A Curious History of Food and Drink by Ian Crofton

Author:Ian Crofton
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2014-10-06T16:00:00+00:00

1779

Royal Table Manners In his Reminiscences (1826), the celebrated Irish tenor Michael Kelly recalled his time in Naples in 1779, where he studied at the Conservatorio Santa Maria di Loreto. While in the city he became the protégé of Sir William Hamilton, the British ambassador, who arranged for him to be presented to King Ferdinand IV, for whom he sang. When the party sat down to dine, Kelly was astonished at the way the king set about a bowl of pasta:

He seized it in his fingers, twisting and pulling it about, and cramming it voraciously into his mouth, most magnanimously disdaining the use of either knife, fork or spoon, or indeed any aid except such as nature had kindly afforded him.

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