Man collapses, dies after winning roach-eating contest in Broward

Miami Herald ^ | 10-08-12 | ANNA EDGERTON

[stormer]

Roaches are related to lobster.

Well, sort of. Crustaceans like lobster are in the same Arthropod phylum as insects, but so are spiders and centipedes, and I ain't eating them. A barnacle is actually more closely related to a lobster than a roach is.

[Kickass Conservative]

As I once told a proud Vegan, when you're hungry enough, you'll eat ANYTHING.

[James C. Bennett]

If you can eat this:

(Shrimp)

... then why should critters like hygienically-raised roaches gross you out?

[pbmaltzman]

And my first wife thought I was nuts for trying the 64 ounce steak dinner challenge at Big Texan in Amarillo. (It's free if you finish it. I did but I was in, er, some distress for several days afterward.)

I've eaten at the Big Texan twice over the years. mighty good eating, and I am a big woman with a big appetite. But I don't know if I could finish a 64-ounce steak, with all the trimmings, in under an hour to qualify for a free meal.

[pbmaltzman]

And my first wife thought I was nuts for trying the 64 ounce steak dinner challenge at Big Texan in Amarillo. (It's free if you finish it. I did but I was in, er, some distress for several days afterward.)

I've eaten at the Big Texan twice over the years. mighty good eating, and I am a big woman with a big appetite. But I don't know if I could finish a 64-ounce steak, with all the trimmings, in under an hour to qualify for a free meal.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

This is the consequence of eating Michele Obama’s “healthy” new foods.

Next contestant should tell her to “BUG OFF”.

[shibumi]

"/quietly pounds head on palm rest"

It's kind of like the way Curly Howard would say "Discordia."

"Dis-COY-dee-ah"

[Salamander]

/pounds head much harder at mention of Three Stooges

[autumnraine]

Oh wow! I live right around the corner! We joked that night about a snake strangling someone when we saw the ambulance and police out there, but damn... Now I feel bad.

I gotta tell the kids when they wake up.

[autumnraine]

I always tried to tell people that Palmetto bugs (while ugly) are not about a nasty house if you see one occasionally. Especially if it’s been a dry summer.

[shibumi]

"Nyuk! nyuk! nyuk!"

[piasa]

Just think of tarantulas as small fuzzy terrestrial snow crab. :-)

[piasa]

Just think of tarantulas as small fuzzy terrestrial snow crab. :-)

Probably not real tasty in butter like crab but maybe better as a Maryland style “spidercake,” or a New Orleans softshell arachnid po boy.

[GeronL]

I thought that was a 72 ounce steak?

[Eagles6]

That was the joke when I lived in north FL.

How did FL solve it's roach problem?

They renamed 'em palmetto bugs.

[Libloather]

The grand prize has been put aside in his name and will be given to his estate.

A coupon for a local exterminator?

[Melas]

That’s a 72oz steak. I eat there several times a year.

[rusty millet]

“why should critters like hygienically-raised roaches gross you out?”

Oh I dunno, the option to cook and peel and remove less desirable body parts vs. a live wriggling crust with a liquidy oozy center?

[camle]

he probably caught some kind of stomach bug...

[Moltke]

It’s not really “winning” if you die.