You know you’re no longer in Kansas when you notice the food and eating habits found in other countries. What is considered proper etiquette in one country is thought of as rude in another. Over 200 years ago it was mannerly for an American to wipe his mouth on the tablecloth after a meal. The country’s founding fathers would have considered it normal. Forget the fact that the napkin had been invented centuries before, and the word “napkin” is derived from the French term for tablecloth. In Korea, dinner sounds like slurping noodles and open mouth chomping. The noise would make any American ...