[Sca-cooks] forks (was Royal authenticity)

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> Brangwayna commented:
> >>>>>>
> Of course, he's still doing it, as he's been a driving 
> force behind the rise of the East Kingdom Tournament company, the use of period 
> martial techniques, and is the person who taught me to eat without a fork :-)
> <<<<<<
> I would love to have an article or take a class on how to eat food without a fork. I'm speaking of the food of the Franks here, not that of the Moslems or Asians. I can scoop up food with flat breads or use chopsticks, but I'm not at all sure how to handle many of the foods commonly served at SCA and period feasts without a fork. Particularly pasta. But then I recently read that pasta was one of the reasons the fork came into use at the table.
> 
> Stefan
> 
Well, in 13th c. England, everything was cut up into bits or was mush, 
and you ate it with a spoon, or it was dry enough that you could eat it 
with your fingers. Well, mostly everything, anyway. Forks were for hauling 
chunks of meat out of the boiling pot.

Margaret