Friday, December 02, 2005
Post Thanksgiving Gluttony
Still thinking about all that food. Led me to The International Federation of Competitive Eating website. Here's just a sampling of current IFOE records:
- 75 pounds Tempura Deep Fried Aspargus Spears in 10 minutes at the Stockton Asparagus Fest (where else than there, right?!)
- 2.41 Pounds Pork & Chicken Bologna in 6 minutes
- 7 quarter-pound sticks of salted butter in 5 minutes (goodness, me)
- 1 1/2 gallons of chili in 10 minutes
- 49 glazed donuts in 8 minutes (that's one every 9.8 seconds)
- 65 Hard Boiled Eggs in 6 minutes and 40 seconds
- 1 gallon, 9 ounces of vanilla ice cream in 12 minutes (what, no sprinkles on that?)
- 6 pounds of SPAM from the can in 12 minutes (I wonder which kind?)
- 8.62 pounds of Sweet Potato Casserole in 11 minutes
and, of course,
- 53 1/2 Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs and Buns in 12 minutes
Don't know about you, but I'm trying real hard to NOT think about what the subesequent 5-7 minutes were like for the recordsetters!
Ah screw it. Time for lunch.
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I seriously doubted your figure of 75 pounds of asparagus (or anything else) in 10 minutes, so I followed the IFCE link -- sure enough it was *5.75* pounds.
A little typo can make a BIG difference!
A little typo can make a BIG difference!
ha! my bad! so sorry. thanks for paying attention! i think i'll leave it as is and see if anyone else notices the absurdity of the typo.
Can you imagine, though? 75 pounds of "sparrow guts"?!
Can you imagine, though? 75 pounds of "sparrow guts"?!
Used to feel the same way, B-Man. But here's the trick: Start with really skinny 'gus ... they're the sweetest ... steam 'em just long enough to turn 'em bright green ... be sure to keep 'em out of the water so they stay crisp ... then drizzle them with a mustardy, or cheesy, sauce ... or just crunch away as you might on a carrot.
Just be sure to cut off the bottom (white) parts before you start.
And there you go!
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Just be sure to cut off the bottom (white) parts before you start.
And there you go!
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