The Hıstory Of The Spoon Is As Old As The Soup

Yayın Tarihi : 12/25/2020 12:00:00 AM

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Eski Misir döneminde fildisi, çakmaktasi, arduvaz ve agaçlardan yapilmis kasiklar kullanilmistir. Roma dünyasinda bronz ve gümüs kasiklar kullanildi. Uzakdogu'da Yesim

Neredeyse her gün kullandigimiz mutfak gereçleri hakkinda ne biliyoruz? Aldigimiz kasigin tarihçesi sizce ne kadar ilerliyor?

Ever since man had been cooking for food in a bowl, there was probably a spoon. The people who cook what they cook used "seashells" as spoons of trees and insect shells that they found in nature .

Spoons made of ivory, flint, slate and trees were used in the ancient Egyptian period. Bronze and silver spoons were used in the Roman world. In the Far East, jade stones and turquoise stones were used on the spoon.

In the Ottoman Empire, it was embroidered one by one, with mother-of-pearl inlay and in Dervish tables, a different meaning and value was added to the groin. In short, it has been the "first and most important" tableware of all civilizations throughout history.

According to the researches, the spoon was used for the first time in the stone age. It is known that spoons were made from seashells for the first time. In later periods, it started to be made of stone and wood according to the need. The spoon gained its current form during the Romans.

Written archives show that; "The spoon may not be as old as our world, but it certainly is as old as soup". Considering that soup is one of the first meals made by man after the discovery of fire, we can say that it is one of the most important tools that carried human beings from primitiveness to civilization in the development of culinary culture .

Even the first spoons made of wood or bone had the characteristics of today's spoons; in other words, they consisted of a handle and a ladle part where food is eaten. Although the materials and usage areas changed, these features remained the same. For ages, metal spoons were used only in ceremonies; ordinary people ate their meals with wooden spoons.

Since the 13th century, metal spoons, a mixture of lead and tin, entered the tables of the upper classes of society. This was a significant improvement in dining comfort. Because as wooden spoons came into contact with hot foods, food items entered through their pores, and the flavor of the food eaten with them deteriorated over time.

With the rise of the fork and knife during the Renaissance, the spoon quickly lost its prestige and was reduced to the food tool of the mothers, the working class and the peasant class, the shaky fifty old men who feed their babies . However, in the 1650s, European palaces, inspired by the French food culture, made it the indispensable service trio of the table alongside the spoon, fork and knife.

The History Of The Spoon Is As Old As The Soup

The new table culture was reflected in the homes of the lower sections, in waves . Now the spoon was going everywhere, in and out of cups, plates, sauce containers, ice cream, dessert bowls, and of course pots. It was used as a measure in medicine and cooking, it was produced from any material you could think of, in all sizes and shapes.

Soup spoons, sauce spoons, pot stirring spoons, tea, coffee, dessert and egg spoons were made from a variety of materials ranging from tin to stainless steel, porcelain, gold, silver, tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl and bone. The spoon, which can turn into a catapult that throws spinach puree on the mother's face during the efforts of babies struggling for liberation to eat by themselves, is also the most important kitchen tool that chefs use to control the taste of their meals.

We often read in the newspapers that those who want to escape from prison dig tunnels with the help of spoons and stepped in secret. Who better than us knows the importance of the spoon game in Konya folklore, and the spoon as a rhythm instrument in our playing air? Our close friend of 5,000 years, there is much more to be said about the place of the spoon in our daily life. We often perceive objects that are always beside us as part of our lives, often seeing them as ordinary objects.

Osmanli'da masaya oturmus kemerinden kasigini çikarmis, yemegini kasikla yemis, sonra ellerini yikarken kasigini yikamis ve bir sonraki kullanim için belinin etrafina koymustur. Osmanli'da kasigi hak ettigi yeri verdiler. Osmanli Imparatorlugu'nda masaya oturdugu koltugundan kasigini çikarip yemeklerini kasikla yemis, sonra ellerini yikarken kasigi yikamis ve bir sonraki kullanim için belinin etrafina koymustu.

Kasik, Anadolu ve Türk mutfaginda sofralarda birlik ve taslagin simgesi haline gelmis, dervis kasiklari ve kasiklari, dervis sofralarinda ritüele dönüsen bir kutsallik aracina dönüsmüstür.