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Default A Strange Way To Eat That Was Once Common


"javawizard" > schrieb

> 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
>

Strange. The quarrel about the usage of the fork started in the 11th. century.
In Venezia ...
Then there were spoon and knife ...

odd-info seems to be full of shit.

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner