INTRODUCTION TO FOOD TECHNOLOGY
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
Boulanger
|
|
|
Carame
|
|
|
Catherine De Medici
|
|
|
Escoffier
|
Detailed explanation-1: -The famous Caterina de’ Medici’s Fork The noble Florentine lady, for the first time in history, showed the first meal fork at the court of France. Sitting in the middle of a long table, she opened a case in which her coat of arms was placed by extracting a curious object with three sharp metal points.
Detailed explanation-2: -But adopted they were: forks were widespread among the upper classes by the sixteenth century. Catherine de’ Medici brought them to France in 1533 when she married the future King Henri II.
Detailed explanation-3: -Before the fork became widely used across Europe diners were dependent on spoons and knives and therefore would largely eat with their hands and use a communal spoon when needed.