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,
€œGod 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.