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Welcome to...
...a word...
...about napkins...
Eateries are not only centers of pleasures but also cultural
hubs. Cleanliness has been an issue since people first started to eat.
Table napkins have been used for quite some time now...
...table napkins or serviettes are pieces of linen to protect the
clothing and are used to wipe ones mouth and fingers at the table,
beside other uses.
The use of table napkins is newer than the use of towels, like Oshi Buris for example.
Table napkins were practically unknown in the Western world till about the 16th century.
Up till then diners who could afford linen would use the table cloth to clean their
fingers on. The French used to have doubliers, a second cloth and often a longiere, a
third cloth just for the purpose of wiping one's hands. When napkins first showed up, such
were more like towels, touailles, and those were fastened to the walls, for back then
linen was expensive.
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09/12/10 | 
