Chopsticks

:"Chopsticks" is also the name of a simple piece of music for piano. See Chopsticks (music).

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Piano - Chopsticks (music)

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Chopsticks, a pair of small even-length tapered sticks, are the traditional eating utensils of East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, the four "chopstick countries") as well as Thailand, where they are now restricted to just soup and noodles since the introduction of Western utensils by King Rama V in the 19th century. Chopsticks are commonly made of wood, bamboo, metal, bone, ivory, and in modern times, plastic as well. It was believed that silver chopsticks were used in Chinese royal palace to detect poison (possibly toxic metallic oxides) in the royalty's meals; if poison existed, the chopsticks would become blackened owing to displacement.

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Pair - Eating - East Asia - China - Japan - Korea - Vietnam - Thailand - Western - Rama V - Wood - Bamboo - Metal - Bone - Ivory - Plastic - Silver - Displacement

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