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the making of sticks
Saturday, September 5th, 2020 01:01 amThe last part of the popsicle, licking it off the stick, doesn't taste so good. I wonder if it is the taste of the wood itself that is unpleasant, or if the wood is coated with any kind of chemical.
It didn't occur to me to be curious about the whole process of making the sticks, but that is what I found:
Ice Cream Sticks whole production line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAihwkV8TgE
So many different machines, just to make a popsicle stick (or to make millions of them). No doubt unpleasantly loud thumping thumping thumping machines, though the videos replace the noise with music. Big trees being cut up just for this. Now I feel bad about buying popsicles with these wooden sticks that are made just to be thrown away. Although I use so many other disposable wood products too, and how could you have a popsicle without a stick? And even though I mostly don't throw them away; they accumulate in the drawer waiting for that time when they are just what I need for whatever little task.
It didn't occur to me to be curious about the whole process of making the sticks, but that is what I found:
Ice Cream Sticks whole production line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAihwkV8TgE
So many different machines, just to make a popsicle stick (or to make millions of them). No doubt unpleasantly loud thumping thumping thumping machines, though the videos replace the noise with music. Big trees being cut up just for this. Now I feel bad about buying popsicles with these wooden sticks that are made just to be thrown away. Although I use so many other disposable wood products too, and how could you have a popsicle without a stick? And even though I mostly don't throw them away; they accumulate in the drawer waiting for that time when they are just what I need for whatever little task.