Mercury News: The San Pedro Fish Market invited 12 prominent eaters for an eight-minute battle of the shrimp.
“Jaws” Chestnut, a 34-year-old San Jose resident, gobbled 77 shrimp, which earned him $2,000 and the championship belt.
“Next year, if they do this again, I’ll definitely eat more,” Chestnut said, adding that he wasn’t that full at the end and actually thought he’d eaten slower than usual. “Seafood is one of the easiest things to digest – a bratwurst is really hard on the body.”
Runner-up Gideon Oji, a 26-year-old eater from Nigeria, ate 74 shrimp and snagged $1,000. more here
If they are cooked in butter and garlic all of them.
Bad_Brad^^^^^^^^^^^
I hate all sea food except cod and I only eat that twice a year as fish and chips.
I’ll eat them all with a side of King Crab, Lobster and Scallops.
Sometimes I like to think I’m not overweight, just an “Accomplished Eater.”
Was the Nigerian guy just walking by ?
Don’t wait up for the shrimp boats honey, I’m comin’ home with the CRABS!
If you can out eat a guy from Nigeria you’ve earned the two grand.
About as many as I could buy with $18, not many.
Pound for pound, butter for garlic, 2x more escargot than shrimp on a bad day; infinity more on a good day. You gotta tear me away.
Eternal,
Oooh you just sweet talked me by saying escargot.
There once was a snail who was tired of being the slowest guy around. He decided to buy a sports car so he could go fast. In fact, he wanted to go as fast as he could so he bought the sport model. He had the dealership paint a big S on the car. That way when he passed all the other people they’d say “Look at that S car go”!
I was staying in Nashville for work, couple of weeks.
The hotel, on Fridays/Saturdays had a local restaurant serve horderves.
One night they had a HUGE bowl of iced, boiled shrimp, in shells.
The shrimp were cooked to perfection and I made a total pig of myself, had to have eaten way more than 77. Took longer than 8 min but you had to peel them.
I was finished, full and enjoying the free beer.
The restaurant guy came up and I thought he was going to ding me about demolishing half the shrimp.
Nope, he was amazed at my shelling prowess and asked if I would show the others how.
Looking around, they were trying to eat them with a fork.
So, it was fun, I didn’t even know there were people who couldn’t eat a boiled shrimp.
However much you can eat in 8 minutes is quite shellfish.
My favorite way. Split and clean, add a small piece of cheese and jalapeno slice, then wrap in peppered bacon. Skewer and grill until bacon is done.
Zero. I never eat anything that looks like a bug or swims in its own toilet.
If I ate 74 shrimp, it would take me over 8 minutes to dump them.
If it smells like Eleanor… NONE! 👿
Wouldn’t eat a scrimp on a bet.
You know where that stuff’s been?
That’s like, y’know, whale food!
izlamo delenda est …
An exercise of excess and waste.
Sounds like the government food stamp program, but everybody in the program is a winner and gets $2000.
refuse/resist, That sounds sooooo good!
I used to go to a Chinese restaurant that served big butterflied shrimp wrapped in bacon in a bed of chopped onions with this delicious sauce. Don’t remember what it was called or what the sauce was, and I have never found it anywhere else. The restaurant has been gone for about 30 years, but my mouth is watering just thinking about that dish.
Ew, none. I hate shrimp. It’s mushy yet crunchy, and just has the weirdest flavor. No matter how I try, I can’t handle it. Ugh.
Now that I am older, I avoid “All You Can Eat” buffets; I cant eat all I can eat anymore.
No sea bugs!
Years back I did a few weeks in Biloxi MS doing
some contract programming. I thought I was dropped onto the set of Forrest Gump every time I went out to eat.
Shrimp Bisque, Shrimp Toast, Shrimp and Grits, Garlic Shrimp, Coconut Shrimp……
I nearly starved.
Cynic, that’s an old but good dad joke. I love shrimp but not enough to eat 77 of them in 8 minutes. And all you can eat buffets aren’t what they used to be when I was younger. I go maybe 3 times a yr. to a real good Chinese buffet and than I limit myself to how much I can eat. We call these buffets the home of the lardass special.
The cruise terminal is right next to that open fish market. Lots of Mexicans patronize this place and I can tell you it’s full of flies. It’s an open market. They place paper on top of the tables, then they just toss out the shrimp and everyone digs in. Did you know that whenever a fly lands on anything it poops? This is why Obama is a poopy head.
Back 51 years ago on our wedding trip I was introduced to boiled shrip in the shell. The restaurant was on a dock on Long Boat Key near Sarasota. When we finished one bowl, they brought us another and another bowl. Unbelievably awesome. DH and I pigged out, plus super casual dining in shorts and sweatshirt was a new experience we will always remember.
I had shrimp many times prior to then, but always breaded and fried at dress-up restaurants in or near Chicago. Never cared to eat dressed-up shrimp ever since then.
I’ll take this guy on as long as I can substitute mine with brine shrimp. I’m pretty sure I can handle 77 in just one bite. Now give me my prize.