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The fork had only recently received Royal approval in Britain when it was gifted to the Governor of Massachusetts, John Winthrop, on 25th June, 1633.\nIt took centuries for Americans to feel comfortable with this new way of eating, but in Italy it was already gaining ground, as Englishman Thomas Coryat observed in 1611, noting: "the Italian cannot by any means endure to have his dish touched with the fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike cleane. Herupon I myselft thought good to imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meate."\nIn this episode, Rebecca, Arion and Olly consider how the Victorians conspired to make cutlery culturally exclusionary; review the American method of \u2018cut and switch\u2019; and wonder whether the early Fork Sceptics were right to question the wisdom of putting metal in their mouths...\xa0\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018Nearly 400 years later, the fork remains at the center of American dining controversy\u2019, Quartz (2018):\xa0\nhttps://qz.com/1313214/nearly-400-years-later-the-fork-remains-at-the-center-of-american-dining-controversy/\n\u2022\u2018The Rise of the Fork\u2019, Slate (2012): http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/design/2012/06/the_history_of_the_fork_when_we_started_using_forks_and_how_their_design_changed_over_time_.html?via=gdpr-consent\n\u2022\u2018The History of the Fork\u2019 by History of the Plate on YouTube (2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HCnFChptvI\nWe had EVEN MORE to say about forks and cutlery in general. No really. To hear bonus material this and every week*, support the show NOW at\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors!(*top two tiers only)\nWe'll be back on Monday! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\n#1600s #Inventions #Food #Royals #US #UK\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices