Editing Bamboo (section)

==== Kitchenware and other usage ====
[[File:Bamboo steamer-side stacked-fs PNr°0729.jpg|thumb|A [[bamboo steamer]], used to cook foods like [[dim sum]]]]
Bamboo is frequently used for cooking utensils within many cultures, and is used in the manufacture of [[chopsticks]] and [[bamboo steamer]]s. In modern times, some see bamboo tools as an eco-friendly alternative to other manufactured utensils. Bamboo is also used to make eating utensils such as chopsticks, trays, and tea scoops. Several manufacturers offer [[bamboo bicycle]]s, surfboards, snowboards, and skateboards.<ref>{{cite web |author=Jen Lukenbill |title=About My Planet: Bamboo Bikes |url=http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/environment/bamboo-bikes/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025023815/http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/environment/bamboo-bikes/ |archive-date=25 October 2012 |access-date=4 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Teo Kermeliotis |date=31 May 2012 |title=Made in Africa: Bamboo bikes put Zambian business on right track |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/31/business/bamboo-bicycles-zambia-zambikes/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023013022/http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/31/business/bamboo-bicycles-zambia-zambikes/index.html |archive-date=23 October 2012 |publisher=CNN}}</ref>

Bamboo has traditionally been used to make a wide range of everyday utensils and [[cutting board#Bamboo|cutting board]]s, particularly in Japan,<ref>Brauen, M. Bamboo in Old Japan: Art and Culture on the Threshold to Modernity. The Hans Sporry Collection in the Ethnographic Museum of Zurich University. Arnoldsche Art Publishers: Stuttgart</ref> where archaeological excavations have uncovered bamboo baskets dating to the Late Jōmon period (2000–1000 BC).<ref>McCallum, T. M. Containing Beauty: Japanese Bamboo Flower Baskets. 1988. Museum of Cultural History, UCLA: Los Angeles</ref> Bamboo also has a long history of use in [[Asian furniture]]. [[Chinese furniture|Chinese bamboo furniture]] is a distinct style based on a millennia-long tradition, and bamboo is also used for [[bamboo floor|floors]] due to its high [[Janka hardness test|hardness]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/c2fcadb5447b4ff728bef12bdb5e61c2/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=25222 |title=Selected physical properties of commercial bamboo flooring |last1=Lee |first1=Andy W.C. |last2=Liu |first2=Yihai |journal=Forest Products Journal |location=Madison |volume=53 |issue=6 |date=June 2003 |pages=23–26 |access-date=10 May 2017}}</ref>

Additionally, bamboo is used to create bracelets, earrings, necklaces, and other jewelry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bamboo, Bamboo uses and benefits, Bamboo sustainability |url=https://econation.one/bamboo/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Econation |language=en-US}}</ref>