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Default A Strange Way To Eat That Was Once Common


"Michael Kuettner" > wrote in message
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>> 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
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> Strange. The quarrel about the usage of the fork started in the 11th.
> century.
> In Venezia ...
> Then there were spoon and knife ...
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> odd-info seems to be full of shit.


*snort*

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