The 20th Annual Thanksgiving Day Challenge

In the fall of 1996 (YOLD 3162) some friends of mine and I challenged each other to a eating contest on Thanksgiving Day. The rules were simple: record everything you eat from midnight to midnight on Thanksgiving Day, and I would decide who ate the most. The winner would recieve the Order of the Fizzy Bicarbonate and the accolade of millions. Thus was born the Thanksgiving Day Challenge.

The tradition has continued on into its twentieth year, changing little since the original contest. One no longer needs to eat the most (although that certainly helps), but rather eat the best in the Spirit of the Thanksgiving Day Challenge. That's a bit hard to define, but when looking at each entry every year, I usually find one that has just a bit something extra.

This year, the winner is Greg Platt, mostly for his entry of Jack Links All American Snack Pack. For your eating above and beyond the call of duty, congratulations, Gord Platt.

Entries

• Greg Platt
  • 4 ritz crackers
  • 1 mini cheese ball
  • Bowl chili with toppings
  • Tortilla chips
  • Cheez whiz (generic)
  • 4 slices bacon
  • 4 pieces turkey
  • 3 slices ham
  • 1 spoon roasted broccoli
  • 1 spoon roasted cauliflower
  • 1 spoon green beans
  • 1 small spoon cranberry sauce
  • 1 pecan pie tart
  • 3 slices ham
  • 1 diet grape soda
  • 1 Coke Zero
  • 1 diet Sunkist
  • 1 small bag cheese Chex
  • 1 Jack Links All American Snack Pack
  • 3 slices ham
  • 1 cheese wedge
  • 1 roll
  • 1 spoonful garlic chili paste
  • Tortilla chips
  • Cheez Whiz (generic)
  • Multiple non minor gulps of water
• Joe Anderson
  • two pumpkin pecan cinammon yeast rolls with cream cheese frosting
  • two cups coffee
  • sliced, roasted turkey, both kinds (white and dark meat)
  • squash
  • "sweet potato" (yams, really, but still yum)
  • mashed potato
  • dressing
  • gravy
  • cranberry relish
  • green bean casserole
  • brussel sprout (just 4)
  • one bottle Sam Adams Octoberfest beer rescued at the last minute from Tops supermarket because they were all out at Wegmans and I should have bought that 30 pack at Costco when I had the chance damnit.
  • two small pieces of pumpkin pie with whipped cream
  • a cup of green tea
  • a handful of home-roasted carmelized mixed nuts
  • a handful of cashews
  • two dates, one pitted, one not
• Thomas Kula
  • Two buttered English muffins
  • 4 poached eggs
  • 4 fauxage patties
  • 2 cups coffee
  • 4 wrapped pickles
  • 5 baby carrots
  • 1 stalk celery
  • 4 radishes
  • 4 slices sharp cheddar
  • 4 crackers
  • 1 tbsp dip
  • 3 wrapped pickles
  • 4.5 oz stuffing
  • 6 oz fake turkey
  • 6.5 oz purple potatoes
  • 2.5 oz roasted carrots, celery and onion
  • 4 oz corn
  • 2 oz gravy
  • 2 dinner rolls
  • 1 cup coffee
  • 1/6 pumpkin pie tart
  • 2 cups coffee
  • 2 wrapped pickles
  • 8 baby carrots
  • 8 black olives
  • 1 stalk celery
  • 3 wrapped pickles
  • 4 slices sharp cheddar w/ crackers
  • 4 radishes
  • 1 cup coffee
  • 3 oz stuffing
  • 8 oz fake turkey
  • 4-3/4 oz purple potatoes
  • 6 oz corn
  • 3 oz gravy
  • 3 dinner rolls
  • 2 wrapped pickles
  • 2 cups coffee
  • 1/3 pumpkin pie tart
  • 1 scoop ice cream
  • 1 cup coffee

Back to the mothership.

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