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A history of the humble fork

Jälleen SCAtoday tarjoilee laadukkaita linkkejä. Hauska pätkä tuosta artikkelista: "The English ridiculed forks as being effeminate and unnecessary. 'Why should a person need a fork when God had given him hands?' they asked."

A history of the humble fork - Everyone knows that Byzantines (being superior creatures) used forks as early as the 10th century, while other Europeans struggled at stabbing their beef with a knife. The California Academy of Sciences offers a History of Kitchen Utensils, including the fork, on their website. [SCAtoday.net]

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