Something interesting about eating in Taiwan

  As everyone knows, we use chopsticks rather than forks to eat. And there are some interesting legend and taboo about using chopsticks.



  For example, when we are small, we were told by the adults that we have to eat all of the things in our bowl, or we will marry to a ugly husband (or wife). Or the higher we hold our chopsticks, the farer will we live when we are married.


  About the taboos of using chopsticks, we are not allowed to stick the chopsticks straight into the food, because it will look like the incense stick which we use in the temple. We also are not allowed to hit our bowls with our chopsticks. It is said that if we hit our bowls with our chopsticks, we will be poor in the future.


  There’s another interesting thing about eating in Taiwan. In Taiwan, when the fisher men are eating a fish, they should not turn their fish around. Because, if you turn a fish around, it means that your boat or ship will turn around when you are on the sea!!