What are the four great ancient civilizations?
Fork: eating fork first appeared in Eleventh Century in the Italy area, only two teeth. At that time the clergy did not praise the fork, they believe that human beings can only touch the hands of God given food. The rich man of Carney, who created the tableware, was tempted by Satan, an act of blasphemy. Italy historical records: a man with a fork in Venice duty after a meal, a few days to die, it is likely to be infected with the plague and died; and the cleric said she was attacked by a scourge, warned people not to eat with a fork. In twelfth Century, the Archbishop of England, Kanter, introduced the fork to the people of the Anglo Saxon kingdom. It was said that the nobles did not like to eat with a fork, but often took the fork in their hands. Weapon of duel. In Fourteenth Century the Anglo Saxons, the fork is still imported, as Edward Thi has put 7 gold and silver made a fork. Most Europeans at the time, all love food with a knife cut into pieces, and then his fingers caught it in his mouth; if a man with a fork to eat, it is said that if he is not a picky ghost, is a "sissy". In eighteenth Century the French Revolution due to the outbreak of the war, because eating four tines with French nobles preferred fork, meaning this "implied fork users", and "almost equate the meaning out of the ordinary". So the fork became a symbol of status, luxury, attention, and then gradually become the necessary tableware.
Before the invention of chopsticks in China, the use of a spoon as the main tableware. The reasons are as follows: Chinese early cooking utensils to Li Ding, etc, and these items are cooking food based fluid, is unable to eat with chopsticks. Therefore, the Chinese people in the invention of chopsticks, the use of animal bones is mainly produced by the spoon tableware, which is confirmed in the archaeological findings.
About thirteenth Century years ago, Europeans used their fingers to eat. In the use of the fingers when eating, there are certain rules: the Romans with finger number to distinguish the identity of civilians is five Qi, polite noble only three finger, ring finger and little finger is not stained with food. The rule of eating lasted until sixteenth Century, and was still practiced by europeans. Fork: eating fork first appeared in Eleventh Century in the Italy area, only two teeth. At that time the clergy did not praise the fork, they believe that human beings can only touch the hands of God given food. The rich man of Carney, who created the tableware, was tempted by Satan, an act of blasphemy. Italy historical records: a man with a fork in Venice duty after a meal, a few days to die, it is likely to be infected with the plague and died; and the cleric said she was attacked by a scourge, warned people not to eat with a fork. In twelfth Century, the Archbishop of England, Kanter, introduced the fork to the people of the Anglo Saxon kingdom. It was said that the nobles did not like to eat with a fork, but often took the fork in their hands. Weapon of duel. In Fourteenth Century the Anglo Saxons, the fork is still imported, as Edward Thi has put 7 gold and silver made a fork.
