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Fork is a cutlery consisting of a handle and several narrow teeth (usually two to four) at one end.
The fork - the king of cooking utensils, originally appeared in the West, while in East Asia they used mainly chopsticks.
The history of forks in Europe can be traced back to the 17th century, when Italian merchants and nobles began to use them.
Much later, these cutlery appeared in Northern Europe.
The first man to use a metal fork while eating probably lived thousands of years ago.
The fork we use for lunch, however, was invented recently. Some respected scientists believe that the fork has appeared simultaneously with the arrow and was initially used as a toothpick.
According to one of the proposed versions the story of the creation of the fork begins in the Middle East. This was in the ninth century. While eating fruit, of course, there was a need to stuff the pieces with something so that people would not get their hands dirty with the sweet fruit juice.
In 1608, an Englishman named Thomas Coriat crossed Italy. During his journey, he kept a diary in which he wrote down everything that struck him as a habit.
The traveler described the magnificence of the Venetian palaces built in the middle of the water and the beauty of the marble temples of ancient Rome and the majesty of Vesuvius. But one object strikes Coryatus more than Vesuvius and the magnificent buildings.
In the diary he writes:
When Italians eat meat, they use small forks made of steel or iron, and sometimes silver. They think that it is not good to eat with your hands, because not all hands are clean.
It took more than fifty years before the fork became fashionable in England.
Forks 300 years ago were a rarity in Europe. By the way, in Germany in the 18th century they remembered to bend the teeth of the forks.
The Catholic Church in every way showed its negative attitude towards forks, considering them an excessive luxury.
The appearance of forks in Russia dates back to 1606. A Polish aristocrat named Marina Mnishek brought her to the Kremlin for a wedding celebration, and the sight of this tool shocked the nobility and the clergy.
At a later stage, these utensils were served at the table only for especially esteemed guests.
The new name fork for cutlery is rooted only in the XVIII century, earlier they were called fork or horn.
The first forks they had only two teeth and in the 18th century were owned by noble wealthy people.
Around the 18th century, four-pronged forks were mainly used.
Ordinary people began to use a fork more widely only in the 19th century.
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