Before no iron, European people eat what kind of tableware?
Before the invention of chopsticks in China, using a spoon as a main tableware. Here's why: early Chinese cooking utensils, mainly tripod, by which items with cooking fluid food is given priority to, can't be eating with chopsticks. So the Chinese before the invention of chopsticks, using mainly of animal bones, spoons, tableware, has confirmed this in archaeological discoveries.
About in the 13th century ago, europeans are still all with your fingers when eating. When using finger food, there are certain rules: the amount of the Romans to use finger to distinguish identity, civilians are five fingers together, educated nobles only three fingers, ring finger and little finger can't touch the food. This dining rules until the 16th century, still pursued by europeans. Fork: into edible fork first appeared in the 11th century Italy, card area, there are only two fork teeth. The clergy, with no high praise for the fork, they think people can only use hand to touch god has given to man the food. Rich, carney people create tableware is satan's temptation, is a blasphemous act. Venice, Italy historical records: a returning after eating with a fork, die in a few days, it is likely to be infected with the plague and die; While the clergy said, she is a scourge, warned not to eat with a fork. In the 12th century, England's archbishop of Canterbury earl introduce a fork to a Anglo Saxon kingdom people, it is said that the nobles did not like eating with a fork, but often put the fork in his hand. As a weapon to duel. For the 14th century the Anglo Saxon, the fork is still import, like Edward I have with gold, silver 7 turned into the fork. At that time, most of the europeans, like food with a knife cut into pieces, and then to catch with my fingers into his mouth; If a man with a fork to eat, it is said that if he is not a picky ghost, is a "sissy". 18 th-century French revolutionary war broke out, as a result of the French nobles prefer tooth with four fork fork dine, the users of "fork" implied meaning, can almost equal sign and the meaning of "different". So the fork became a status symbol, luxury, elegant, then gradually became necessary utensils.
Knife: western tableware still retained the knife, the reason is that many foods are cut into large pieces of when cook, and when to eat again by the person according to the will of the individual, it cut into small pieces of different size. This point with the east, especially the Chinese before the start of the cooking, the food such as pork, cut into small pieces of meat and then carry on the processing method is different, perhaps this is western cooking has always been one of the important reasons behind the east. A knife early occupies an important position in human life. 150 million years ago, our ancestors began to use stone as a tool, the knife hung on their loins, used to cut meat for a while, a moment to keep self-defense enemy; Only leaders have status, identity, can have many different USES a knife. French emperor during the reign of Louis xiii (AD 1610-1643 AD), richelieu archduke capable of political strategy, not only among the major European powers in France made a contribution of; Even details about life in general, the cardinal also pay great attention to. When the top of the knife is not we know today is in the shape of ellipse but a sharp blade. A lot of French bureaucrats and politicians, the meal, dinner knife when use toothpicks, use it to teeth. Richelieu archduke and ordered home servant grinding blade of a knife into the oval, the guest is not allowed in front of his teeth with a knife, and influence, the French will also blow up a knife blade grinding blunt a whirlwind.
