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Man arrested for tackling giant sausage

What did that poor sausage ever do to deserve being tackled!??!

From: http://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news?articleid=3056467

A man was charged with criminal damage after rugby-tackling a giant hot dog, worth £400. The 6ft glass-fibre hot dog was part of a burger van's display at the Magic of the 80s concert in Alnwick Pastures. Concert-goers reported seeing the sausage character with its arm broken off.

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Taco Salad Italian Cheeseburger Stuffed Crust Xtreme Pizza

Uh, what? I don't know whether to believe this or not. Apparently earlier this year, Domino's released probably the longest named pizza in history, the "Taco Salad Italian Cheeseburger Stuffed Crust Xtreme Pizza". It's a mouthful without even eating one!

From: http://www.thegiantnapkin.com/dominoslaunch.htm

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--Domino's Pizza (NYSE: DPZ), the recognized world leader in pizza delivery, is delivering everyone’s ultimate dream come true: the Taco Salad Italian Cheeseburger Stuffed Crust Extreme Pizza™.

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Pizza Hut P'Zone Eating Challenge

Shortly after the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Competition where Joey "The Jaws" Chestnut too the title from Kobayashi, Joey and Kobayashi show up at this Pizza Hut Sponsored event. Unfortunately Kobayashi didn't compete, but Joey did well to get through 4.5lb's of P'Zone's. It'll be interesting to see them go head to head when they're both able to compete!

From: http://youtube.com/watch?v=f7O9b8HtpdM

Watch Joey Chestnut take on amateur Marivic Stewart in the inaugural P'Zone "Dare You to Still be Hungry" Challenge


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$7000 worth of meat stolen in Ram-Raid

Meat, stolen in a "Ram" raid, get it? Hahahah... I crack myself up sometimes... Anyway, apparently a butcher shop had AU$7,000 worth of meat stolen from an Adelaide butcher yesterday. You'd want to have a pretty big freezer! Hmm, I wonder if the thieves were driving a Dodge?

From: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22125223-13762,00.html

By Mark Schliebs
July 24, 2007 12:00am
CARNIVOROUS thieves have stolen around $7000 worth of meat from a butcher shop in a possible ram-raid. Police said an Adelaide butcher arrived at his shop just before 5.30am (AEST) to find the rear doors to the building had been forced open.

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The Baconator

Beside being an awesome name, this burger looks pretty tasty. Anyone care to create a quad patty double stack Baconator? Mmmm... an Ocho/Octo Baconator.... *drools* Has anyone actually tried one yet?

From: http://www.wendys.com/food/Product.jsp?family=1001&product=1004

Six strips of hickory smoked bacon piled high atop two 1/4 lb.* patties of fresh, never frozen, beef. Complete with two slices of American cheese, mayo and ketchup for a mountain of mouth-watering taste. Go on, obsess a little

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'Fat tax' could save thousands of lives

Say it isn't so! Pollies in Britain think that by increasing the price of "Fat foods", they'll reduce mortality rates for things like strokes and heart disease. Sounds like rubbish to me. One good thing might come out of it though, it just means you'll have to buy all your portions supersized to get the best value!

From: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22066911-1702,00.html?from=public_rss

"FAT taxes" on foods containing high levels of fat, salt and sugar could save up to 3200 lives a year in Britain, researchers said today. Their study, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, tested three ways in which economics could be used to tackle the nation's obesity epidemic.

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World's Largest Kiss Unveiled

A bit bigger than your average, this 30,540lb Hershey's Kiss is a birthday creation from the Hershey's Chocolate Factory. It's apparently the World's Largest Piece of Chocolate!

From: http://www.junkfoodblog.com/2007/07/worlds-largest-kiss-unveiled.html

The World's Largest Hershey's Kisses Chocolate was revealed at a ceremony at Hershey's Chocolate World in Hershey, Pennsylvania on July 7th. The 30,540 pound Kiss marks the 100th anniversary of the foil wrapped chocolates and qualifies as the "The World's Largest Piece of Chocolate" according to the Guiness Book of World Records.

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The Fat Darrell Sandwich

Here's a heart attack waiting to happen, and what a tasty way to go! It's the "Fat Darrell Sandwich". A Sandwich topped with chicken strips, mozzarella sticks, french fries, marinara sauce, lettuce and tomato! On this Good Morning America clip, Darrell Butler, the creator of the Fat Darrell Sandwich takes the anchors through the origin, creation and consumption of this fine sandwich. I don't hear a lot from the others, silence means it's tasty, right?

From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2jibDjoLHw

The Fat Darrell Sandwich


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45lb Mushroom found in Mexico

I like mushroom sauce with a nice piece of steak, but you'd need a lot of steak to use this mushroom. This 45lb (20kg), 28in (70cm) tall mushroom was found in Mexico's southernmost state of Chiapas.

From: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22054784-13762,00.html

A MORE than 20kg mushroom has been picked in a forest in Mexico's southernmost state of Chiapas, university officials said today.

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Taking on a hot dog eating machine

With all this talk about Chestnut and Kobayashi at the recent Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Championship, it got me thinking about the other competitors that might not get as much attention as they deserve. Crazy Legs Conti is one of the characters of the IFOCE, and in this video, we get to see an insight into the competitive eaters training regime. He's even got his own commercial grill to get the same flavor!

From: http://youtube.com/watch?v=3X7ymS0ILpM

amNewYork takes on Crazy Legs Conti in a look inside the world of competitive eating