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I was once in a restaurant in Texas in 2012. (somewhat political)

posted 5 years ago by aliensalmon (5078)
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You've probably heard of the restaurant...it is the Big Texan restaurant in Amarillo that offers a free 72 oz. steak if you can eat the meal in one hour. When I visited in 2012 I didn't take the challenge, but there was a person from Illinois who did. When the man agreed to take the steak challenge, a musician who sings and plays guitar for tips introduced him with the following words, "From the great red[/b] state of [b]Illinois, here is (challenger's name)!"

You can probably figure out why the musician's words seemed noteworthy to me, considering we were in Texas and it was 2012, a presidential election year.

[–] TexasJack (12515) 5 years ago

Did he finish the steak?

[–] aliensalmon (5078) 5 years ago

I don't know. We left the restaurant well before the hour was up. I have my doubts though...72 oz. is a lot of steak!

[–] TexasJack (12515) 5 years ago

This girl did it in 4 minutes, 58 seconds. Then she ate a second 72 oz. steak over the next 10 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESCB_-8L994

Pretty amazing.

[–] aliensalmon (5078) 5 years ago

Haha...yeah I heard about that. I guess there are bigger carnivores out there!

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71467) 5 years ago

She eats like a cave woman!
How is that even possible?

[–] TexasJack (12515) 5 years ago

I have no idea. She's not even a big girl.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71467) 5 years ago

I expected a very full figured girl when I clicked the link

[–] TexasJack (12515) 5 years ago

She has a whole Youtube channel of her conquests.

[–] db20db (16166) 5 years ago

The expression for that type of person used to be, " having a hollow leg. " I've known a couple and they were both beanpoles.

[–] TexasJack (12515) 5 years ago

Now that you mention it, I seem to recall that a frequent winner of the famous Nathan's Coney Island hot dog eating contest was an Asian gentleman with a very slight build.

[–] kspkap (13018) 5 years ago

I’m ready to barf about now! I at one time could have done it. I could out eat anyone in my family...could drink them under the table also. Of course the drinking came later. Anyhow, when we lived in Dayton, OH many moons ago there was a hamburger joint, Big Boy’s I think, where the hamburgers were what dreams are made of. This was before the thin preformed gut rot of today. This burger was stacked high. Three hand formed patties separated by three pieces of buns loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomato and condiments. I could eat 3 and I was as skinny as a rail!!!

When someone remarked how I didn’t gain weight with all that I ate, my uncle replied with “She eats so much...it makes her poor to carry it!” Funny!

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71467) 5 years ago

On my best day way back when I couldn't handle that!

[–] kspkap (13018) 5 years ago

I found the name of the best cheeseburger ever! It was Frisch’s Big Boy. I always got the Super Big Boy, 1/2 lb of beef and I could eat 3 (1 1/2 lb) of those gut busters! I think I was about 12 the last time I had a Big Boy (cheeseburger, no double entendres here!).

https://www.frischs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Dine-In-Menu.pdf

Damn I love this menu. But, like everything else today, it’s probably not the same.