The pictures you’re about to see would make your nutritionist want to beat you with a celery stick but let’s face it, during the holidays we are all bound to indulge a little. We’ve worked hard since Memorial day to work out for bikini bods and a piece of apple pie isn’t going to give you cellulite. But speaking of food, let’s really explore the obsession with American extremes from eating competitions, and with many food vendors offering prizes for vigilant eaters like the famous Nathan’s hotdog competition in Coney Island, extreme eating is guaranteed for this weekend.
Food is an all-American sport comparable to baseball and there is no better time than July 4th to reflect on the delectable pleasures of living in the land of the free. Eating, cooking, boozing are community buildling experiences especially with family and friends we have missed. Finally the holiday is here and we have your all-American favorites supersized in the following pages in case you volunteered to feed an entire neighborhood or just really, really hungry.
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World’s Largest Chicken Fried Steak
In Fort Worth, Texas the Cowtown Diner serves up a mean ‘Full O Bull’ which is the most gangster piece of meat in town. This 10,000 calorie wonder weighs in at around ten pounds which is heavier than an overweight human baby. This brings a new meaning to pregnancy, which is how you will feel after devouring this bad boy. ‘Full O Bull’ has to be ordered 24 hours in advance and since March 15 brave eaters have come up for the challenge. The $70 dinner can be shared in a group but if you defeat it as one warrior, you shall bathe in the glory for free.
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World’s Largest Rice Krispie Treat
Rice Krispie Treats are one of those things that fill up the whole kitchen with buttery air. In La Canda Flintridge, California volunteers melted 7,000 pounds of marshmallows to build the world’s largest Rice Krispies Treat that weighed 10,000 pounds and keep in mind, an average mid-sized car weighs between 3,000-4,000 pounds. Mixing up the treat took a lot of man-power but the smell which travels even a football field away was motivation enough to keep churning.
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Biggest Cinnamon Roll
Everything is bigger in Texas. At Lulu’s Cafe in San Antonio, Texas a cinnamon roll larger than one’s head is waiting for all. We wouldn’t trust anyone that wouldn’t wake up to the smell of freshly baked buns drizzled with ooey-gooey icing. Now make that palm sized cinnamon roll into a three-pound breakfast fantasy and there you have it, Lulu’s gargantuan cinnamon bun.
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The Biggest Popcorn Ball
In Lake Forest Illinois, a lot of popping can be heard while building the massive ball of crackling goodness. The circumference is approximately 24.5 feet and which is longer than three Lebron James wrapped vertically around the ball and weighs 3,415 pounds. According to the National Popcorn Board 54 quarts of popcorn are consumed by individuals on an average each year.
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