Holy canoe! Not wanting to see so many wooden chopsticks go to waste at the city hall cafeteria where he worked, Shuhei Ogawara collected over 7,000 chopsticks for two years, then glued them together over three months, resulting in this 13-foot long canoe. At 66 pounds, it's a bit heavier than your average canoe, but a launching ceremony in May at Lake Inawashiro in Fukushima, Japan, will determine whether it'll be smooth sailing or not. [via Gizmodo]
There's so much activity over at Serious Eats Talk, we've got lots of great people leaving interesting comments that maybe not everyone gets to see, so I decided I'd highlight my favorites from the past week or so. They run across the spectrum of emotions, but they're all fabulous:
Tragic
"Funny story - the hub and I were in New Orleans for the World's Fair in 1984. We ate at the Japanese pavilion's restaurant. The restaurant only provided wooden chopsticks, the kind that you have to break apart, no forks. The couple at the table sitting next to us had no idea how to use them. They were scooping up the food with the chopsticks still joined. It was comical. I believe they left hungry..."
- pageycooks, from Do you know how to use chopsticks?
Romantic
"My husband is a foodie. He knew how to cook when I married him and after all these years he now is a far better cook. Years of being with a food bully will straighten out anyone. He is the best weekend sommelier I have ever met. The bottles of wine he chooses for my father make my fathers eyes bug out. I have taught him to bake. Most men do not go quielty into a kitchen with me. We designed our kitchen together and enjoy it together. Here is a tell......I won him over the first year we dated by making him truffles for Valentine's Day. One little bar of Ghardelli and all the love you can put in a tin. He said that one gift just sealed the deal."
- JerseeTomato, from Is your sweetheart a "foodie"?
Terrifying
"My boyfriend's mother had heard that I liked -as she phrased it - "Oriental food". She beamed as she presented me with her "authentic" version of sweet and sour pork, made with frozen chicken nuggets, a mishmash of vegetables and flavored with an unholy mixture of sweet pickle juice and maraschino cherries. And yes, you read correctly; in her mind, chicken and pork were interchangeable [your work is done, Pork Board]. The things we do for love..."
- sallyforth, from What's the worst meal someone's ever cooked for you?
Zen
"Sizzling bacon - oh, the anticipation!"
- mel, from What's your favorite kitchen sound?
How to use chopsticks. The step-by-step photos are really useful for learning position, and the animated gif at the top of the page is great because it ties it all together. It takes about five minutes to learn the basics, and with a little practice you'll be set. Food tastes better with chopsticks!
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