Toothpicks…something I have always taken for granted. They have always been in the cupboard or on the table and who can not bake a cake without poking a toothpick in to see if it is done?  When hubby and I were first married we would jokingly tease each other on which was better – round ones (that I grew up with and my mom used) or flat ones that he was used to; so I always kept both on hand.

   I bought a box (flat ones) the other day as my supply was getting low. After I had used several, I wondered why there were so many flawed ones in the box. Then I dumped it out and there was hardly a perfect one in the package. This was weird. Where were the perfectly smooth toothpicks I remembered? Then I looked on the side and the package said. “Made in China”! WHAT!!! I couldn’t believe it!

   What has America become that we can not even make toothpicks in America anymore and have to import them? I am going to be looking for a different brand if I can find one that is still made in the U.S.A. And I have come around to my hubby’s way of thinking and now use the flat ones for my teeth but still use the round ones to test my cakes!  :-)