PrintTakeru Kobayashi Will Compete in Fruitcake Eating Contest
From left: Takeru Kobayashi photo from Wikipedia; fruitcake drawing from richardmasoner on Flickr
Have you ever actually seen someone eat a fruitcake? Want to make up for lost time and watch professional eater Takeru Kobayashi stuff as many as he can into his mouth over ten minutes? The man already holds records for hot dogs, noodles, rice, and cow brains, but it'd be nice to hang the fruitcake medal over the mantel.
Kobayashi will attempt to beat the current fruitcake record-holder Sonya "the Black Widow" Thomas, who ate 4 pounds 14.25 ounces in 10 minutes in 2001. Watch on Friday, December 26 at 11 a.m. at the plaza of Madison Square Garden, 34th Street and Seventh Avenue, Manhattan (map). [via City Room]
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10 Comments:
I like well-made fruitcake, and will only consume it for pleasure, not a competition.
Plowboy at 1:10PM on 12/23/08
The fruitcake looks more like it's being interviewed on "Inside the Actor's Studio."
As I tend to fall into the category with those who occasionally enjoy the most-loathed holiday food traditions (candy corn, black jelly beans and now, fruitcake), I like fruitcake, but only one particular recipe. Nothing says Christmas like synthetic-tasting candied cherries and citron enmeshed in spicy cake. LOL
holdthemayo at 1:26PM on 12/23/08
The right fruitcake is amazing:
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pookywookyster at 1:35PM on 12/23/08
"The man already holds records for hot dogs, noodles, rice, and cow brains, but it'd be nice to hang the fruitcake medal over the mantel."
I could of sworn Joey Chestnut smashed his record and is now the current record holder...no?
KingT at 1:46PM on 12/23/08
Damn! It's times like these that I wish I lived in New York :)
bearsilber at 2:07PM on 12/23/08
@KingT
You echoed my thoughts exactly.
RossS at 3:14PM on 12/23/08
yeah, Joey Chestnut is the hotdog king now. Not the others, as far as I know.
Are they going to be broadcasting this on tv? I'd like to see it, as I'll be holed up at my parents' house with nothing better to do.
jumpyfroggy at 3:32PM on 12/23/08
Is Kobayashi unhinging his jaw in that picture?
bisbee at 5:26PM on 12/23/08
The article just says "holds records for" not "holds THE record for".
feriorrenna at 10:57PM on 12/23/08
Well feriorrena, everyone technically holds some record for everything. It might not be an impressive record if you're 134325643th for hot dog eating, but it's still a sort of record. Even without using "the", it still reads to me as saying he's the one that's eaten the most of those things.
wunami at 6:04PM on 12/24/08