Eating, Drinking Contests Are A Blight
In a country and world in which there are still people without enough to eat or drink, binging contests are immoral.
You'd think that last year's death of a young mom in a water-drinking contest - - the prize was a high-end video game system: Oh, Goody! - - would have shamed both sponsors and contestants into the contests' cancellation.
Apparently not.
Piggery and bad taste rules.
Too bad.
1 comment:
Eating as an entertainment or a competitive sport is a relatively new phenomenon.
Over the years, our family had a number of high school-age exchange students live with us.
They would get together for a party at which snacks played the typical role in teenagers' lives.
It was indeed striking to see a Japanese or a Mongolian or a Chilean young person approach a big bowl of potato chips.
They'd typically take ONE and hold it in hand for a while, then take a bite, then, after jabbering a while, another bite. One chip consumed in two or three bites. They weren't shy, nor were they just being polite. That was they way they snacked. I've tried it. Hard to break the habit of taking a handful.
It is a learned thing. We've been taught--and learned--that stuffing food down--in large amounts and very fast--is the American way. And jamming down 30 hot dogs in six minutes is the way to be a champ.
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