[El Conservador]

Wow!!! 72 oz.!!!

You've gotta have a BIG gut to eat all that!!!

[Xenalyte]

The only time I ever went to Amarillo, I tried to convince the chaperone that I could do it. She wouldn't let me try, the weasel. ;)

[Senator Pardek]

This reminds me off the drinking games I played in HS and college.

Something that is meant to be pleasurable (beer/steak) is turned into punishment. These activities have a negative effect on a young mind.

[PoorMuttly]

Muttly officially barred from any and all meat-eating contests, in perpetuity.

He must give the "regular people" a chance.

[dighton]

Lee Hockstader / Washington Post

[eastforker]

I think I could do it,but,the steak would have to be rare.When it is wet and moist it is much more tender and much easier to swallow.Contrary to what most believe,the rarer the steak the healthier it is.

[Lazamataz]

"First, you better cut your meat with the grain — makes it more tender and less chewy. You better eat your potato and all that small stuff first. Don't drink no water. Just fills you up. And better eat fast, man."

Fine advice, but you will be in serious trouble afterwords. Possibly health-threatening trouble.

[Charliehorse]

This same restaurant used to give change in silver dollars.

[RoseofTexas]

YEP! That leftover will cost her $69buckaroos! With that much money forked over, she could have easily bought T-bone steaks for the rest of the summer's BBQ!

[Fiddlstix]

I've been to that place........
Must Admit!
72 oz. steak is too much for me to handle
LOL

[lowbridge]

You've gotta have a BIG gut to eat all that!!!

Pshaw. I got one of those big guts. A fat tub like me can do that. :-)

[weegee]

At $50 (and a roadtrip) I'd just settle on eating a quality steak here in Houston. $50 is too high to put up on a wager (for a steak that may not rate as high as one someplace else). And how are those sides?

Here in Houston (near Tomball actually) there is a cafe that serves a Mega Mel burger. It's a more affordable challenge (It's got good meat, although I still prefer the smaller version)

The Mega Mel Burger ($16.95) is 1 1/2 pounds of meat, 1 pound of bacon and 1/2 pound of cheese with all the trimmings on a light fluffy roll.

Mel's Country Cafe is just outside Tomball. It's not easy to find, but it's well worth the trip. Take I-45 north to FM 2920. Make a left at the light. Go until you hit Kuykendall, and make a right. When you reach the fork in the road, stay left. You'll cross FM 2978. The first road you see is Stanolind. Turn right. You can't miss it.

[weegee]

Reverend Horton Heat BUMP

Eat Steak


Eat steak, eat steak eat a big ol' steer
Eat steak, eat steak do we have one dear?
Eat beef, eat beef it's a mighty good food
It's a grade A meal when I'm in the mood.


Cowpokes'll come from a near and far
When you throw a few rib-eyes on the fire
Roberto Duran ate two before a fight
'Cause it gave a lot of mighty men a lot of mighty might


Eat steak, eat steak eat a big ol' steer
Eat steak, eat steak do we have one dear?
Eat beef, eat beef it's a mighty good food
It's a grade A meal when I'm in the mood.


Eat meat, eat meat, filet mignon
Eat meat, eat meat, ear it all day long
Eat a few T-bones till you get your fill
Eat a new york cut, hot off the grill


Eat steak, eat steak eat a big ol' steer
Eat steak, eat steak do we have one dear?
Eat beef, eat beef it's a mighty good food
It's a grade A meal when I'm in the mood.


Eat a cow, eat a cow 'cuase it's good for you
Eat a cow, eat a cow it's the thing that goes "Mooooo"


Look at all the cows in the slaughterhouse yeard
Gotta hit'em in the head, gotta hit'em real hard
First you gotta clean'em then the butcher cuts'em up
Throws it on a scale throws an eyeball in a cup


Saw a big Brangus Steer standing right over there
So I rustled up a fire cooked him medium rare
Bar-B-Q'ed his brisket, a roasted his rump
Fed my dog that ol' Brangus Steer's hump


Eat steak, eat steak eat a big ol' steer
Eat steak, eat steak do we have one dear?
Eat beef, eat beef it's a mighty good food
It's a grade A meal when I'm in the mood.

[Admin Moderator]

El Conservador 06/22/2003 7:56 PM EDT Regarding #1

Since it's taken from the Toronto Star, not the Washington Post, it shouldn't be excerpted.

Incorrect. If the Washington Post owns the syndication rights, it must be excerpted.

[deport]

The Big Texan Steak Ranch

Big Texan Steak Ranch
72oz. Steak Facts and Stats

• Nearly 4800 people have succeeded in eating the 72oz. steak (since 1960).

• Almost 30,000 people have attempted to consume the free 72oz. steak (since 1960).

• Approximately two women each year successfully eat the steak of the 4 or 5 who try. About 50% of the women who try are successful.

• Richard LaFeare chomped his way through 2 steaks on the "Donny & Marie Osmond Show" in 2000.

• Frank Pastore, who was a professional pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, ate the complete steak dinner in 9 and 1/2 minutes.

• The oldest person to eat the steak was a 69-year-old grandmother; the youngest, an 11-year old boy.

• Klondike Bill, a professional wrestler, consumed two complete dinners in the one hour time limit back in the 1960s.

[lilylangtree]

Bet Robert F. Kennedy, Jr is gnashing his teeth if he reads about this 72 oz steak. In a FR posting this week entitled 'Hog Summit' in Pennsylvania, he states after ridding the country of pork he's going after beef and poultry. I guess he envisions a meatless future for everyone. An excerpt:

"At last year’s “Hog Summit” in Iowa, Kennedy told a Fox TV reporter that “the best thing would be if this [pork] industry did leave the country.” And in a January 2001 Des Moines Register article, he suggested that beef and poultry would be his next lawsuit targets. “We’re starting with hogs,” Kennedy said. “After the hogs, then we are going after the other ones.”