Edmonton Eats Blog

ugonnaeatthat reports on the tasty and possibly gluttonous field trip to the rickety bus-turned-restaurant known as the Motoraunt. Known for its famous Monster Burger, a two pound behemoth of a burger, this got me thinking of all the huge food creations I’ve seen out there, and of course the requisite question of how long it would take me to eat them.

Barring cardiac arrest or a sudden shortage of pants with elastic waistlines, I think I’d be up to the challenge.

Big Burger

This 15lb burger from Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, Pennsylvania has apparently been eaten by one person several times. I am in awe.

Strategy: Split the burger up into “tiny” one pound size chunks and eat one a day.

Likely Outcome: Develop a serious psychological aversion to anything even remotely resembling beef (I’m looking at you my precious 7/11 Big Bites).

How long would it take: 15 days + 3 months in beef therapy. Does anyone else think Beef Therapy is a great name for a restaurant?

Expensive Pizza

This $1000 pizza for purchase at Nino’s Bellisisma Pizza in New York (where else) is topped with crème fraîche, loads of caviar and lobster. What, no truffles??? This seems less an attempt at pizza and more of an exercise in throwing the most expensive ingredients available on some dough and marking the price up 80%. It doesn’t even look that big, I could definitely do it in one sitting.

Strategy: Easy: 3 pieces a day, taking care to evenly split up the caviar that is so elegantly glopped onto the pizza.

Likely Outcome: An empty wallet and a craving for some real pizza that doesn’t cost $10 a bite.

How long would it take: Depends on which side of the 6 or 8 slice per pizza side of the fence you fall on. Let’s say a long weekend.

Big Wedding Cake

I have no clue why anyone would want such a big wedding cake. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a normal wedding cake finished off at a wedding never mind one that is 15,000 lbs and 17 feet tall. That’s a lot of freezer space…

Strategy: Pawn off as many pieces as I could to unsuspecting weddings guests. When that doesn’t make a dent, resort to stuffing them into every pocket I can find. No purse or fanny pack would be safe!

Likely Outcome: Drive home with two minivans full of wedding cake and tell myself that diabetes is only a state of mind.

How long would it take: Assuming a generous 500 lbs of cake was taken off of my hands by guests I’m left with 14,500 lbs of cake. At a ridiculous 1 lb of cake a day I’ll be licking my fingers in triumph in almost 40 years. This cake would likely last longer than my marriage… just kidding honey I love you!

And The Rest

And finally here’s a video montage of many world record breaking foods. Tell me if you don’t start feeling a little uncomfortable at about the 45 second mark…

Tags: big food, burger, Edmonton, pizza, wedding cake

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