Comments on: What the Heck is a Chork? http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2012/08/what-the-heck-is-a-chork/ A Heaping Helping of Food News, Science and Culture Fri, 24 May 2013 17:26:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Mark in Iowa http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2012/08/what-the-heck-is-a-chork/comment-page-1/#comment-15673 Mark in Iowa Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:23:24 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=12382#comment-15673 Great idea. However, I would probably stab myself in the eye while using the chopstick end. Maybe I'd get lucky and just fork my cheek. I've been known to reach for a drink and stab myself in the eye or cheek with the staw. I've also raised my drink and ended up with the straw up my nose. You know, on a serious note, Food & Think, I once theorized that straws were developed in conjunction with ice in drinks. Or at least, popularized because of ice in drinks. Especially crushed ice, which NEEDS a straw if used in a beverage. Great idea. However, I would probably stab myself in the eye while using the chopstick end. Maybe I’d get lucky and just fork my cheek. I’ve been known to reach for a drink and stab myself in the eye or cheek with the staw. I’ve also raised my drink and ended up with the straw up my nose.

You know, on a serious note, Food & Think, I once theorized that straws were developed in conjunction with ice in drinks. Or at least, popularized because of ice in drinks. Especially crushed ice, which NEEDS a straw if used in a beverage.

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