gluttony

Well it's been an incredibly bad week for diet and exercise if you ask me ... especially coming off of the Memorial Day weekend. Over the past 3-day weekend and this week, I've had it all ... lobster and crab, 7 courses of beef, BBQ ribs, sushi rolls, a burger, fajitas, fried rice. Tofu, rice cakes and bean curd were definitely not high on the list. And to top it all off, the gym at work has been closed due to some mysterious plumbing problem every time I am about to go work out. So in my current fit of gastrointestinal debauchery, I am surfing the net for more ways to indulge my palate...













Loyal readers will probably recall the photo from "purpose", the man eating the ginormous cheeseburger. Well apparently these cheeseburgers are served at Denny's Beer Barrel Pub in Pennsylvania. (Memo to self, check airfare prices to Pennsylvania.) Their claim to fame is the world's largest burger, with a 6-pound beef patty and a total weight of over 11 pounds. It's called Ye olde 96er, for the 96 ounces of beef. One can be yours for $23.95. http://www.dennysbeerbarrelpub.com/

The brave man wearing the helmet was none other than Eric "Badlands" Booker, one of the best competitive eaters in the U.S. He took up the Denny's Beer Barrel Pub challenge to try and finish the burger within the 3-hour time limit. In the end, he failed -- he finished it, but it took him 7 hours.

Was the 6-pound burger unconquerable then? Apparently not. In January 2005, a 100-pound woman became the first person to win the Denny's Beer Barrel Pub challenge when 19-year-old Kate Stelnick of Princeton, New Jersey, downed the "96er" in 2 hours and 54 minutes, just shy of the 3-hour time limit. For her trouble, Ms. Stelnick got a special certificate, a T-shirt, and other prizes, as well as having her tab for the $23.95 burger picked up by the house. http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/bigburger.asp

A website honoring Ms. Stelnick's achievement here: http://www.katestelnick.com/

Need some dessert after that? May I recommend some cool icecream that goes down easy... with a kick. Check out Hotscream, the spicy icecream.
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