[Sca-cooks] 1926: an Ecuadorian medieval meal

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Actually, according to Linguet's contemporary account, the English were  
still wiping their hands on the tablecloth in the late eighteenth century.
 
Jim  Chevallier

Contributor, Savoring Gotham
A Food  Lover's Companion to New York City
Editor-in-chief: Andrew F. Smith  and Foreword by Garrett Oliver
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In a message dated 1/23/2016 12:30:53 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
lordhunt at gmail.com writes:

How  disgusting. If there was a problem between pouring water over the 
eaters  hands, the Spanish used bread to wipe their hands, certainly not the  
tablecloth!