In
the
past
,
kings
and
queens
used
food
tasters
to
protect
themselves
against
____________________
.
Their
job
was
to
taste
all
the
food
in
the
king's
meal
and
make
sure
it
was
____________________
to
eat
.
Mathura
Prasad
was
a
food
taster
for
the
lord
of
the
Castle
Mandara
in
____________________
.
Then
Matura
Prasad
____________________
it
before
it
went
to
the
lord's
table
.
Food
tasters
have
a
long
____________________
.
For
example
,
Christopher
Columbus
used
____________________
to
test
food
on
his
trips
.
Today
,
most
countries
don't
use
food
tasters
,
but
in
____________________
____________________
,
soldiers
sometimes
taste
the
president's
food
.
And
in
____________________
,
the
king's
food
is
checked
by
mice
.
