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The article claims that the personal table fork was used first during the Eastern Roman/Byzantine Empire, perhaps as early as the Greek Empire. But then it goes on to say that Westerners didn't adopt the fork until [x] century. It is pretty much unanimously agreed that ancient Roman and Greek civilization are Western. In fact, that's wear Western culture originates from. The Byzantine Empire was an amalgamation of both societies so wouldn't it be Western as well? Thus wouldn't Westerners have adopted the fork the same time the ancient Romans/Byzantines/Greeks did? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheyCallMeTheEditor ( talk • contribs) 01:20, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
According to etiquette, during the meal the fork is held in the left hand, and the knife in the right.
I'm pretty sure this is the case in either Europe or North America, but not both. Could a helpful etiquette expert please clarify this? - Montréalais 08:53, 16 Sep 2003 (UTC)
--- I'm unsure what the standard is for replying in the discussion section in wiki and apologize if I've done so wrong. To answer your question, the fork is held in the left hand while the knife is held in the right hand when eating continental style. American style is the same while cutting, but when you go to actually use your fork to pick up food you put the knife down on the far edge of the plate, and switch your fork to your right hand. I'm pretty sure the American style of using silverware is also referred to as the "zig-zag method" for this reason.
Hope this helps, CatchyUsername — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.51.50.224 ( talk) 16:59, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
man1:What is meant by "upper classes" in 1600? The aristocracy? If so, why not say so? HistoryBA 01:30, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
man2: also "aristocracy would sometimes be accustomed to manners" is confusing. not only is it part of something that couldn't possibly be considered a sentance, but the definition of 'manners' at this point in history meant, what we call today, left-overs.
I noticed a little spork praise at the end of the first paragraph. Is that vandalism?
I'm clearing up the vandalism that's been put on here, some stuff like "the spoon is enveloped in your mum" and "I LIKE COLD MEAT". I have no intentions of vandalizing wikipedia. 82.35.196.165 ( talk) 22:44, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
You don't think maybe that in the very first sentence the parenthetical phrase needs to be deleted? It's obviously a joke. A fork never has two tines, as is shown in the picture of a fork with just two tines? 97.117.191.212 ( talk) 02:42, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
Can you morons unluck this page or at least do something about the obvious lack of source 16 provides? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:3C5:C200:558F:35BD:E992:6367:9E2E ( talk) 18:34, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
Come on. When was the last time you called a fork the "king of utensils"?
"Excuse me, dear, you gave me two forks by mistake. I don't have a king of utensils."
"Now, son, don't eat your peas with the king of utensils"
King, n. 1. the male ruler of a monarchy; 2. (playing cards) the highest ranking face card; 3. (cutlery) the fork.
Vandalism or not I was blown away by the phrase. I'm going to begin incorporating it into my every day language. Maybe prepare a little speech on the king of utensils for a lull in conversation. -- 130.126.67.39 03:07, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
why call a fork a fork?? seriously, who came up with the name and why?
I paste here the modified version of User:66.222.220.176 before reverting.
One belief is that the fork was introduced in the Middle East, in the region of southern Turkey before the year 1000. Another prominent theory is that the utensil was first developed in the Balkans by the ancestors of modern day Serbs.
Maybe this is not vandalism, but the reference seems quite poor to me (not scientific at all in fact) and the sources indicate the "middle east before 1000" thesis: see e.g. the google search for fork+introduced+history
If you want to insist, please give a rough estimate of when the serbs invented the fork. — MFH: Talk 12:45, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
PS: In fact, Turkey and present-day serbia are not so far from each other, and I can imagine that it's difficult to establish with 100% accuracy where the true origin was. Also, notice that my revert has no anti-serbian motivation, in fact I have many friends in Serbia. But unless better sources are given, the saying "we [serbs] invented the fork" (even if it is common in Serbia) seems not valid as proof of a historical fact. — MFH: Talk 12:54, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
It was delightful to find different entries for all sorts of forks. 206.208.110.32
I have removed the following:
because it looks like nonsense and I can no evidence of turtle tribes anywhere in Asia. If their existence and use of forks can be documented, by all means let it be reinstated. seglea 17:32, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Sounds almost as if the fork was a handwriting tool. And anyway, since when do handwriting tools usually have two to four narrow tines on one end? Acdx 14:16, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
A spork and a runcible spoon are not the same thing. They have similarities, yes, but the fact that the word 'runcible' was invented by a nonsense poet who didn't really know what it meant throws it into disregard slightly. Edited. BB 30/10/06
The first sentence in the history section, "It is a commonly believed myth that the table fork was introduced to West during the Middle Ages, as the Romans used forks for serving.", makes no sense. It only gets worse as you read the section. Can somebody knowledgeable correct? 65.80.244.199 19:12, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
How noble of you to remove heretic's fork from this article (eating forks), you regard as being tasteless. However, would it not have been a good idea also to link to that article through the disambiguation page? Anyway, have done so now (see fork (disambiguation) as well as some of the others, such as broadfork, spading fork, etc. Dieter Simon ( talk) 22:52, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
This is vandalism. There is no such person, but there is an anatomist and physician called Andreas Vesalius but he had nothing to do with any fork. I will revert this every time it is re-entered unless it cites sources to the effect that he introduced the fork as an eating implement or surgical item in Northern Europe. Dieter Simon ( talk) 00:39, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Didn't the show Mythbusters once try shooting forks from a cannon? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hello71 ( talk • contribs) 00:21, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
Is it possible to have more information on how to tell the different types of forks apart? There's no info at all on the berry fork for instance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.253.33.172 ( talk) 17:42, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
I understand that lacking of a better candidate for an image will force to use a diagram, but this diagram is too simple, there is not information about the main features of a fish fork that can be conveyed by the image. For example, fish forks usually come with an incision or hole (probably not the right word) on the edge, close to the handle, that allows, with the aid of the fish knife, to hold and pull out the fish-bones. It is also smaller than table fork and in many cases made out of silver. franklin 02:30, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
I haven't found a free image of a fish fork but having a misleading (misleading because it says nothing) doesn't seem appropriate. franklin 02:42, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
Having read the "chopsticks" article on Wikipedia, I think there are two sections that this article is lacking. An etiquette section should describe fork etiquette among countries that use it, and an environmental impact section to describe how disposable forks are affecting the environment. Refer to that article for a better idea of what I mean. 97.102.165.239 ( talk) 02:57, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
I have change little the roman section. Indeed the fork was commonly used in Roman Empire with other instruments as thimbles for hot meals. They had two (a lot) or three tines (less).
Speciments are displayed in Padua Archeological Museum and Torcello Museum but they are only examples.
See: this book of Padua museum: http://books.google.com/books?id=JmhX4rLLl-UC&pg=PA204&lpg=PA204&dq=le+forchette+del+museo+di+torcello&source=bl&ots=JGzfwj_jN8&sig=bC7DymN1pONCvB5HaJ9jm71OlbU&hl=en&ei=5ZbTTffLEsfEtAbh-6HeAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=le%20forchette%20&f=false pag. 204.
About venetian area: The venetian name for fork "piron" come directly from the greek word "piruni" and not from latin. So it is the possibility that the venetian aristocracy (of bourgeois origin) newly learned the use from Byzantine wives.
While for western aristocracy especially those of Germanic origin it was a blasphemy to use a fork...it was considered decadent.. There was also religious reason for the disappearance of the fork in fallen Western Roman Empire: the Church was against the use of a fork because it reminded the devil, indeed only recently in advanced modern era the use of fork became common in monasteries.
-- Andriolo ( talk) 12:40, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
The following information is wrong and should be deleted:
"...and it is also mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, in the Book of I Samuel 2:13 ("The custom of the priests᾽ with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest᾽s servant came, while the fresh flesh was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand..."
The actual passage from Book I Samuel 2:13 refers to a flesh hook used to remove large hanks of meat from a cauldron and not a fork. See the actual passage from KJV:
"And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest ̓s servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;"
The continuation of this passage makes absolutely clear that it is a flesh hook an not a fork:
"...And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither."
In the Septuagint the corresponding word is κρεάγρα meaning precisely a meat hook.
Proteusx ( talk) 04:00, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
This quote is sourced to a geocities page which gives no additional references. Googling it only turns up references that either cite this page or the original geocities page. Where does it actually come from? -- 2.218.115.118 ( talk) 21:05, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
Our entry states, without source, that forks are usually made of metal. While that is the traditonal material (reference needed), it is possible that the quantity of disposed=of plastic forks out=wieghs, or at least out=numbers metal ones. 64.53.191.77 ( talk) 15:53, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Not moved — Amakuru ( talk) 15:28, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
Fork →
Fork (cutlery) – too easy to mis-link from the popular domain of software
fork (software development). Other possible names
table fork,
fork (utensil) etc
MfortyoneA (
talk) 13:31, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
see above I found quite a few places where people had mis-linked to this article from other contexts. I've fixed those, but the point is the robustness of the encyclopaedia: if fork was the disambiguation page, it would have instantly alerted people. the software world is fast moving with many online participants. mis-links that I found: LibreCAD; Warfare in Medieval Poland; UltraBASIC; Odoo; Gib; Ryosuke Nomura; Open-Sankoré; MuCommander; 1984 Network Liberty Alliance; Dialog (software) MfortyoneA ( talk) 13:31, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
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Despite the general idea that "lists of information" are not welcome on Wikipedia, I like this convenient, alphabetical list of the types of fork and propose that we keep it.
IceDragon64 ( talk) 14:31, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
In "History" I found this passage:
It comes after a paragraph whose topic is the spread of the table fork in southern Europe, and before a paragraph whose topic is its spread in northern Europe, so thematically it is out of place. The cadena is mentioned in the paragraph that precedes this one, but that mention does not warrant any anecdotal elaboration. Since, then, the matter of the paragraph is irrelevant to the topic, I will eliminate it.
At the end of the section I found this paragraph:
Since the preceding paragraph brings to a close the topic of the spread of the fork in Europe and North America, and this final paragraph harks back to the introduction of the fork into France, but its content muddies the question by making an issue of a highly disputable claim in recent years, it serves no purpose whatever. I will eliminate it as well. Wordwright ( talk) 19:20, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
The article on a fork in Wikipedia says that the rest of Europe didn't adopt the fork until 18 century. On the contrary, Hrnry III de Valois, who was a king of Poland and later a king of France, introduced the use of forks on the French court after his arrival from Poland, where fork was used long beforehand, probably add a result of the Italian born queen of Poland, Bona Sforza. The other possibility is the middle Eastern invaders left it behind when the kingdom of Poland and Romania won over the Turks. Gabriela Nowak ( talk) 17:17, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
The article on a fork in Wikipedia says that the rest of Europe didn't adopt the fork until 18 century. On the contrary, Henry III de Valois, who was a king of Poland and later a king of France, introduced the use of forks on the French court after his arrival from Poland, where fork was used long beforehand, probably as a result of the Italian born queen of Poland, Bona Sforza who brought it from Italy in early 16 century. The other possibility is the middle Eastern invaders left it behind when the kingdom of Poland and rest of Central and Eastern European kingdoms won over the Turks. Gabriela Nowak ( talk) 17:20, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
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There are artefacts of Persian Sassanid spoons and forks dating back to the 4th century. Even here on Wikipedia.
So, the section of Persians utilizing forks from the 9th century onwards is completely incorrect, as forks were already in use and production from the 4th century in Persia as the historical records have shown. Similar to the Byzantine Empire.
Please revise that section of this Wikipedia page accordingly. 2003:EB:A715:3E02:3CF3:ABF6:D6C8:869E ( talk) 14:12, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
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This article doesn't mention strawberry forks. Would like to see strawberry forks added.
http://fiveoclockteaspoon.blogspot.com/2009/06/strawberry-fork-remembered.html Skeletonkeycollector ( talk) 17:28, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
"In the Roman Empire, bronze and silver forks were used, many surviving examples of which are displayed in museums around Europe. Use varied according to local customs, social class, and the type of food, but in earlier periods forks were mostly used as cooking and serving utensils."
To me this sounds like they were used like today. And no only rarely used and only as kitchen tool: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00665983.2007.11020711
"By the 10th century, the table fork was in common use throughout the Middle East."
This is contradicted by the very same sources are the article referes to! In fact it clearly states that not much was seen of forks until 1526 and still the article states unvalidated that "By the 11th century, the table fork had become increasingly prevalent in the Italian peninsula "
Very missleading article
https://archive.org/details/mediterraneanfea00wrig/page/82/mode/2up?view=theater F Svensson ( talk) 15:38, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
Per the article, while China can claim the earliest (known) fork of any kind, it was the Byzantines who first used the dining fork. As the dining fork is what the word "fork" refers to in everyday English, I suggest adding Category:Byzantine inventions without removing the Chinese category. InherentDogma ( talk) 17:38, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
This page say “ the personal table fork was most likely invented in the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, where they were in common use by the 4th century.” So the 4th century refers to the 300’s. The term Byzantine is used for the eastern Roman Empire after the Western Roman Empire fell in 476ad/ce. That term is not used for before 476ad/ce. Some don’t even use it for the time prior to the end of Justinians reign. Is there a source listed that does use it in another way? I have a degree in history and I am working on grad school and I have never seen it used for the Eastern Roman Empire prior to 476ad/ce.
Also, this page will list a date like 4th century and it will just end there. In the history field which includes encyclopedias it is improper to leave off the notation BC/BCE or AD/CE. It doesn’t really matter if you use the Christian notation or the secular one, that really is just a matter of preference. It may not seem like it’s important to have a notation, personally I don’t need them to understand what time a date is referencing because I study history and can tell by the context, but not all people can do that. Some people might not know that there was no Eastern Roman Empire in BC/BCE. Lukeferg96 ( talk) 00:29, 4 May 2024 (UTC)