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Default Forks are decadent

On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 8:17:46 AM UTC-4, bruce bowser wrote:
> On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 6:40:28 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 6:08:28 AM UTC-10, bruce bowser wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 4:02:50 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> > > > 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.
> > > It has been for awhile? Burgers, sandwiches, pizza, hot dogs, hot pockets and most fried foods.

> >
> > Hot pockets? I'm talking about food that's worth eating.

> Buy any pizza flavored hot pockets, cut them open (the long side) open faced and put in the oven 400 F degrees for 13 minutes. Not bad, huh?


I'm with dsi1 on this. I'd rather take the time to make pizza from scratch, even if it's a 24-hour
wait for the dough to ferment.

Cindy Hamilton