Need strategy help on eating 72 oz. steak in Amarillo Texas

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[Rodney King]

cool, thanks.

[Squantos]

TV reporter ?? In the Panhandle ???? Why yer not the famous Dan True are ya ???...............:o)

Stay Safe !

[Rodney King]

Maybe cut the steak up completely in pieces before you ever start eating. Small pieces.

Ahh, great tip.

[Rodney King]

Thanks for the tip on bitters, you have all been very helpful.

[PJ-Comix]

Go to a lot of buffet restaurants and eat all you can to stretch your stomach. However, don't make the mistake I did and fill your plate high when you are starting to feel really full. A couple of years ago I was at King Buffet restaurant and I piled up a plate high with shrimp towards the end of my meal. Big mistake. After a few bites I was stuffed and I still had the entire plate of shrimp to finish. I didn't want to leave a full plate behind so I laboriously finished the plate off shrimp by shrimp. It got so bad towards the end that I actually counted out how many shrimps I had to go to finish them all off and counted down shrimp by shrimp until I finished.

It took me over a year before I could eat a shrimp again. And I still have trouble eating shrimp now.

[Rodney King]

Thanks for the tips. What is milk of magnesium? Like Pepto?

[Rodney King]

Great tips, particularly wrapping the steak with the salad. You must be a doctor. I am in excellent health, and so I am not afraid of a heart attack (I am also only 30 years old). Are there any medical problems here except for choking and constipation?

[Rodney King]

Great link, thanks!

[PJ-Comix]

Don't become a vegetarian just before the contest starts.

[Rodney King]

Wow, well, thanks. I hadn't considered that. I am generally not at all a glutton. I used to drink too much, but don't any more. I'll consider what you wrote.

[Rodney King]

Congrats on having done it. Do you have any tips for me? How was the beef cooked? In what order did you eat the food? etc. thanks.

[Rodney King]

Congrats! Any tips on how to approach the meal?

[Rodney King]

thanks for the post. One of the main reasons that I got together with my wife is that she was a carnivore on a mostly hairy vegetarian campus in New York. That's not why I married her, of course, but it helped to get my attention.

[Rodney King]

$800 bucks in sushi? wow.

[dennisw]

Wow, well, thanks. I hadn't considered that. I am generally not at all a glutton. I used to drink too much, but don't any more. I'll consider what you wrote............

It's not so much what you might do to that steak. My comment is more about "all u can eat" type competitions in general. Sorry to be a party pooper.

[Rodney King]

THIS IS IMPORTANT: wash it down with brandy, or another high-alcohol beverage (not enough to get 'faced, though). The alcohol both relaxes the stomach and anaesthetizes it.

thanks. What are you thinking exactly? Should I bring a shot or two of whiskey to have during the meal? Or should it be before? Thanks!

[PJ-Comix]

I never ate a 72 oz steak but I do have a funny steak story to tell involving eating lots of steak. When I lived in La-La Land, I lived in an apartment complex in the Northridge near CSUN. Anyway, there was an outdoor grill there with gas so I liked cooking outdoors rather than using my own stove. Almost every evening I cooked a couple of steaks and some potatoes and ate them all. Soon after I started this routine I noticed a family (husband, wife, 2 small kids) from India sitting at a table near me outside. All they did was stare at me while I ate. This happened for over a month. Finally, out of curiosity, I asked them why they sat near me whenever I ate my dinner outside. The man (in a thick Indian accent) explained that in his country people just aren't big eaters and they were amazed by how much food Americans could consume. So it turned out that I was sort of a sideshow act for them (and maybe the fact I was consuming their sacred cows). I was an entertainment act for them just as a snake charmer in India would be for me.

[Squantos]

I'll give it a "try" with old Jeff Head this fall ............ I figure failure is in my future too. Albeit my little brother the USAF PJ did it............he was greener than his units Jolly Green mascot !

Pretty funny to watch folks get all glassy eyed and queasy an such !

Stay Safe !

[Rodney King]

Well done is my suggestion Rodney......Easier to consume....if ya want , give me a shout when ya go do this. I'm not far from Amarillo. I'll drive over and photograph the freeper feast ! Myself and Jeff Head are planning to do it sometime in the near future also.......

Well, I picked my birthday as the date for no particular reason. I'd be happy to coordinate with you guys and do it at the same time. Let me know. I do want a month of preparation time though.

[Rodney King]

Hell, come on down and join the fun!