[Sca-cooks] Forks in period??? (Somewhat OT)

[Stefan li Rous]

Gorgeous Muiredach the Odd asked:
> Quick question on fork use.  Not quite on topic, but...

Huh? I don't think this is off topic. Been discussed here previously, anyway.


> I'm sure someone has a handy reference to when forks were actually used at
> first?  I'm looking for forks used for eating, as well as, and more
> importantly, forks used for cooking/carving.  Ideally in the English isles,
> though the rest of Europe would work for me too :-)

You might try these files in the FOOD-UTENSILS section of the Florilegium:

forks-msg         (23K)  4/13/01    Period forks. history and use in Europe.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-UTENSILS/forks-msg.html

p-tableware-msg   (47K)  4/11/01    Period tableware. Period references
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-UTENSILS/p-tableware-msg.html
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