The Archive · 1938

8,000 Oysters Eaten

It will always be my journalist that I was ni regret as e ver thought to be sent to "cover" the er oyster feast. Three hund-s sat down this the Duke of Kent presiding, and among them consumed 8000 oysters. This looks a lot, but if you work it out means under 23 oysters apiece. Still that is worth having in these days when you seldom get more than four at any dinner, unless you are lucky enough to sit next someone who doesn't eat them. And Is an ailment that requires far more than simply

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