I chew my American food cut with a knife and fork much more than my South Indian food that I eat with my hands (curries and rice are already in small pieces and

I chew my American food cut with a knife and fork much more than my South Indian food that I eat with my hands (curries and rice are already in small pieces and meat is picked off the bone by hand). You could make some argument about cutting food into bite size pieces vs biting it off a larger piece, but I don't think the fork plays the pivotal role here.