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They are luxury, but not silly. Aluminum disintegrates in acidic food. It has been associated with Alzheimer's disease. It can crack. Wood can not be cleaned,
by tropo 8y ago
They are luxury, but not silly.
Aluminum disintegrates in acidic food. It has been associated with Alzheimer's disease. It can crack.
Wood can not be cleaned, it splits, and it even has slivers.
Plastic melts or burns. Plastic cracks. Plastic gets discolored, often by foods that contain both oil and tomatoes. BPA has been a problem, and the substitutes in BPA-free plastic are sometimes suspected of being worse.
- snowwrestler 8y agoAnodized aluminum is food-safe and is commonly used in pans, where it experiences much harsher chemical exposure than dipping a spoon into some freeze-dried pasta. Wood can definitely be cleaned. Wood spoons are a common item in any kitchen where meals are commonly prepared. Bamboo is even tougher and easier to clean. It's not hard to keep plastic utensils from melting or cracking. I still use the same plastic camp utensils I got decades ago. I was working in outdoor retail when titanium utensils started being sold. Guess what? People ate just fine before them. When people started buying the titanium utensils, I would sometimes ask why (not challenging, just curious). To a person, they all said: because they're so light. (They were heavier than the plastic spoons.) I agree that they're a luxury, the same way a $200 Dolce & Gabbana t-shirt is a luxury: high price for no additional benefit. Triumph of marketing.