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What came first " eating utensils or tortillas"
By TexasbyMexico in TexasbyMexico
November 20, 2010

The History of Eating Utensils .....

You know we use utensils to eat just about everyday of our lives, except for those times when we eat with our hands. But how often do we considered their history? Where did they come from? Who invented them?

Did you know that the Greeks had the first recorded forks, they only had two tines and were mostly used for carving meat. Then in the Middle East forks made their appearance during regular dinners.

Knives are by far the oldest eating utensils, seeing as how they date back to prehistoric times.

Chopsticks on the other hand, "were developed about 5,000 years ago in China." And "Spoons have been used as eating utensils since Paleolithic times. It is most likely that prehistoric peoples used shells or chips of wood as spoons."

Tortillas as defined in the dictionary as round, thin, flat bread of Mexico made from unleavened cornmeal or, less commonly, wheat flour. Traditionally the corn (maize) for tortillas was boiled with unslaked lime to soften the kernels and loosen the hulls. (This lime was the principal source of calcium in the Mexican diet.) The grains were ground on a stone saddle quern, or metate. Small pieces of dough were patted by hand into thin disks, a task requiring considerable dexterity. The tortilla was then baked on a comal, a griddle of earthenware or iron. Today most tortillas are purchased at tortillerias, where the dough is mixed by machine, stamped into disks, and passed by conveyor belt over a flame. Tortillas stale quickly and are usually bought fresh daily or even for each meal

When or who decided to use just plain white flour?

Rather then use eating utensils.....There seems to be one culture of people ( 2010) that would rather use a "tortilla" to eat with. They tear up the tortilla and use it as a ...hm not sure exactly. Where did this procedure of eating come about?