A Moose in Love wrote:
>
> 20? 50?
> Try 68; = 21,000 calories
> That's some outstanding eating
> I used to have a humongous appetite when I was young and doing field
> work, but I could never do that; maybe 20 dogs tops. And that's a
> maybe. I'd have to be seriously motivated to do 20 dogs. I'd have to
> be nuts to try for 50...
> http://abcnews.go.com/US/nathans-hot...2#.T56hyVLjTng
> {
> Capping a week when a new scientific report concluded that Americans
> were eating more, and more frequently, it took 10 minutes and 62 hot
> dogs for Joey Chestnut to win his fifth consecutive Nathan's Famous
> Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, N.Y.
>
> Retaining the Mustard Belt once again, Chestnut of San Jose, Calif.,
> has dominated the competition. He set the all-time record in 2009,
> downing 68 hot dogs and buns, the equivalent of 21,000 calories, in 10
> minutes.
> }

I've watched those July 4th hotdog competions. Inconceivable! that anyone
could eat so much in 10 minutes. sheez!

Gary