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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