Until the early 17th century, it was considered good English table manners to stab your meat with a knife, then rip it apart with your hands. Why use a fork -- that newfangled Continental invention -- when you could just as easily use your fingers? It took 100 years before good manners made forks de... -
A Knork In the Road
Until the early 17th century, it was considered good English table manners to stab your meat with a knife, then rip it apart with your hands. Why use a fork -- that newfangled Continental invention -- when you could just as easily use your fingers? It took 100 years before good manners made forks de...-
By Jane Black