Joseph Littleshoes wrote:
> 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.

At least some in England used a small spatula instead of a fork for a
time. Forks were used as cook's tools in Roman times, and spoons of one
sort or another were dining implements.

Jerry
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