Where's the beef? In Texas

The Toronto Star ^ | June 22, 2003 | LEE HOCKSTADERj

[El Conservador]

AMARILLO, Texas—If you've never seen a young woman in a staring contest with a 4 1/2-pound slab of red meat, it's a thing to behold.

Her nostrils flare. Her eyebrows twitch. She blinks. She exhales lightly through pursed lips. Then she picks up her serrated knife to begin sawing at her butterflied top sirloin, all 5,200-odd calories of it, cooked medium and sprawled on her dish like a catcher's mitt on home plate. For its part, the steak is impassive.

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[El Conservador]

Wow!!! 72 oz.!!!

You've gotta have a BIG gut to eat all that!!!

[Xenalyte]

The only time I ever went to Amarillo, I tried to convince the chaperone that I could do it. She wouldn't let me try, the weasel. ;)

[Senator Pardek]

This reminds me off the drinking games I played in HS and college.

Something that is meant to be pleasurable (beer/steak) is turned into punishment. These activities have a negative effect on a young mind.

[PoorMuttly]

Muttly officially barred from any and all meat-eating contests, in perpetuity.

He must give the "regular people" a chance.

[dighton]

Lee Hockstader / Washington Post

[dighton]

[eastforker]

I think I could do it,but,the steak would have to be rare.When it is wet and moist it is much more tender and much easier to swallow.Contrary to what most believe,the rarer the steak the healthier it is.

[Lazamataz]

I think I could do it,but,the steak would have to be rare.When it is wet and moist it is much more tender and much easier to swallow.Contrary to what most believe,the rarer the steak the healthier it is.

Yeah, I agree -- but take a look at those pictures above. The steaks are simply bigger than a human stomach.

[Lazamataz]

"First, you better cut your meat with the grain — makes it more tender and less chewy. You better eat your potato and all that small stuff first. Don't drink no water. Just fills you up. And better eat fast, man."

Fine advice, but you will be in serious trouble afterwords. Possibly health-threatening trouble.

[Charliehorse]

This same restaurant used to give change in silver dollars.

[gitmo]

And if it's tough, you can slap a bandaid on it and send it back to mamma.

[eastforker]

The stomach will stretch.The key is to eat several very large meals a couple of days prior to the event.

[RoseofTexas]

YEP! That leftover will cost her $69buckaroos! With that much money forked over, she could have easily bought T-bone steaks for the rest of the summer's BBQ!

[RoseofTexas]

OOOPs, meant 50 instead of 69, hell with tax that's probably what the end cost will be!

[Fiddlstix]

I've been to that place........
Must Admit!
72 oz. steak is too much for me to handle
LOL

[lowbridge]

You've gotta have a BIG gut to eat all that!!!

Pshaw. I got one of those big guts. A fat tub like me can do that. :-)

[eastforker]

Weight wise it would be no differant than drinking a six pack in an hours time,oh,forgot about the potato and salad,make that seven beers in an hour.

[4mycountry]

Poor baby, lol.

[gcruse]

I've never tried that, but I can't imagine anyone doing it in 9 9 1/2 minutes!!

[gcruse]

Do we have to excerpt the Toronto Star now???