Holy Fork :)

BR, Margus


Bob W wrote:
> No, no, no. There was only one fork in the whole world! But it had
> such prestige that people brought a cadena containing only a spoon -
> the fork space was there simply to impress. You see, the whole world
> was caught in a lie that no one could break out of. It was only Popes,
> Emperors and the Negus who ever owned THE fork, but to boost their own
> standing lesser mortals would make space in their cadena for the time
> in some unspecified future when they would rise to being Pope, Emperor
> or Negus. Nobody at that time had thought of actually making another
> fork, except of course Joan of Arc, and we toasted her with it. 
>
> Bob
>
>
>   
>> Well OK, let's continue with Wikipedia (right after the what I
>>     
> copied 
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>> last time):
>> "It was proper for a guest to arrive with his own fork and spoon 
>> enclosed in a box called a /cadena/"
>> In other words, everyone had their OWN fork, not just one for 
>> a whole table.
>>
>> BR, Margus
>>
>>
>> Bob W wrote:
>>     
>>> but they're talking about 'the' table fork. There was only one in
>>> those days. It wasn't until the early 20th century that they made
>>> another. After that forks started to get out of hand. 
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Hi there,
>>>>
>>>> copy-paste from Wikipedia:
>>>> "First introduced to Western Europe in the 10th century by 
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>> Theophanu
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>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>   
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>>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophanu>, Byzantine wife of 
>>>> Emperor Otto 
>>>> II <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_II>, the table fork had, by
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>>> the 
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>>>       
>>>> 11th century, made its way to Italy 
>>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy>. In Italy, it became 
>>>> quite popular 
>>>> by the 14th century, being commonly used for eating by 
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>> merchant and 
>>     
>>>> upper classes by 1600."
>>>>
>>>> 10th to 11th and even 14th century sounds medieval enough for
>>>>         
> me...
>   
>>>> BR, Margus
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> frank theriault wrote:
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>>>>> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:04 AM, David Savage 
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>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>>>>> I was shooting a "medieval" feast on the weekend (with the 
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>>>> new toy) in
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>>>>>> a room that was lit by nothing but candles. I initially had the
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>>> AF
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>>>>>> assist lamp on, but I was blinding the guests & causing a few
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> odd
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>>>>>> expressions so I turned it off.
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>>>>>> Wasn't expecting much, but was very pleased with how well 
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>>>> it focused.
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>>>>>> Rough edit pano from the night here (~620kb):
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> <http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3281/2873443880_d16e513f24_o.jpg>
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>>>>> The guy on the left has a fork.  They never had forks in 
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>>>> medieval times.
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>>>>> Wait, they didn't have digital cameras back then, either.  I
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> think
>   
>>>>> they had like old folding Kodaks or something.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've gotta say, that's a cool photo (forks notwithstanding).
>>>>>
>>>>> cheers,
>>>>> frank
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