SC - Holidays, Lurking, Gifts, Etc.

Philip & Susan Troy troy at asan.com
Tue Jan 9 17:49:08 PST 2001


Elaine Koogler wrote:
> 
> Then there's that Anglo-Saxon "spork" that I have.  The gentle who made it
> documented it to the 9th century in Britain...I have the reference somewhere as
> we discussed this sometime ago on this list.  Basically, it is brass with a spoon
> on one end a 3-tined for on the other.

This may or may not be inspired by the Roman concept of the spoon with a
nut/shellfish/tooth - pick at the handle end. A single prong, of course,
but functionally similar to your spork.

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

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