11 eating competitions that will leave you disgusted — but impressed

You’ve probably heard of competitive eating, those food challenges in which people consume ungodly amounts as fast as they can, battling it out for cash prizes as high as $10,000. These challenges span the globe, are broadcast on ESPN, and include just about anything edible: jalapeños, shrimp cocktail, and gyoza, to name just a few. 

They’ve also got history. In a story from the 1400s, notes Eater, a Nordic man enters an eating competition with a god. In the 1700s, poet James Taylor wrote of the “Great Eater of Kent,” whom, Atlas Obscura reports, ate “some 60 eggs, a good portion of a lamb, and a handful of pies — a meal that left him hungry for more.” Read more…

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