It's only the middle classes in Victorian society that became so uptight about table manners. The aristocracy and the peasants didn't care how their food got to their bellies, just as long as it did get there.
Nancy Mitford was most scathing about fish knives, and they are still classed in the same catagory as saying 'serviette' instead of napkin, by most modern day society Nancies.
Because my dominant hand is more or less useless, a friend bought me a Knork. A good idea in theory, but it's very heavy, and I can manage just as well with an ordinary fork.
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