Laura Manach :bongoCat:Why does every commercial depiction of honey involve one of these?
Literally nobody has ever seen one of these in real life
Eugen Rochko@cmconseils@mastodon.social I feel like I've seen this exact question and picture on Reddit a few days ago...
Matt Hall@Gargron@mastodon.social @cmconseils@mastodon.social
Even if it was... Using reddit has been an absolute pain since they locked everything down and... You didn't answer the question. ;)
Eugen Rochko@401matthall@mastodon.xyz @cmconseils@mastodon.social I have seen these in real life all my life and I own one. They’re often sold among other wooden utensils at fairs and markets.
Matt Hall@Gargron@mastodon.social @cmconseils@mastodon.social
This is interesting to me. I grew up and and live in the US. Honey is most often acquired at a supermarket in a plastic container shaped like a bear.
You squeeze the container to dispense the honey.
No spoons, no wands. Just honey.
So... The wand seems amazingly superfluous to me. I literally don't understand the appeal.
FeloniousPunk@401matthall@mastodon.xyz @Gargron@mastodon.social @cmconseils@mastodon.social My grandparents used one, and yes they kept fresh honey from a local beekeeper. But yeah, commercial honey killed the charm with plastic bottles. Go check out your local farmers market, you can usually find fresh honey and utensils there.
Eugen Rochko@401matthall@mastodon.xyz @cmconseils@mastodon.social I'm not surprised. In Germany it's more common to buy honey in jars.