Posted on 08/21/2004 4:21:22 PM PDT by varina davis
Woman Eats 38 Lobsters in Eating Contest
August 21, 2004 05:28 PM EDT
KENNEBUNK, Maine - America's top speed-eater wolfed down 38 lobsters in 12 minutes Saturday to win the World Lobster Eating Contest.
Sonya Thomas, of Alexandria, Va., won $500 and a trophy belt for her efforts, consuming 9.76 pounds of lobster meat.
Each contestant had a partner cracking the shells and pulling out the meat. Eleven competitors ate as many lobsters as they could in a 12-minute period, devouring a total of 300 pounds.
"I have a natural ability because of my stomach capacity," said Thomas, who weighs a mere 105 pounds. "I could eat more, but something else - not a lobster."
The competition, only in its second year, sought to elevate Maine into the big leagues of competitive eating, alongside New York's Coney Island with its Nathan's Famous hot dogs and New Orleans with its oysters.
This year's competition at the Pilot House Grill & Boatyard was sanctioned by the International Federation of Competitive Eating, which ranked Thomas the country's top speed-eater.
Thomas was coming off a baked bean victory days before in Indiana, where she consumed 8.4 pounds of beans with pork in 2 minutes and 47 seconds. She also holds records for hard-boiled eggs.
So they had to tether her to the table for the lobster contest?
That's strange... I was picturing her more as the table base.
Crust ate ya.
These competitive eaters are always on a see-food diet...
but the visual of 38 lobsters scratching in the hot pot.... oh, that's right, their claws are rubber-banded...
{sarcasm off}
Save your principles for important stuff.
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