Washington County News | 1943-03-25 | Page 2 | He, Ate His Own Words, but Cooked Them First

lie Ate Hi's Own Won-!, IJut (looked Them First "It i n't v.-1 1. -it you cut it's how you cook it!" That was the contention conten-tion of Griniod do la Kc-ynicre. the famous Krinch gourmet who died in I;:.;.'!, and to prove it he one Iiti-rally ate liis own words, lie took a copy of his own hook, ". Manual of Gastronomy," cooked it, and ate it! ife suffered no ill eirects. Nearly 200 years ago, Theodore KeinkinK wrote a book which King Christian IV of Denmark held to be too democratic. The unfortunate unfortu-nate author was eventually sentenced sen-tenced either to eat his own book or be executed. He chose to tear up his book and put the scraps in soup, which lie ate!