I hate eating noodles with a fork because I show some clumsiness when I use the fork to eat noodles in particular. From my point of view, chopsticks are undoubtedly the best and only option in this situation. However, to be honest, the thing is completely different when it comes to other food cultures, such as pasta, which is a typical representative of Western cuisine. To make a comparison I choose Chinese lā miàn and Italian spaghetti which are quite similar in material, appearance and consistency. Both are made mostly of flour, long and thin in shape, and often tangled together after cooking. However, I insist on using chopsticks for lā miàn, but not for spaghetti. Eating spaghetti with chopsticks is, I would say, an embarrassing perception. The objects that function according to this habitus system are not only the tool and the bodily technique used, but also the food consumed. A strong link of social and cultural context integrates the body of food and shapes the culture of food. Food culture determines the relationship between bodies and consumption, and the connection between practice and cultural context; while the practice may involve certain norms, for example which ingredients are mainly used, which utensils to use, what taste it tends to have, etc. Food culture works like a
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