Comments on: Eating Contests: Where Everyone Loses http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/22/eating-contests-where-everyone-loses/ a look at how America squanders nearly half of its food Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:29:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Fr. Peter Doodes http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/22/eating-contests-where-everyone-loses/#comment-30691 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:34:22 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/22/eating-contests-where-everyone-loses/#comment-30691 The Third World faces starvation Kenya: 2.5m people Somalia: 2m Ethiopia: 1m Djibouti: 150,000 while the Western World holds eating contests... polite words fail me... See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4587584.stm The Third World faces starvation

Kenya: 2.5m people
Somalia: 2m
Ethiopia: 1m
Djibouti: 150,000

while the Western World holds eating contests… polite words fail me…

See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4587584.stm

]]> by: d.a. http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/22/eating-contests-where-everyone-loses/#comment-30665 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:22:27 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/22/eating-contests-where-everyone-loses/#comment-30665 I'm of similar mind to @Kristen. I think the eating contests are rather silly, but then I look at the waste a regular restaurant goes through in an evening, and the difference is significant. YMMV, of course! I’m of similar mind to @Kristen. I think the eating contests are rather silly, but then I look at the waste a regular restaurant goes through in an evening, and the difference is significant. YMMV, of course!

]]> by: mommytherobot http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/22/eating-contests-where-everyone-loses/#comment-30645 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:16:05 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/22/eating-contests-where-everyone-loses/#comment-30645 food eating contest has never really held any charm for me whatsoever. why would you want to watch people gorge themselves on food- that isn't even that good or healthy for you? i guess its a deer in headlights kind of thing, but it is pretty mindless to continue holding these kinds of contest since there is a global food crises at hand. food eating contest has never really held any charm for me whatsoever. why would you want to watch people gorge themselves on food- that isn’t even that good or healthy for you? i guess its a deer in headlights kind of thing, but it is pretty mindless to continue holding these kinds of contest since there is a global food crises at hand.

]]> by: Kristen a.k.a. The Frugal Girl http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/22/eating-contests-where-everyone-loses/#comment-30638 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:23:02 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/22/eating-contests-where-everyone-loses/#comment-30638 Watching those things always makes me feel kind of nauseated. While it's sort of wasteful, it's not like people eat 59 hot dogs a minute all the time. And so it's hardly the biggest food-wasting issue we have in America, you know? Watching those things always makes me feel kind of nauseated. While it’s sort of wasteful, it’s not like people eat 59 hot dogs a minute all the time. And so it’s hardly the biggest food-wasting issue we have in America, you know?

]]> by: Andrew Lee http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/22/eating-contests-where-everyone-loses/#comment-30637 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:18:41 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/07/22/eating-contests-where-everyone-loses/#comment-30637 And there's this new show on the G4 channel called "Hurl" where contestants eat way too much of one particular food and then do activities like get spun on a playground tilt-a-whirl. The last person to vomit wins. Sounds lovely huh? And there’s this new show on the G4 channel called “Hurl” where contestants eat way too much of one particular food and then do activities like get spun on a playground tilt-a-whirl. The last person to vomit wins.

Sounds lovely huh?

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