People often talk about swapping out plastic straws for other materials to help the ocean/fish and the environment, but they also complain about paper straws falling apart easily. Other alternatives that are slightly more sturdy like straws made of straw don’t seem very common.
But do we even need straws? My first reaction was that any liquid can be drunk directly from the vessel it’s in, and straws just add another level of convenience. If we don’t want to use plastic straws and the alternatives mostly suck (actually all straws suck 🤓), why not just ditch straws entirely?
I heard an american the other day talking about large noodles being used as straws, I don’t know if this was pasta or whatever but I thought that was insteresting
I just posted a comment about this replying to someone else. It isn’t common, but I’ve used them many times. It is basically a giant uncooked pasta noodle in the shape of a straw. The ones I used had a large diameter than your typical straw.
When you’re done with it you can eat it or throw it away. After sitting in the water and being in your mouth it can get a bit gummy in those areas, but it’s not a huge deal.