Hi there,

The only time I would use a spoon and fork together would probably be when I would eat pasta or rice dishes.

Forks

The fork (from Latin "furca" which translates as "pitchfork") was used as far back as the ancient Greeks where they used a fork as a serving utensil.

The fork is also referred to in the Hebrew Bible, in the Book of I Samuel 2:13 ("The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the fresh flesh was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand...").

It became a general custom after the 10th century in Western Europe to use a fork for eating meals and continued to expand across the world.

Of course, the "chopstick" was used in the Shang Dynasty (1600-1100 BC) in East Asia in places like China, probably one of the first "eating" tools to exist.

Spoons

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Dornum_Honig_L%C3%B6ffel.jpg/800px-Dornum_Honig_L%C3%B6ffel.jpg

Here is a honey spoon, a type of spoon used in the Middle Ages.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Spoons_Chillon_mg_4928.jpg

As time progressed through the middle ages, the shape of the spoon changed to that of a spoon we would use today to eat food like soup or cereals.

There are lots of references to spoons in history. Northern Europe references state they used a small "chip" of wood. The Ancient Greeks used "shells" to scoop food into. Even the Ancient Egyptians had small "slates" where they would shovel grain or other food.
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon


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