OK, wow! We have to call out the amazing website EatingUtensils.net! We stumbled across this site that has the most comprehensive collection of cutlery history.
They have knife facts, spoon facts, fork facts, chopstick facts, toothpicks, drinking straws….you name it and they have it.
This incredible site is a one stop shop of all things flatware. If you came here looking for info for your school paper on cutlery, go there!
OK, time for a quiz for all you experts out there. Let’s pretend we are on one of those TV shows like Pawn Stars, or even better, Antiques Roadshow. What is this thing? What is it used for? How is it used? And what does it have to do with a fork, knife or spoon?
Come back next week for the answer!
UPDATE: It’s a chopstick and spoon rest like this one from Amazon:
Something a simple as a spoon takes a lot of thought, design and energy. I’m sure the fork and knife take effort as well and there are a lot of knife making videos out there. But what it takes to create flatware has always fascinated me.
So it was pretty interesting to discover a page on a manufacturers website about how their stamped cutlery is made. That company is Eternum and they are:
“Eternum is a Belgian company created in 1924 and specialized in the creation, production and sale of stainless steel cutlery and tableware.”
It’s interesting to read how cutlery has been created for years.
Learn about Cutlery Production at Eternum.com
