Originally Posted by
drewguy
I'm not visualizing how this really solves the issue, as any germs on the meat are now on the top of the chopsticks, which one is likely to touch and then move further down the chopsticks as one eats.
But perhaps I adjust my chopsticks more than the average person.
Probably so. My wife is Chinese and I learned this trick from her. I pick up the meat with back ends, but hold the chopsticks in the middle. I never wind up touching the back ends (or the front tips, for that matter).