For a long time, the standard "plate" in Europe, for anyone fancy enough to need one, was just a large slab of very stale bread left over from a previous meal [

For a long time, the standard "plate" in Europe, for anyone fancy enough to need one, was just a large slab of very stale bread left over from a previous meal [1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trencher_(tableware) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trencher_(tableware)