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My Good Babushka

(2,710 posts) Wed Aug 13, 2014, 07:02 AM Aug 2014

Don't bring a fork to a knife fight

Forks became popular because of the problem of knife fights at dinner. In 1699, Louis XIV barred knives at meals. Knives were used to spear food in the old two-knife dining style. Forks took the place of the left-hand knife.

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