[KS] A chopsticks question

[James Person]

It seems to me that I saw something about this in a museum in Seoul, the 
National Museum if memory serves me correctly. Evidently, kings used silver 
chopsticks in order to tell if he was being poisoned as they believed the 
silver would change color if poison was added to his food. As for why they 
are now widely used by most Korean people, I am not sure though an 
acquaintance suggested that people have been encouraged to use metal 
chopsticks because wooden ones are often imported. Hope this helps.


Best,

James Person



>From: "Alon Levkowitz" <levko at zahav.net.il>
>Reply-To: Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
>To: <Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws>
>Subject: [KS] A chopsticks question
>Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 20:29:59 +0200
>
>A chopsticks question.
>
>I know that my question is not ‘high politics?but I hope that someone in 
>the group could assist me. Is there a difference between wooden and metal 
>chopsticks? What I would like to know is- if there is a cultural 
>difference, do for example Korean use one kind and other nations use a 
>different one and why.
>
>
>
>Thanks
>
>Alon
>
>Alon Levkowitz
>Tel/Fax- 972-3-6133045
>Email: levko at inter.net.il


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