If you are raised to eat with your hands, the use of cutlery can unleash both power and pain.
![Fork The System - by Ishay Govender-Ypma DON''T USE]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/6acccc578e114070ba1936ae351c0937_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Ishay Govender-Ypma is a food and culture journalist and author who lives between Cape Town and Lisbon.
If you are raised to eat with your hands, the use of cutlery can unleash both power and pain.
![Fork The System - by Ishay Govender-Ypma DON''T USE]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/6acccc578e114070ba1936ae351c0937_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)