[Sca-cooks] Fascinating article on yet another eating contest...
Johnna Holloway
johnnae at mac.com
Sun Apr 13 10:34:57 PDT 2008
There are books he can read and study from:
Eat This Book: A Year of Gorging and Glory on the Competitive Eating
Circuit by Ryan Nerz.
Horsemen of the Esophagus: Competitive Eating and the Big Fat American
Dream by Jason Fagone
The dvd is Crazy Legs Conti: Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating (2004)
Amazon says-- Crazy Legs Conti: Zen And The Art Of Competitive EatingHe
Has The Dream. He Has The Desire. But Does He Have The Stomach?Crazy
Legs Conti is an eccentric New York City window washer nude model sperm
donor and huge fan of the annual July 4th hot dog eating competition.
When he casually breaks the world oyster eating record in New Orleans
Crazy Legs decides to dedicate himself to fulfilling his lifelong dream
of becoming a professional competitive eater.Join Crazy Legs as he
travels across the country sharing his insights into the sport of
competitive eating working on his technique and striving to attain the
Zen-like focus and capacity of the great Japanese eating master Takeru
Kobayashi. Will Crazy Legs complete his journey from mere aficionado to
professional by avoiding the dreaded urge contrary to swallowing? Does
he have the eating prowess to ultimately earn a spot at the Super Bowl
of Competitive Eating Nathan s Coney Island Hot Dog Eating
Contest?Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. UPC: 827058113090
Manufacturer No: 1130
Johnnae
Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:
> http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/080413/K041302AU.html
>
> Most people know about the Nathan's Coney Island Hot Dog Eating
> Competition every year, and I knew vaguely about oyster-eating
> competitions in New Orleans. Well, okay, to me, the actual winning of
> the contest wasn't so interesting as the revelation (I guess I already
> knew this on some level) that there are professional eaters --
> basically, professional athletes whose sport is eating competitions,
> not to mention the fact that many of the competitions in the US are
> organized by the same promoter's company. Then there are some really
> obscure products featured as the centerpiece of some competitions:
> deep-fried asparagus?
>
> "So, Evil Spawn, what do you want to be when you grow up?"
> "I wanna be a professional eater just like 'Deep Dish' Bertoletti!"
>
> As the saying goes: Oy. I suppose it's no worse for you than
> professional football.
>
> Adamantius
>
>
>
> "Most men worry about their own bellies, and other people's souls,
> when we all ought to worry about our own souls, and other people's
> bellies."
> -- Rabbi Israel Salanter
>
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