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Matt Hall
@401matthall@mastodon.xyz

@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
@FeloniousPunk@beige.party

@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.

Matt Hall
@401matthall@mastodon.xyz

@FeloniousPunk@beige.party @Gargron@mastodon.social @cmconseils@mastodon.social

This might sound snotty or obtuse, I don't mean it to, I understand the appeal of fresh honey (it's my preference) but I still can't quite grok the utensils... What's the advantage of the wand over say... A spoon or just pouring from the jar and wiping the lip of the jar when finished?

I feel like I'm genuinely missing something.

Eugen Rochko
@Gargron@mastodon.social

@401matthall@mastodon.xyz @FeloniousPunk@beige.party @cmconseils@mastodon.social Why have a cake fork when there's the dinner fork, or the table spoon when there's the tea spoon--part tradition, part adaptation. This particular utsensil is good at keeping the honey from dripping off while you're transferring it to your mug.

Matt Hall
@401matthall@mastodon.xyz

@Gargron@mastodon.social @FeloniousPunk@beige.party @cmconseils@mastodon.social

Sure, I understand the concepts of traditional tools/utensils etc. I don't especially adapt to them. It's more the utility that I was curious about.

Thanks for the reply!