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However, forks were rather slow to take off. By the [[14th Century]] france had adopted the fork, by england held off adopting these inventions of hte hated foreigners until after the time of henry VIII.
However, forks were rather slow to take off. By the [[14th Century]] france had adopted the fork, by england held off adopting these inventions of hte hated foreigners until after the time of henry VIII.


In period times all forks were [[two pronged fork]]s.
In period times, people mostly used [[two pronged fork]]s. However, three, four, and even five-pronged forks are extant.


Since it's rather difficult (and probably non-period) to eat without using you fingers with only a knife and a spoon, a [[serviette]] (or at a pinch a tea towel) is an extremely useful item, as it prevents getting nasty hard to remove grease stains on your [[garb]] from the roast chicken and making the [[hospitaller]] angry if you borrowed the [[garb]].
Since it's rather difficult (and probably non-period) to eat without using you fingers with only a knife and a spoon, a [[serviette]] (or at a pinch a tea towel) is an extremely useful item, as it prevents getting nasty hard to remove grease stains on your [[garb]] from the roast chicken and making the [[hospitaller]] angry if you borrowed the [[garb]].

Revision as of 02:42, 1 July 2003

The earliest evidence of forks I've come across is in 12th Century italy (well ok, Venice, since italy didn't exist yet). Before this time eating utensils were a spoon and a knife.

However, forks were rather slow to take off. By the 14th Century france had adopted the fork, by england held off adopting these inventions of hte hated foreigners until after the time of henry VIII.

In period times, people mostly used two pronged forks. However, three, four, and even five-pronged forks are extant.

Since it's rather difficult (and probably non-period) to eat without using you fingers with only a knife and a spoon, a serviette (or at a pinch a tea towel) is an extremely useful item, as it prevents getting nasty hard to remove grease stains on your garb from the roast chicken and making the hospitaller angry if you borrowed the garb.