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In the 18th century, the fork began to evolve. Two straight, pointed prongs were gradually replaced with three – and later four – curved, blunted tines, allowing for easier scooping and reducing the risk of injury. The 19th century brought a whole array of specialized variants: fish forks, oyster forks, cheese forks, dessert forks... Differences in fork etiquette began to emerge as well: some people laid their forks on the table with the tines facing down (the French way), others with the tines facing up (the English way); some held the knife in the right hand and the fork in the left, while others kept fork-shuttling from one hand to another (as Americans still do today).

Fork‑related trends didn't bypass Poland. However, even in the mid‑20th century, ethnographers noted that among the Polish mountainfolk the fork was still regarded as a “convenient but not necessary accessory”. It might serve, for instance, to place slices of sausage on a piece of bread – but not to convey the food directly to the mouth – and besides, it also aroused fears “lest someone poke out an eye with the prongs”.<ref>{{Cyt

Fork‑related trends didn't bypass Poland. However, even in the mid‑20th century, ethnographers noted that among the Polish Carpathian mountainfolk the fork was still regarded as a “convenient but not necessary accessory”. It might serve, for instance, to place slices of sausage on a piece of bread – but not to convey the food directly to the mouth – and besides, it also aroused fears “lest someone poke out an eye with the prongs”.<ref>{{Cyt

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 In the 18th century, the fork began to evolve. Two straight, pointed prongs were gradually replaced with three – and later four – curved, blunted tines, allowing for easier scooping and reducing the risk of injury. The 19th century brought a whole array of specialized variants: fish forks, oyster forks, cheese forks, dessert forks... Differences in fork etiquette began to emerge as well: some people laid their forks on the table with the tines facing down (the French way), others with the tines facing up (the English way); some held the knife in the right hand and the fork in the left, while others kept fork-shuttling from one hand to another (as Americans still do today).
-Fork‑related trends didn't bypass Poland. However, even in the mid‑20th century, ethnographers noted that among the Polish mountainfolk the fork was still regarded as a “convenient but not necessary accessory”. It might serve, for instance, to place slices of sausage on a piece of bread – but not to convey the food directly to the mouth – and besides, it also aroused fears “lest someone poke out an eye with the prongs”.<ref>{{Cyt
+Fork‑related trends didn't bypass Poland. However, even in the mid‑20th century, ethnographers noted that among the Polish Carpathian mountainfolk the fork was still regarded as a “convenient but not necessary accessory”. It might serve, for instance, to place slices of sausage on a piece of bread – but not to convey the food directly to the mouth – and besides, it also aroused fears “lest someone poke out an eye with the prongs”.<ref>{{Cyt
   | nazwisko = Szromba-Rysowa
   | imię     = Zofia