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Man eats 21 pounds of grits for title
AP - Yahoo ^ | September 30, 2007

Posted on 09/30/2007 2:58:25 PM PDT by EveningStar

He'll never want breakfast again.

Pat Bertoletti, a mohawk-sporting chef from Chicago, gulped down 21 pounds of buttery, goopy grits in 10 minutes to win $4,000 in the first World Grits Eating Championship at Louisiana Downs on Saturday...

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Food; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: competitiveeating; grits
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1 posted on 09/30/2007 2:58:29 PM PDT by EveningStar
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2 posted on 09/30/2007 3:00:09 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

“Eunice, we need a bigger plunger....”


3 posted on 09/30/2007 3:00:34 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: EveningStar
The first exposure that this 19 year old kid from suburban Boston had to grits was at Ft Knox,KY...during Basic Training.

It was also my last.

(ewww....wallpaper paste!)

4 posted on 09/30/2007 3:03:51 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (If martyrdom is so cool,why does Osama Obama go to such great lengths to avoid it?)
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To: EveningStar

Grits..the Food of the Gods..


5 posted on 09/30/2007 3:07:45 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (I'm a Patriot Guard Rider - www.patriotguard.org for more info..)
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To: EveningStar; All
Grits portion of cross-exam begins at about 3:50
6 posted on 09/30/2007 3:08:07 PM PDT by dighton
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To: EveningStar

7 posted on 09/30/2007 3:08:31 PM PDT by P.O.E.
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To: EveningStar

Butter? On grits?


8 posted on 09/30/2007 3:13:10 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: EveningStar

Tell him he only gets to use “one square of toilet paper”, to save the environment!


9 posted on 09/30/2007 3:14:10 PM PDT by traditional1 ( Fred Thompson-The ONLY electable Republican Candidate)
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To: gulfcoast6

FYI


10 posted on 09/30/2007 3:15:54 PM PDT by Jemian (PAM of JT ~~ Liberalism only works in the abstract.)
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To: EveningStar; MotleyGirl70

Grits Cook: You never heard of grits?

Vinny Gambini: Sure I’ve heard of grits. I just never actually *seen* a grit before.


11 posted on 09/30/2007 3:21:59 PM PDT by Cagey (Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.......Thoreau)
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To: r9etb
“Eunice, we need a bigger plunger....”

LOL, but plunger? They're going to need new plumbing.

12 posted on 09/30/2007 3:44:20 PM PDT by xJones
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To: Cagey
I just never actually *seen* a grit before.

Voila!

13 posted on 09/30/2007 3:47:55 PM PDT by Grut
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To: EveningStar

Pat Bertoletti profile at IFOCE

14 posted on 09/30/2007 3:52:03 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline—1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
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To: Cagey
My Cousin Vinny is hilarious and I love how you called the cook the "Grits Cook." Too funny.

Vinny to the "Grits Cook" when he puts a spoonful of lard on the grill:

"Have you heard about the on-going choresteral problem in the United States?"


15 posted on 09/30/2007 4:16:02 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70 (Go Packers!)
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To: MotleyGirl70

Oops...choresteral=cholesterol


16 posted on 09/30/2007 4:18:34 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70 (Go Packers!)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
Butter? On grits?

The Ten Commandments of Grits
1. Thou shalt not put syrup on thy Grits.
2. Thou shalt not eat Cream of Wheat and call it Grits; for this is blasphemy.
3. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors Grits.
4. Thou shalt only use Salt, Butter and Cheese as toppings for thy Grits.
5. Thou shalt not eat Instant Grits.
6. Thou shalt not put syrup on thy Grits.
7. Thou shalt not put syrup on thy Grits.
8. Thou shalt not put syrup on thy Grits.
9. Thou shalt not put sugar on thy Grits either.
10. Thou shalt not put sugar or syrup on thy Grits.

17 posted on 09/30/2007 4:27:31 PM PDT by xJones
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To: xJones

Redeye gravy!


18 posted on 09/30/2007 5:00:35 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: EveningStar

I don’t think I could eat 21 pounds of anything.


19 posted on 09/30/2007 5:20:06 PM PDT by 04-Bravo
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To: EveningStar

20 posted on 09/30/2007 5:25:08 PM PDT by mowowie
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