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I told you before that I signed up for my first professional eating contest…actually my first any kind of eating contest! I can’t believe that the day is finally almost here! This Saturday my entourage and I are driving out to Waterloo, Iowa where, for eight minutes, I’ll be stuffing my face with miniature cakey goodness.
I know that every time I’ve bought a cupcake over the last few months I’ve joked that it was “training,” but really, eating a leisurely cupcake here and there really was doing nothing to help me prepare. I have no idea how I will do. I like to eat, and am a fast eater, but I don’t think I’m competition fast. So I decided yesterday that it was time to buckle down and see just how fast I could eat a cupcake…
So there you have it, I can eat a cupcake in approximately 52 seconds. Although it’s actually a little less because if you noticed I totally fumbled and pressed the wrong button on my timer so it should have been stopped a little earlier. And I guess it depends on how big the cupcakes are. I’ve had ones bigger and I’ve had ones smaller. I have no idea how big the ones we’re eating will be!
So I guess you’ll have to wait and see! Anyone want to guess how many cupcakes I can eat?
I also was hard at work this weekend preparing for my fan club. They need to look cute right? I made some t-shirts and decided on the slogan “the icing on your cupcake.” Because the icing on the cake is something that just makes a good thing better :-) I had to settle for purple t-shirts because who’d have thunk that the men’s section at Old Navy wouldn’t be swarming with pink shirts? But I suppose purple is still an acceptable color.
So I’ve got my practice session in and my t-shirts made! I am so ready to go up against Pat Bertoletti, Bob Shoudt, and all the other nationally ranked eaters. Bring. It. On.
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You sooooo could have eaten that faster. Unless of course there is a method to competitive eating that I’m not aware of.
My strategy would’ve been to eat the icing off first. It’d save time on fumbling through trying to lick it off your hands later. Good luck!
Oh yes, I’m sure I could have eaten it a bit faster! I was just trying to be thorough. When I’m going from cake to cake I won’t have to spend as much time picking up crumbs.
Hmm, maybe about the frosting. But cupcakes can be a little dry so the frosting helped moisten it up as I ate. And it made each bite deliciouser.