02.03
If one were to believe the Travel Channel and FoodTV channel (US Cable), every restaurant in the US has some speciality that leads to over eating in some eating “challenge”. Usually eat it all (whatever “it” is) and it’s free!
“It fills you up!”
Largest burger in the world ? There’s one of those in every state (Usually a 6-10lb burger. With toppings)
Hottest chicken wings in the US? Every large college town seems to have one of those now.
Largest burrito/taco? Must be one in every state in the Southwest US.
Biggest steak? We’ve got ‘em out there also.
Biggest bowl of Soup X? That too.
Desserts? Those also.
The things that bug me about this? Besides there being a tv show devoted to this idea?
The peasants/people who appear on these tv shows, trying to eat a week’s worth of food (a month’s worth if you’re a farmer in China) in an hour? They seem so proud of their gluttony (That’s a Biblical/Classical term for the non-Christians out there.). They don’t seem to care how foolish they look stuffing their faces on camera.
Somehow, each show devoted to this topic always, always ends up in some college town where a bunch of frat-boy-esque students try to prove their testosterone level by eating as many extremely hot (in a jalapeno kind of way.) chicken wings as they can stand. (Or something else equally inedible.) With their “friends” cheering them on. It isn’t pretty.
I guess it could be worse. They could have contests to see who can drink the most $1,000 bottles of scotch in one sitting.
Can you tell I don’t find conspicuous consumption like this (or any) endearing?
