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Put a fork in the lock before going to sleep: it is very important

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Not everyone knows that putting a fork inside the lock is very important. Here’s what you should do before going to sleep.

We all   use  cutlery  whenever possible when eating our meals , and if you want to follow etiquette, there are different cutlery for each dish, whether it is a starter, fish, dessert or fruit.

Initially, these cutlery were not as we know them now and their use began to spread from the  Stone Age  but it is only thanks to the  Romans  that we have the habit of using them as we know them.

Fork: that’s why it’s used in house locks

Although they were created in ancient times, in the form in which they are presented today, they only appeared in the  16th century  when fine cutlery began to appear in the most important courts.

The first cutlery to be invented was the  knife,  due to its importance in cutting meat and other hard foods, and only later were the  fork  and spoon invented, and then all the cutlery for other dishes.

Fork - that's why it fits in the lock
 In Italy,  macaroni was not originally eaten with  a fork,  and for this reason the Neapolitan lazari tended to eat spaghetti with their hands and thus they were given the nickname  “macaroni eaters”  .

Nowadays it is impossible to think of eating something without the help of cutlery unless it is street food such as a panzerotto or a slice of focaccia or a sandwich that does not require the use of these utensils.

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