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Only after Rama 6 visited London and observed how civilized people ate did Thais start using forks and spoons at the dining table.

Sawasdee Khrup, Khun Loaded,

I believe what's left of your brain needs oxygen immediately. However, if you are just practicing confabulation, mai phen rai, for what is history if not a canvas for us to spatter with our fantasies ?

best, ~o:37;

You really are a space cadet.

" The custom to eat with spoon and fork was brought by King Rama V from a trip of Europe in the 19th century"

http://www.thaiworldview.com/food2.htm

"Rama V is the one who made school mandatory for all, suppress slavery, transform the administration to match with foreign administration. It was the only way to escape from the invasion of colonial French and English troops. It was to show them that Thailand was a modern country. But he did not succeed to avoid territorial cuts, i.e. France did take Laos and Cambodia west part that were under Thai rules and also southern provinces that were taken by English troops. He is the one which brought many foreign customs (table, chair, fork, spoon, woman with long hairs) in Thailand. He also sent his children abroad in order that they studied foreign methods and then came back in Thailand to support him."

http://www.thaiworldview.com/art_hist.htm

"So anyway, if I recall my history lessons right, I believe the instilling of Thai people using forks and spoons goes back to the Fifth Rama (King) of the current Chakri Dynasty. His Majesty, Chulalongkorn is credited with modernizing (westernizing) the Siamese people with various strict social reforms and rules regarding public dress and etiquette. While in one aspect, some will argue such a wave of coerced westernization turned out to be a controlling factor for Siam to have not been colonized like its neighbors, others will argue, for obvious reasons, that it was at a high cost and loss to cultural identity."

http://www.thaiskale.com/journal/too-thai-...l-observations/

OK it was Ram V and not VI but the rest is history khun monkey