The 19th 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 nineteenth 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 Frank Poduska, who started off the day, wisely, with a course of vitamins and anti-heartburn medications. I'm convinced Frank won this in the past, but I presently can't find my e-mail archives going that far back.

Entries

• Frank Poduska
  • aspirin
  • coumadin
  • vitamin D
  • Omeprozole
  • children's chewable vitamin
  • V-8 juice
  • marinated artichoke hearts
  • chicken-in-a-biscuit crackers
  • shrimp ball
  • Breton mini-crackers
  • aged asiago spread
  • smoked gouda
  • garlic cheddar
  • horseradish cheddar
  • summer sausage
  • pretzel thins
  • smokehouse almonds
  • grape tomatoes
  • black olives
  • red pepper slices
  • carrot sticks
  • cucumbers
  • ranch dip
  • brocolli florets
  • gorgonzola dip
  • Baked Juusto (bread cheese) made as a dressing
  • green beans
  • Folgers hazelnut coffee
  • Dunkin Donuts eggnog coffee
  • Andes mints - toffee, cherry jubilee, peppermint bark
  • rolls
  • cranberry sauce
  • various salts, peppers, and spices (12 to be exact) including Himalyan
  • Pink Salt and Rosemary infused salt
  • baked cheesy cauliflower
  • corn
  • butter mushrooms with Parmesan cheese
  • turkey
  • ham
  • dressing
  • mashed potatos and turkey gravy
  • pumpkin cheesecake with cool whip
  • butter toffee almonds
  • chocolate almonds
  • chocolate cheese fudge
  • Cherry Coke Zero
  • Seabram's Ginger Ale
  • Lay's barbeque potato chips
  • reduced fat milk
  • Silk Almond milk
  • heavy whipping cream
  • Werther's Original caramels
  • buttered popcorn
  • Eclipse chewing gum
  • (did I mention the whole family works in a cheese shop?)
• Daniel Ramaley
  • Morning
    • ¾ cup of hōjicha ice cream
    • 1 glass orange juice
    • 1 mug spiced cider
    • 6 slices turkey bacon
    • 1 ounce fresh hōjicha ice cream
    • 1-2 ounces matcha cake batter
    • 3 large spoonfuls sweetened red beans
  • Afternoon
    • A mug of cider
    • A large plate of many vegetarian dishes
    • A plate of desserts
  • Evening
    • Pita with hummus and red pesto.
    • An apple with cinnamon.
    • 2 ounces chocolate.
• Thomas Kula
  • Two slices toast with fauxsausage and mushroom gravy
  • Two poached eggs
  • 12 oz coffee
  • 10 oz grapefruit juice
  • 4 wrapped pickles
  • 4 small squares of sharp cheddar
  • 5 baby carrots3 stalks celery
  • 2 radishes6 black olives
  • 5 cheese and cracker3 wrapped pickles
  • 1 tbsp dip1 quorn gruyere cutlet
  • 1.5 cup stuffing1 cup roasted brussel sprouts with quinoa and cranberries
  • 1/2 cup corn1 baked sweet potato
  • 3 dinner rolls10 oz apple cider
  • 6 oz coffee
  • 6 oz coffee
  • 1 cup stuffing3 quorn turkey slices1/2 cups corn
  • 3/4 cup roasted brussel sprouts with quinoa and cranberries
  • 4 roasted fingerling potatoes
  • 1 wrapped pickle4 cheese and crackers
  • 2 celery sticks2 baby carrots
  • 1 radish5 olives
  • 2 dinner rolls
  • 1 glass riesling
  • 6 oz coffee
  • 1 small slice apple pie

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