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Default What People Thought About Forks

Jerry Avins wrote:
> javawizard wrote:
> > It's hard to imagine that until about four hundred years ago, European
> > people ate everything with their fingers. When a few people started
> > using forks in England, everyone else thought the idea of using tools
> > to eat was totally ridiculous. - from the Food History section of
> >www.odd-info.com

>
> Yeah, sure. And they kept dogs around to deal with the scraps and to
> serve as finger wipes.


Actually kitchen/tavern wenches.
 
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