Fast food utensils - before plastic

[Patrick Walsh]

I have noticed in my area many smaller buisness using biodegradable forks and knifes..

No idea what’s they are made of “maybe the corn starch suggested above”?

Whatever the case I’m all for it. Plastic is evil. As a woodworker I despise the stuff across the board..

I also am loving the paper bags at Home Depot.

[Bruce Wrenn]

How does that paper bag hold up when it's pouring rain? I'm not a fan of plastic bags for everything. Somehow, baggers think your groceries get lighter if you use more bags, especially if you are on the north side of seventy.

[Lee Schierer]

How does that paper bag hold up when it's pouring rain? I'm not a fan of plastic bags for everything. Somehow, baggers think your groceries get lighter if you use more bags, especially if you are on the north side of seventy.

Spain was way ahead of us back in 1960, when you went shopping there you used net shopping bags like these.
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[Bill Jobe]

There are various news stories about bans on "single use" plastic utensils and straws. That makes me try to remember what utensils came with fast food when I was a kid. I remember wax paper straws. I'm tempted to say that there were wooden knives, forks, and spoons because this seems logical. However, I can't honestly say I remember them. Were they ever common? Or was it assumed that people would not need utensils? (I remember the days when hamburgers were more stoutly constructed. It was safe to assume you'd only need your hands.)

I think the idea was a concerted effort to help people eat less.

[Rick Potter]

"Invasion of the Sporks!".

Coming to your town soon.

[Mac McQuinn]

On my trips to see my Grandkids, I stop at a regional coffee shop in Ohio, they use compostable cups and lids, I like them, feel good in the hand, transfer less heat and no plastic aftertaste. On grocery bags we purchased bags that are woven fabric, take to market and reuse, some even have zippers and are insulated. Chuck a bag of ice on top and it keeps everything cool if you have a ways to travel. Seafood department supply's the ice gratis. We've been using the same bags for years as they're stronger than plastic or paper.
Mac

I have noticed in my area many smaller buisness using biodegradable forks and knifes..

No idea what’s they are made of “maybe the corn starch suggested above”?

Whatever the case I’m all for it. Plastic is evil. As a woodworker I despise the stuff across the board..

I also am loving the paper bags at Home Depot.

[James Pallas]

I can remember getting shrimp or oysters at the beach in the summer. You were given a paper cup of shrimp or oysters a little paper cup of cocktail sauce and a small 2 prong wooden fork. It was longer than the ice cream spoons. It may have been only at that one place we used to go tho. I loved the oysters. It wasn't until I was older that I realized they they were canned oysters and not fresh. Shrimp or oysters and a cold orange Nehi, I was good to go at 8 years old until the sunburn got more than I could take. I'm guessing that those wooden forks were meant to get the olive out of adult beverages.
Jim

[Patrick Walsh]

I’m more than willing to have my purchases strewn all over the parking lot if I can help just one bag from contributing the the messes like the link below popping up all over out oceans..

http://www.collective-evolution.com/...ean-coastline/

How does that paper bag hold up when it's pouring rain? I'm not a fan of plastic bags for everything. Somehow, baggers think your groceries get lighter if you use more bags, especially if you are on the north side of seventy.

[Jim Koepke]

"Invasion of the Sporks!".

Coming to your town soon.

How about some of these:

"Sporknado"

"Night of the Living Spork"

"Sporkerman"

"Sporkenstein"

Or for the travel oriented:

"Sporks Ahoy"

"Sporks to Alaska"

"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Around the old Spork Tree"

Okay, that last one is a bit much and should be a musical.

jtk

[Bill Jobe]

Our local drive in movie sold fast food on paper plates. You could even order a pizza.

[James Pallas]

Our local drive in movie sold fast food on paper plates. You could even order a pizza.

Is that the pizza that was "baked" under the heat lamps?
Jim

[Bill Dufour]

I hear tell of a new network it will an all sporks format.
My local newspaper has a good "sporks" section.
This reminds me of a Monty Python skit about news for 'STORAGE JARS"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjiR2GkXK2Q

BILL D

[Ken Fitzgerald]

I love a good broccoli and cheese soup!

The soup part is difficult, at best, to consume with those small flat wooden spoons being discussed so a person would probably have to resort to drinking from the bowl?

[Bill Jobe]

Is that the pizza that was "baked" under the heat lamps?
Jim

I think it was some kind of a toaster oven, if I recall correctly. The "red bulb" devices that resembled a microwave came a little later on, at least in our area. These machines sat next to a vending machine that had premade, and probably pre-cooked, sandwiches in a special crinklely celephane pouch. A Phillips 66 had one in my hometown.
At the time there were no pizza places anywhere near us.
At some point in the early to mid 60s a pizza spot opened up downtown.
We always had a great time when we'd get hungry for pizza at home. Mom would lay out every kind of cheese and meat, onions and so forth, in a line that covered the entire kitchen counters. She'd stir up a big bowl of dough and each of us made our own crust and went down the line adding whatever looked good.
It was quite a special event for me and my siblings.
For a long time prior to pizza chains forming you could buy pizza kits in grocery stores. Came with a can of sause, dough mix and, I think, a packet of dried cheese.
Perhaps they still do?

[John Sanford]

Waxed paper straws. I hated them. I despise the notion of them making a comeback.