jmcquown wrote:
> Goomba38 wrote:
>
>>Pete C. wrote:
>>, Teflon killing birds, etc.
>>>
>>
>>Right.. In the past, some of her comments (IMO) have been a bit far
>>fetched. For example, that wooden spoons harbor dangerous bacteria.
>>How any of our ancestors survived some of the things she fears, is
>>beyond me?? Goomba
>
>
> Dayum! I need to toss my wooden spoons post-haste! (Psssst, our ancestors
> used silicone spoons, didn't you know?)
>
> Jill
>
Jill, do not toss the wooden spoons yet. My Grandparents on my
Father's side had a large Silicone Tree orchard just outside of
Vienna. Those trees produced great spoons and it looked so impressive
when the spoons were almost ripe and hung down from the trees. )

It's strange, I have not one of them left, but I still have several
wooden ones, from trees that grew wild near that orchard. They had to
be carved, they did not just grow on trees. My mother gave them to me;
she had had them from the time she got married in 1920. I suppose the
bacteria kept them in such good shape until now. )