Nothing sends the Internet abuzz quite like a good old food trick . So it's no real surprise that this chopstick "hack," posted Monday night by Reddit user GoldenRedditUser , delighted devoted chopstick users everywhere.
The hack, which actually would make a lot of sense, is fairly simple. Instead of keeping that small wooden block attached to the top of the chopsticks when you break them apart, the block should be removed first and used as a rest between bites.
Sound too good to be true? Well, according to some Reddit commenters, it is. The grain in the wood of most chopsticks is vertical and splinters when broken horizontally, they claimed.
Initially disheartened, we decided the only real way to figure out whether or not this hack was a hoax would be to test it out ourselves. Using two sets of chopsticks from different establishments -- one set from Lure Fishbar and another from m2m market in New York City, three separate HuffPoster's attempted to achieve chopstick rest greatness.
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