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The new list is more frightening than ever, with fresh inductees like a 10-pound cheese steak, 4-pound sushi roll and bona fide Guinness World Record holder. For those who believe restaurants in the U.S. are the only offenders of taste and decency, more than a few international eateries are now represented.
It's only a matter of time before Vegas bookies start taking bets on such gastrointestinal gambling. Read on for 83 of the most gratuitous food challenges anywhere in the world.
It's silly and ridiculous promotional/advertising gimmicks but such is the free enterprise system. I can only eat a child's portion so they're not getting my business.
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I think that 14 lb pizza in Colorado costs like 100 bucks. I recall seeing it in Colorado Springs and thinking ..14lbs? of pizza? If you and a friend finished it, it was free. If you can eat 7 lbs of anything, ..good god.. wow. Just.. wow.
Think of a 5 lb sack of potatoes. Now think of eating that plus 2/5ths more of a bag. Good god. I'm good on 1 potatoe.
Yep! I hate eating a sloppy joe. I'm certainly not gonna try to tackle a disgusting mound of crap. I prefer quality to quantity. I'd as soon stay away from cafeterias and all you can eat deals. I have some eating issues since a surgery a few years ago. But, I can't imagine where these people put some of the food they consume.
Yep! I hate eating a sloppy joe. I'm certainly not gonna try to tackle a disgusting mound of crap. I prefer quality to quantity. I'd as soon stay away from cafeterias and all you can eat deals. I have some eating issues since a surgery a few years ago. But, I can't imagine where these people put some of the food they consume.
I have never understood the appeal of all-you-can-eat deals. There's this pressure to eat enough food to make it worth the money, and I don't want to eat that much in the first place. Besides, how gluttonish a concept.
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Originally Posted by kaimuki
What did George Carlin once say?
Americans are great at two things, eating and shopping.
When I see people attempting to eat 5, 10, or 15 pounds of food, it grosses me out. That why I don't watch the show Man v. Food on the Travel Channel.
Me, too. Also, it shows, to me, a lack of gratitude that we're lucky enough to have enough food in the first place.
Yep, these things are just stupid.....but I will point out that there are exceptions. First thing that comes to my mind is that when making a big crawdad boil for folks you should allow 5 pounds of crawdads per person, because out of that 5 pounds of crawdads you're only really eating the tail meat and maybe suckin' the heads. Sheeeiiiit......I'll do 10 pounds! Plus all them red potatoes and corn!
I wonder if there is possibly any danger to eating that much food at one time. Could someone seriously rupture their stomach? Or other health problem? Not that I want anyone to die...I read about a woman who drank water for a contest to win an x-box...she ultimately died... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication
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I can only eat a child's portion so they're not getting my business.
