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.
>
> Jerry

The La Russe Gasstronomique has an interesting article on this, some
went so far as to condemn it as sinful and against the will of god, if
we were meant to use tools to eat with .....

A equally absurd argument was made about umbrellas, using them was
against gods will that we get wet.

Though i do like the idea of plates and bowls made of bread.
--
JL