Episode Details

It’s time for the main course, and the most surprisingly complicated of cutlery items covered so far in the podcast: the fork! Jessica and Matilda dive into the history and archaeology of the fork, and discover that it’s not quite such a simple tool as they originally thought. Why do Americans and Germans hold their forks so differently? What’s the difference between a fork and a fork-like object? And who was using a spork in the 4th century? Tune in to find out!

Transcripts

For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/teabreak/58

Links

• 4-pronged 4th century Roman fork
• 2-pronged 6th century Sasanian fork
• 3rd century Roman spork
• Bowls with faces (“fiftyeight”)
• American fork use

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