Before that, people used their hands to eat meat, so some people said that the use of meat forks was "an insult to the God of Five Fingers". If you had a short rest during the meal, you can divide the knife and fork into two parts. The head of the knife and the tip of the fork are opposite to each other in a "one" or "eight" shape, and the knife and fork face themselves, indicating that you still want to eat.

In the 18th century, it was the "patent" of the French nobles to eat with a fork with four forks. This was because people who used forks were regarded as "different". It symbolized status and luxury. Later, more and more people used forks. With the continuous expansion of European colonists, the fork spread to other continents, and finally became a symbol of Western civilization.