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Q: invention of eating utensils around the world ( No Answer,   1 Comment )
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Subject: invention of eating utensils around the world
Category: Family and Home > Food and Cooking
Asked by: seajock-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 21 Jun 2005 22:22 PDT
Expires: 21 Jul 2005 22:22 PDT
Question ID: 535739
when were chopstix and cutlery and common silverware invented and when
did their use come into existance?
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Subject: Re: invention of eating utensils around the world
From: waukon-ga on 22 Jun 2005 01:41 PDT
 
"The fork was introduced in the Middle East before the year 1000."
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork

"Chopsticks were developed about 3000 to 5000 years ago in China (the
exact date is unknown)."
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopsticks

AHD4 puts 'spoon' etymologically into Middle English "chip of wood.".
http://www.bartleby.com/61/12/S0661200.html

Most people used their fingers or crude implements otherwise.

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