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Wanna be "King"

alledanalledan Member Posts: 19,541
edited September 2002 in General Discussion
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania-AP -- If you've got a strong stomach, this contest is for you.

Men from around the country will scarf down sheep's entrails tomorrow in a battle for the title of "haggis king."

The haggis eating contest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is part of the city's Celtic Classic Festival. The winner will be the first to finish one and a-half pounds of the Scottish dish. It's a mix of sheep's organs, oats and spices.

Tensions are high this year as two former champions prepare to go head-to-head. Steve Cunningham of Bethlehem and Peter Stefchak of Anchorage, Alaska, have both won twice and want to settle the tie.

Stefchak says he has a special training regimen, which includes starving himself for 24 hours before the contest.

As far as the haggis is concerned, he says, "It sounds awful, but it actually has a light liver taste."

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  • dads-freeholddads-freehold Member Posts: 1,361 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    greetings, is the picture of the training it takes to be a champion? respt submitted dads-freehold

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  • bama55bama55 Member Posts: 6,389 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The wife and I have been to Scotland. Didn't try the haggis. On our
    return flight we talked to a young lady that was going to school in
    Glasgow (I think). She was on her way home for a visit (US). Anyhow
    the topic of haggis came up, and I told her that I didn't eat any of it, but I did have some blood pudding for breakfast the day we left (stopped at their version of a truck stop). She couldn't believe
    it, and said blood pudding was worse than haggis. Found out blood
    pudding is ox blood and oats, or oatmeal, in a patty, like sausage. Didn't taste bad at all.


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    Edited by - bama55 on 09/26/2002 23:24:32
  • DancesWithSheepDancesWithSheep Member Posts: 12,938 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    MacMenudo?

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  • TazmuttTazmutt Member Posts: 862 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I take it the man in the pic is not the champ as he appears to be expelling his haggis ? Or does the contest not require one to hold down injested entrails

    Why in gawds name would anyone do this

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  • bartobarto Member Posts: 4,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    THIS is where the old saw, (no guts, no glory), originated.
    barto

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  • 4GodandCountry4GodandCountry Member Posts: 3,968
    edited November -1
    In the picture, is the food going in or out?

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