice but to let the chopsticks go.

To confirm, I am making a V shape, not an 11. I can pick up my food and a decent variety of it without struggle (aside from pain anyway). It just very quickly (1-2 mins) causes my hand muscles to cramp and spasm, almost like a charlie horse right in my hand. I’m not painfully gripping the chopsticks either, its just the motion of moving the top chopstick that I find to be a problem.

What am I missing here, or is it possible that short slightly stubby fingers like mine are not very compatible with chopsticks? This is so embarrassing I swear 😂

Hi! Sorry if this is random but I keep seeing this event pop up. However I have been finding it difficult to find reviews. Does anyone know if this event is worth it or even expos in general?

I never made or tried Japanese cream stew before. So this is my first time making it. Is the flavor supposed to be to be very subtle? I tried not to add too much salt. My family liked it, but I felt it was lacking a bit of flavor unless it is supposed to be quite light?

Ingredients:

• mushroom
• corn
• broccoli
• onion
• carrots
• potatoes
• chicken thigh
• chicken broth
• milk
• salt
• pepper
• A bit of chicken powder consommé

I'm trying to look up uses/recipe that use specifically either ichiban or niban dashi and kinda having a hard time because most recipe doesn't specify them. I'm wondering if anyone have recipe suggestions on what I can use them to cook. besides niban for miso soup anyway.

I helped carry her groceries home. I need to do that again and request karaage😂

Super sweet & smells like a flower

Fat noodles, the soup was really good too, super tasty!

does anyone know if this website is a trustworthy source for purchasing Japanese tableware? https://kyotoboutique.fr/en/

i want to know if bank wire transfers are safe to pay with on there, does anyone have any experience?

Anyone have any good mochi recipes with these ingredients?

I know the regular curry blocks and noticed that there's also another version: A white stew block.

What does that one taste like? Is it simply a bechamel stew?