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how did Spoon, Knife, and Fork came into being?
Many years ago people used to eat with hands, who thought of Spoon, Knife, and fork?
Forks were used in Renaissance Europe, and originally had only three tangs -sometimes two. Early forks and spoons were flat, hence the term "flatware." People learned early on that a spoon could pick up things that a knife could not -soup, for one thing. The first spoons were probably sections of a gourd, and gradually evolved into carved wood. So the knife and spoon became staples. Then somehow, somebody realized that a miniature pitchfork could pick things up by stabbing them, even better than a knife, and wouldn't cut their cheeks. It was a big refinement in the eating ritual, which gained a very prominent place in life in the Renaissance times. Like many Orientals today who carry a pair of chopsticks with them, so too did many Renaissance people carry a set of dining utensils. The fork actually first gained prominence among the nobility, and gradually spread to the common folks. Three tangs was normal, even in colonial America. The four-tang fork is more of a modern adaption.