'Butcher's' twine

[ArtAngel]

I bought a joint of pork and found that it was strung up with 'baker's twine' which made me smile. I can see that butchers use it but I wonder where the name originated from. How do baker's use it and why is it called 'baker's twine'? I think it is better suited to butchers. What say you?

[grannyscrap]

I have only known it as Butchers Twine, as it's been used by them for ever LOL. I have only heard it called Bakers Twine since it's been used in scrapbooking.

[angelfish]

I've always though of it as Butcher's twine too. The red and white one anyway.

Bakers use it to tie up those cardboard boxes, they package their cakes in. I think it's possibly more of American thing though.

[MiniOwner]

Isn't butcher's twine thicker than baker's?

[shiasan]

Actually, I've read somewhere that the phrase 'baker's twine' was first coined in USA because old fashioned bakeries or bakeries in the past used to wrap up their loaves of bread with paper and tie them up with the twine, or to tie up pastry boxes or something.

I think in Aussie they are also called 'butcher's twine', but for aesthetic purposes, I'm sure it would be way nicer if someone were to comment or ask about the twine, to tell them that it was 'baker's' instead of 'butcher's'! I suppose the implication of the word 'butcher's' material being used on scrapbooking might be a little

But I couldn't care less, they are such pretty decorations, got to love how many colours they come in nowadays (:

[Hysteri-CAL]

I've always called it Bakers Twine. As Shiasan said, I always thought it was because bakers 'tied' up bags and boxes with twine. Our local bakers always used to tie everything up ...

[ArtAngel]

Thank you for clearing that one up. I didn't know about the twine being used to wrap boxes for baker's products in USA. It just made me smile that our butcher had caught on to the scrapbooking trend. Actually, his wife used to work in the local craft store. Maybe she influenced him.

[NIKIG]

What I want to know is:

did you recycle the bakers/butchers twine? LOL.