These Past Hygiene Practices Will Shock You

Image of shocking hygiene practice: Finger eating — PHOTO: COQUINARIA.NL

Fingers, Not Forks

Many of the things we consider basic necessities were major luxuries in centuries past. For example, impoverished people in history didn’t own utensils and typically ate with their hands instead. They also lacked our modern understanding of germs, so you can imagine how quickly diseases spread through this dining practice.