Notorious Indian eater curbed

by Nick Vagnoni, Posted Jul 26th 2006 @ 10:04AM

Doctors in India have quelled the hunger of a man known to eat buckets of rice and curry in a single sitting, the Hindustan Times reports. For the 64-year-old man named Rappai, eating hundreds of idlis (steamed lentil biscuits, left) in competitions was no big deal. He was apparently the bane of all-you-can-eat restaurants in Thrissur and Kerala, where he earned the nickname Theeta or "monstrous eater." Digestive problems seem to have eventually caught up with Rappai, however, and his doctors have told him to cool it. He has agreed, much to the joy of the local restaurant community, says the HT.

Filed Under: Food Oddities, Newspapers
Tags: appetite, doctors, eater, eating disorder, hungry, india, oddities, rappai, south asia, theeta

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7-26-2006 @8:11PM VT said... Idlis are steamed Rice Cakes, made with a Rice Flour batter, not steamed lentil biscuits.
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7-26-2006 @10:17PM Nick said... Thanks for the correction. I was going by the Wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idli), which mentions lentils.
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