The dangers of eating with silver chopsticks

In the ancient imperial palace: the meals of the emperor, concubines and princes all needed to be inspected, so what was the method of inspection? That is to test poison with silver needles to protect the emperor, concubines and princes. These are some basic methods in ancient times. But did you know that many people believe that silver chopsticks also have this function? So is it true or not? Next, we will introduce to you the dangers of eating with silver chopsticks.

The dangers of eating with silver chopsticks

If you are going to use it for eating, I suggest you use wooden chopsticks.

Eating with silver chopsticks was a method used to test for poison in ancient times when technology was not yet well developed (in fact, there are still many poisons that cannot be detected with silver chopsticks).

In fact, silver is a metal that easily oxidizes in the air. Silver tends to turn black and dark after oxidation.

Silver plating: It is to cover the surface of other materials with a layer of silver by electroplating. Although it looks good, the electroplating layer is easily oxidized and falls off. It's a waste of money to do that, I don't recommend it.

Zangyin: A general term for traditional silver production in Tibet. It is more complicated. First of all, there is no specific standard for the refining of silver in Zangyin. Secondly, from an artistic point of view, Zang Yin only uses the aesthetics of Tibet to make silverware. But traditional Zang silver is not used to make chopsticks. (Most people over there eat with their hands! Ouch!) Then where do the chopsticks come from? Also, many people now sell Thai silverware as Zang silver (it seems that Thai silverware is cheaper). Although this stuff is more resistant to oxidation than 925 silver, the quality is not guaranteed, so I advise you not to buy it.

In fact, even if it is 925 silver, it still needs daily maintenance. But it is very contradictory that if it is used for eating, it will still oxidize and turn black and dark with spots. Who would eat with something that ugly? It requires maintenance with chemical agents such as silver brightener (the silver brightener cloth on the market now is actually sprayed with silver brightener). However, this chemical agent has certain harm to the human body.

Okay, the above is what we have to say about the dangers of eating with silver chopsticks. What do you think after reading it? Do you feel that we haven’t thought so much about eating with silver chopsticks? Of course, this shows that our own knowledge is very limited, so what we have to do is to use wooden chopsticks to eat instead of silver chopsticks. This is the purpose of writing this article!