Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1895 — World's Greatest Eaters. [ARTICLE]

World's Greatest Eaters.

The Koreans are the greatest eaters in the wojld, their motto undoubtedly being, “We live to eat.” The average Korean eats everything he can get his teeth on and he will take a dozen meals a day if afforded the opportunity. He is by nd> means particular as to the manner in which his food is served. Raw fish Is a common article of diet in that, country and slices of uncooked white trout are considered very toothsome by these peculiar people. European travelers who have tested the quality, of this food state that it is not at all repulsive after the first mouthful has been masticated. The Korean fisherman, before going out to make a catch, provides himself with a bottle of pepper sauce and when hungry wi’l take a fish from the hook as soon as caught, scrape off the scales and sprinkling a quantity of the peppery compound over it devour it with the greatest gusto. They are great lovers of chicken, but consider that the only necessary preparation is to strip the feathers from the fowl and without drawing it put it into an oven to bake. In some cases they will not take the trouble to pick it, but serve it baked in its natural state, feathers and all.