According to an article from Ben Spencer of the Daily Mail Online: Despite centuries of tradition, scientists say that fine cutlery is made of the wrong stuff. Silver knives, forks and spoons make certain types of food taste unpleasant, they have discovered.

• Silver cutlery found to make certain types of food taste unpleasant
• Stainless steel, which in most households is reserved for day-to-day eating, performed better than silver in a series of taste tests
• Gold made food the tastiest because it is the most inert material

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Did you know that forks were not used much until the 16th century? And that most food was eaten with fingers or a spoon until the 1500s? Spoons and knives have been around for a long time, forks not so much. Cutlery is a recent part of our civilization in the grand perspective.

Read this great article written by Robert Britnell for the Orillia Packet about how cutlery wasn’t all that common.

Cutlery wasn’t always so common @ Orillia Packet