According to the book Sundae Best: A History of Soda Fountains, customers of restaurants and soda fountains that were concerned about touching their lips to a glass that another customer used (and which might not be disinfected), were offered straws made from the stalks of rye grass, hand - cut and
cured as a sideline by farmers that already grew rye for animal feed.
She spends the better part of The Death
Cure flitting around in the
sidelines with Jorge (Giancarlo Esposito) performing rescue missions, conveniently allowing Thomas to go through the motions of figuring out what he thinks of Theresa with
as little interruption
as possible.