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Yep, really well. White guy, but I lived in Japan for several years starting when I was 8. With regular cheap square wooden chopsticks, I can eat a plate full of fried rice down to the last grain. I've used chopsticks to get stuff that has fallen through grates (well, maybe 2 pencils or twigs). It's great to know how.

My mother went to a new "Japanese" restaurant with some friends in here little country town in the Florida panhandle. They were all amazed when she started eating with chopsticks. She was shocked because it didn't seem like that big a deal.