[Sca-cooks] Forks dated 1526

[david friedman]

>Johnnae llyn Lewis commented:
>>While doing some background research in Italian sources, I came across
>>the following item that should be of interest to at least Stefan for his
>>files--- The article and item are not cited as far as can be determined
>>in the Florilegium or in Thomas Gloning's files.
>
><snip>
>Yes, this is the kind of info I like to have for the Florilegium. And
>thank you checking beforehand as to whether it was already detailed
>in the Florilegium or not. I don't have time to check out every
>reference and message, so sometimes duplicates do slip in.
>
>The non-chalant way the fork is mentioned in this quote makes it sound
>like dinner forks may well have been in fairly common usage, at
>least by the upper class of this time. But this does give a working
>point for when they first showed up in print documentation, so we
>know they are at least this old.

They show up in art considerably earlier than that--and, of course,
there are surviving specimens that appear to be eating forks earlier
still.
--
David/Cariadoc
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