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Show Earliest Una of Forki. The earliest distinct mention of the established es-tablished use of forks occurs in a curious passage of Coryates' "Crudities," a singular sin-gular book of travels published in England Eng-land in 1611. The author says: "Here I will mention a thing that might have been spoken of before in the discourse of the first Italian towns.' I observed a custom in all these Italian cities and towns through which I passed, that is not used in any other country I saw in my travels, neither do I think any other I nation of Christendom doth use it, but only in Italy. The Italians, and also most strangers that are traveling in Italy, do always at their meals use a little fork when they cut their meat." Dry Goods Chronicle. |