Summaries of napkin history often say that the ancient Greeks used bread to wipe their hands[citation needed]. This is suggested by a passage in one of Alciphron’s letters (3:44), and some remarks by the sausage seller in Aristophanes’ play, The Knights. The bread in both texts is referred to as apomagdalia, which simply means bread from inside the crust known as the crumb, and not special “napkin bread”. The use of paper napkins is documented in ancient China, where paper was invented in the 2nd century BC. Paper napkins were known as chih pha, folded in squares, and used for the serving of tea. Textual evidence of paper napkins appears in a description of the possessions of the Yu family, from the city of Hangzhou. Paper napkins were first imported in the US in the late 1800s but didn’t gain widespread acceptance until 1948 when Emily Post asserted, “It’s far better form to use paper napkins than linen napkins that were used at breakfast.”

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