Logan Republican | 1903-01-06 | Page 5 | Eating in Old Times

Eating In Old Times. Tho Romans took their meals whllo lying upon very low couches, and not until the tlmo ot Charlemagno was a stand used around which guests were seated on cushions, while the table only mado Its appraranco In tho middle mid-dle ages, bringing with It benches nnd backs. Tho Greeks nnd Romans nto from n kind of porringer. During a portion of the middle ages, however, slices of bread cut round took tho placo of plates. Tho spoon Is of great antiquity, and many specimens are In existence that were used by the Egyptians as early as tho seventeenth century B. C. Tho knife, though very old, did not come into common uso as a tabjo utensil until after the tenth century. The fork was absolutely unknown un-known to both Greeks and Romans, appeared only as a curiosity In the middle 'ages and was first, used upon the table of Henry III. Drinking cups In tho middle ages made from metal, more or less copious, according to tho owner's means naturally date from the remotest age.