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In the 11th century the Christian Church was opposed to the use of
forks. So much so, that when a Byzantine princess who used a 2 tined
gold fork died from the plague, her death was called "a just
punishment from God."
Courtesy of FoodReference.com.
This news arrived on: 07/03/2008
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07-14-2008 10:16
hymnodia wrote:
Not all Christians opposed forks
The comment that the Christian Church opposed the fork seems a bit misleading... The Cardinal who opposed the fork was from Venice and under the authority of Rome. The fork was brought from Constantinople where forks had been in use already for some time. There are no polemics in the Church of Constantinople about fork use... it was an accepted practice in Byzantine culture by that time and had been invented by the Greeks.
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