@heatherhorns oh damn i haven't thought about those in ages.

I think I eat them by putting a singular piece in my mouth, with the string still on it, then biting it so it comes off, then carefully taking the elastic string out from between my teeth and lips so it doesn't ping back and hurt me/someone else.

...otherwise you gotta like, cut the string and that just gets messy. the string really is superfluous tho.