[Sca-cooks] How old are drinking straws?

[Mark.S Harris]

Chirhart commented:
> Arrg yes if he be fitted with a new fangled straw

That made me wonder just how early drinking straws are?
Were they used in medieval times? Even if used in Classical
times this wouldn't necessarily indicate use in the Middle Ages.
Anyone know? While of course plastic ones are modern they
can be made of other materials, paper, metal, glass, reeds.

I would think when they were used they would show up
in drawings of table settings or elsewhere.

Stefan li Rous