stackyFACTSA proper 18th-century spread was less about taste and more about strict geometry. If there was a bowl of soup on the left, there had to be an exact, identical bowl of soup on the right, or the host was a total failure.
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Long before modern novelty restaurants, 19th-century European elite threw literal 'dark dinners' where everything from the room to the food was completely…
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Instead of doing the dishes, medieval diners simply ate their stew off a hard slab of ancient carbohydrates and then tossed the soggy mess to the dogs.
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Tucking a napkin into your collar is modern child's play. High-end diners in the 1600s threw massive swathes of fabric exclusively over their left shoulder to…
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Before the luxury of individual glassware, an entire table of aristocrats would simply pass one massive, slobber-covered cup around the table, taking turns…
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Everyone just happily grabbed the handles, took a massive slurp, and handed their assorted germs directly to the person sitting next to them.
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You simply had to pinch the scalding hot porcelain with your bare fingers and aggressively hope you didn't drop boiling liquid directly onto your lap.
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