[Sca-cooks] Haggis King?

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 02:02 PM 9/26/02 EDT, you wrote: >-- >[ Picked text/plain from
multipart/alternative ] >In a message dated 9/26/2002 12:47:53 PM Eastern
Daylight Time, lcm at efn.org >writes: > >> You have got to see this... >> >>
>>
http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/stories/kgw_0926_life_haggis_king.5caa2bff.html
 >> >> *sigh* > >Love to, but I'm not signing on for another service right
now <G>. Care to >give a synopsis? > >Corwyn

Oops! Sorry, I forgot they were one of _those-...

Here you go, minus the picture:

Quest Is on for 'Haggis King'

09/26/2002

By AP Staff

BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- Hardy stomached men from around the country will scarf
sheep's entrails for a chance to be named "haggis king."

The haggis eating contest Friday is part of Bethlehem's Celtic Classic
Festival. The winner will be the first to finish a pound and a half of the
Scottish dish, a mix of sheep's organs, oats and spices.

Tensions are high this year as two former champions prepare to go head to
head. Steve Cunningham, of Bethlehem, and Peter Stefchak, of Anchorage,
Alaska, have both won twice.

Stefchak said his training regimen includes starving himself for 24 hours
before the contest.

Of the haggis, he said, "It sounds awful, but it actually has a light liver
taste."

Cunningham said he is confident. His son will enter with him.

Patrick, 14, finished the haggis first last year. But he didn't win overall
because the rules require children to eat less. Cunningham said he has a
special technique for getting it down, but hasn't told anyone except his son.

"Blood is thicker than haggis," he said.

(Copyright 2002 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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