Easy Podcast - La bizarra historia del tenedor - Easy Español

Forks, along with spoons and knives, are such a big part of our daily life and eating habits that it's hard to imagine our meal times without them. Before its invention in 11th-century Florence, for centuries people used their fingers to grab food to eat. Nevertheless, it's very hard to conceive the uproar caused by the Catholic Church upon the invention of the fork. Centuries of prejudice and stereotypes were associated with this simple and useful instrument. Click play to hear the curious story of el tenedor!