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That was an emotional journey for such a short comment, thank you. One thought from the example of the penny lick. You could decide not to have reusable packagi

That was an emotional journey for such a short comment, thank you. One thought from the example of the penny lick. You could decide not to have reusable packaging because of that, or you could decide to have reusable packaging that is designed to be cleaned.

thaumasiotes 7y ago
> You could decide not to have reusable packaging because of that, or you could decide to have reusable packaging that is designed to be cleaned. One of those alternatives is vastly inferior to the other. The ice cream dish has to be cleaned by someone you don't know, producing a result you can't observe. Glass bowls are designed to be cleaned. That was the original system.
- inflatableDodo 7y ago
  According to the article posted, these were not. >After finishing their ice cream, customers handed back their well-licked penny lick, and the next customer ate from the same cup. Because of the conical openings, Jacks couldn’t keep the narrow point clean if they tried. Penny licks became the perfect vessel for transmitting disease. I suspect we might be able to improve on this, perhaps with some kind of new fangled sanitising machinery, more suited to this bright new modern age of steam. No, wait, I'm getting it wrong. Remind me, which century are we in again?
  - NeedMoreTea 7y ago
    We could invent some new fangled name like washing for this advanced new process you have in mind. I think this thread is in the 18th, but can't be sure. :)
  - polotics 7y ago
    21st! You'll have to grab the soggy waffle cone from my cold dead hands!
  - thaumasiotes 7y ago
    > According to the article posted, these were not. >> After finishing their ice cream, customers handed back their well-licked penny lick, and the next customer ate from the same cup. Because of the conical openings, Jacks couldn’t keep the narrow point clean if they tried. Penny licks became the perfect vessel for transmitting disease. Yes, it says that. The article also has some photographs of period penny licks. The description in the text doesn't match.
- flukus 7y ago
  > One of those alternatives is vastly inferior to the other. The ice cream dish has to be cleaned by someone you don't know, producing a result you can't observe. Basically every restaurant and bar will serve you food and drink in reusable dishes, yet we don't see big outbreaks of tuberculosis from them.
- lwansbrough 7y ago
  Do you drink beer? Beer bottles are often recycled (meaning washed and reused) by smaller breweries.

thaumasiotes 7y ago

> You could decide not to have reusable packaging because of that, or you could decide to have reusable packaging that is designed to be cleaned. One of those alternatives is vastly inferior to the other. The ice cream dish has to be cleaned by someone you don't know, producing a result you can't observe. Glass bowls are designed to be cleaned. That was the original system.

inflatableDodo 7y ago
According to the article posted, these were not. >After finishing their ice cream, customers handed back their well-licked penny lick, and the next customer ate from the same cup. Because of the conical openings, Jacks couldn’t keep the narrow point clean if they tried. Penny licks became the perfect vessel for transmitting disease. I suspect we might be able to improve on this, perhaps with some kind of new fangled sanitising machinery, more suited to this bright new modern age of steam. No, wait, I'm getting it wrong. Remind me, which century are we in again?
- NeedMoreTea 7y ago
  We could invent some new fangled name like washing for this advanced new process you have in mind. I think this thread is in the 18th, but can't be sure. :)
- polotics 7y ago
  21st! You'll have to grab the soggy waffle cone from my cold dead hands!
- thaumasiotes 7y ago
  > According to the article posted, these were not. >> After finishing their ice cream, customers handed back their well-licked penny lick, and the next customer ate from the same cup. Because of the conical openings, Jacks couldn’t keep the narrow point clean if they tried. Penny licks became the perfect vessel for transmitting disease. Yes, it says that. The article also has some photographs of period penny licks. The description in the text doesn't match.
flukus 7y ago
> One of those alternatives is vastly inferior to the other. The ice cream dish has to be cleaned by someone you don't know, producing a result you can't observe. Basically every restaurant and bar will serve you food and drink in reusable dishes, yet we don't see big outbreaks of tuberculosis from them.
lwansbrough 7y ago
Do you drink beer? Beer bottles are often recycled (meaning washed and reused) by smaller breweries.