Hungry Heart

I want to go to bed, but I couldn't do that without telling you about Sonya Thomas. Perhaps you already know her as the "Black Widow" champion eater, but I just witnessed her eat more than 11 lbs. of lobster in 12 minutes on television. It's old footage from August, but she beat out dudes two, three, even four times her size as she's only 100 lbs. Turns out she has broken a number of world records for eating. As of last month, her favourite records are:

a. Acme Oysters: 46 dozen (552) in 10 minutes.
b. Hard-Boiled Eggs: (1) 65 in 6' 40 seconds. (2) 52 in 5 minutes.
c. Downtown Atlantic Cheesecake: 11 pounds in 9 minutes.
d. Maine Lobsters: 11.4 pounds of Lobster meat (44 soft shell lobsters) in 12 minutes.
e. Buffalo Wings: 162 (5.09 pounds) in 12 minutes.
f. 84 Lumber Baked Beans: 8.4 pounds in 2' 47 seconds.
g. Zocalo's Tacos (Soft-shell Chickem): 48 in 11 minutes.
h. Cheese Quaesadillas: 31 1/2 (four-inch size) in 5 minutes.
i. Phillips Seafood 3-oz Crab Cakes: 46 in 10 minutes.
j. Lulu's Crawfish Jambalaya: 9 pounds in 10 minutes.

I'm not sure how I feel about eating competitions in general but admit I am captivated by this woman and this so-called sport. First, I envy her metabolism (but I don't jog for two hours/day) and second, there's something fascinating about people eating as much and as fast as they can. It's like a car crash: it's sick but I can't look away. Then again, I've been gluttonous so who am I to judge?

Bloc Party - Like Eating Glass

Jason Mraz - Too Much Food

Arrested Development - Give A Man A Fish

Comments

[Maggie]

Ha ha ha, nice song choices!
The hard-boiled eggs gross me out, but everything else is cool.
ttys
<3

[Andrea Chiu]

Hard-boiled eggs gross me out too. In general, I do not like eggs, except when poached on carbohydrates with a hangover. I find scrambled eggs and most omlettes to be the worst.