On Monday, March 15, 2021 at 8:05:33 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> Watching John Oliver I saw an interesing tidbit about forks. We don't
> need no stinkin' forks.
>
> https://leitesculinaria.com/1157/wri...gins-fork.html
>
> Imagine the astonishment then when in 1004 Maria Argyropoulina, Greek
> niece of Byzantine Emperor Basil II, showed up in Venice for her
> marriage to Giovanni, son of the Pietro Orseolo II, the Doge of Venice,
> with a case of golden forks€”and then proceeded to use them at the
> wedding feast. They werent exactly a hit. She was roundly condemned by
> the local clergy for her decadence, with one going so far as to say,
> €śGod in his wisdom has provided man with natural forks€”his fingers.
> Therefore it is an insult to him to substitute artificial metal forks
> for them when eating.
I predict that eating with your fingers will be a thing in America in the future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpsinjKdHCU&t=285s