Vintage Hygiene Practices That Are the Very Opposite of Clean

 
There Were No Utensils to Eat With

It is pretty known that people don't eat with utensils, and in many parts of the world today, it is still a common practice. But this is particularly gross because people in the Middle Ages were not keen on washing their hands. Therefore when they ate without utensils, they were eating with their hands that were full of bacteria and germs. Sounds appetizing, doesn't it? Yummy, E-coli and bread, anyone?

Just try not to think too much about unwashed dirt-covered hands reaching into communal plates of food. Medieval times were a dark place to be.