Ibn Battuta:

In Mali, I saw a man eat an entire roasted sheep by himself, and then drink a bucket of sour milk. The people there have stomachs like camels.

— Ibn Battuta Medieval

Greatest medieval traveler

Describing eating habits in Mali

1352

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