If stainless steal did not exsist, what would be the best cutlery material replacement?

Question: If stainless steal did not exsist, what would be the best cutlery material replacement?
- Keywords:
  cutlery,
  invention,
  metal,
  stainless steel
Asked by to Greig on 16 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
- Greig Cowan answered on 16 Jun 2014:
  
  A good material to use is one that does not taste of anything: you don’t want to be tasting the cutlery instead of the food. This is what used to happen in the past when different materials, such as silver were used. Therefore, I would recommend using some sort of hard plastic.

Question: If stainless steal did not exsist, what would be the best cutlery material replacement?