That "turned into goo" part is so real. I had a similar win with a set of bamboo travel cutlery. The spoon warped into a perfect shallow bowl the first time I left it in some hot soup. Tried to eat with a bent spoon that could only hold about three drops of liquid. Felt very smart holding a tiny, hot, useless piece of bamboo. These products really commit to the whole "returning to the earth" thing, just way ahead of schedule.
Wait, it only held three drops? That's not a spoon, it's a joke... You'd need to scoop for hours to finish a bowl of soup. Bamboo gear really does give up on life way too fast.