As Covid-19 changes chopstick habits, diners ponder how to keep family love and intimacy alive

For 40 years Linda He and her family had served themselves from a single communal dish, picking up food with the same chopsticks they used to eat their meal as part of a long dining tradition in Chinese communities.But that changed last month when she started something of a dining table revolution: she added a second pair of chopsticks – just for serving.“Sharing food has been a tradition, but I have always thought we should abandon it because it helps spread diseases,” said He, who lives with…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3088830/covid-19-changes-chopstick-habits-diners-ponder-how-keep-family