tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post7526758278685178683..comments2024-03-26T04:27:54.485-06:00Comments on Du Wax Loolu: Why eating contests bother meJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942269316108576622noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-46027969768604051112011-07-20T17:48:53.299-06:002011-07-20T17:48:53.299-06:00This kind of excess and throwaway culture bothers ...This kind of excess and throwaway culture bothers me too, but eating contests are mostly just gross. I feel the same way about all-you-can-eat buffets (and buffets in general).<br /><br />Melospiza, you might like a "head to tail" dinner (also "snout to tail" or "nose to tail"). It's been the food rage in San Francisco for a year or so (like classes on butchering whole carcasses), but Chris Cosentino is the acknowledged master. I'm sure there are similar dinners and chefs across the country and/or around the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-45054037707825650572011-07-15T14:06:32.152-06:002011-07-15T14:06:32.152-06:00Oh yes, I totally agree. Not only is it gag-induci...Oh yes, I totally agree. Not only is it gag-inducing, but for me it's that it glorifies overeating. As someone who CONSTANTLY struggles with overeating, I don't get this type of thing at all.Shalinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13839666371535550446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-64652961543317339062011-07-12T11:37:10.344-06:002011-07-12T11:37:10.344-06:00Yeah, it grosses me out. Our priest mentioned bein...Yeah, it grosses me out. Our priest mentioned being sickened by "Man vs. Food" one time and it changed my perspective on competitive eating (though I'm not sure I had a perspective before). It seems a little shameful in light of the fact that people worldwide need food and probably couldn't even comprehend eating for sport. <br /><br />Reminds me of some New Zealanders I knew who were taken to a local BBQ place where the food is brought to the table on a giant platter - the size of a trashcan lid. They thought it was for the whole table, and when they learned it wasn't were horrified. They couldn't comprehend the excess. <br /><br />I mean, not that New Zealand is some undeveloped country... but we Americans have some *very* messed up attitudes about food.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-82907127610832000892011-07-11T13:14:53.704-06:002011-07-11T13:14:53.704-06:00I happen to think that hot dogs are gross anyway (...I happen to think that hot dogs are gross anyway (although does that stop me from serving and/or eating them? No, NOT AT ALL), but pie-eating contests actually make me sad. All that yummy pie, and nobody to savor it.<br /><br />The wastefulness aspect does bother me, although less than it might--I think of it as a display and its wastefulness as more symbolic than actual (probably as much food or more is wasted in other ways during the average summer fair event that an eating contest is part of, for example).<br /><br />What I'd really like to see, though, is a resurgence in whole foods eating--where the whole of an animal/ vegetable/ etc. is developed into food or product. I buy a whole chicken from the grocery, and at least half of it goes to waste, even in my own kitchen--and that's not counting the head, the feet, the innards and the feathers that were removed before I got it.<br /><br />Obviously this is something that COULD begin at home. But when I think of trying to figure out a way to eat chicken feet, or even excess chicken fat, I can't go on.Melospizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02967972017593146047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-3993795489844449492011-07-11T10:35:22.543-06:002011-07-11T10:35:22.543-06:00I don't think I've ever seriously consider...I don't think I've ever seriously considered the wasteful factor, but I think it's pretty gross. And in a country where so many people are suffering from overeating I think making it entertainment is dangerous and also in poor taste.<br /><br />Goodness, what will archaeologists think of us in 10,000 years when they discover (and magically can view) footage of stuff like that. Yipes.<br /><br />xoxheidikinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00525478381785640543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-67243585835277128242011-07-11T09:09:22.475-06:002011-07-11T09:09:22.475-06:00Plus, it is gross.Plus, it is gross.artemisiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048259618106957687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-67401039435276595422011-07-11T09:09:15.790-06:002011-07-11T09:09:15.790-06:00I couldn't agree with you more. To me, it is t...I couldn't agree with you more. To me, it is the ultimate spectacle of our country's thoughtless over-indulgence and a callus disregard (and determined ignorance of) for those who don't even have enough to eat.artemisiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048259618106957687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-73152643269681651432011-07-11T08:21:10.312-06:002011-07-11T08:21:10.312-06:00I have never thought about the wastefulness aspect...I have never thought about the wastefulness aspect, but I do agree that they are gross. I can't imagine wanting to watch someone shove 62 hot dogs down their throat.Non Sequitur Chicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07268138421234170972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-41060375166692333412011-07-11T08:19:48.374-06:002011-07-11T08:19:48.374-06:00I agree, watching someone shove food into their mo...I agree, watching someone shove food into their mouths is sickening and I've never seen that around where we live.<br /><br />But I do have to say that if I were given the opportunity to sit down with about 50 grilled hotdogs and I had all night to consume them, I could so do it. Man, I love me some grilled hot dogs.Nik-Nakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14776544256283026910noreply@blogger.com