Nathan’s Famous at Coney Island (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Apparently it’s a tradition of which I remained blissfully unaware until today – Nathan’s sponsors a hot dog eating contest at Coney Island every Fourth of July. I’m staying at my sister’s house this week, and my brother-in-law recorded this historic event so he could watch tonight, since we would be busy when it aired. He just played the entire 10-minute contest on fast forward.
Downside: Warp-speed nausea on my part. I was near to vicarious vomiting.
Upside: It was over in less time than it took me to write this.
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About Bobbie Laughman
Living with chronic foot-in-mouth disease is the main reason Bobbie prefers the written word over speaking out loud to actual, in-person human beings. Amazingly, however, she has been known, on rare occasions, but in the presence of reliable witnesses, to utter complete sentences with both feet on the ground.
Bobbie enjoys painting, but stubbornly refuses to make time to do it. Someone should give her a good talking to about that. She really needs to visit her happy place again...and perhaps paint some things for her sweet little granddaughter, E.B.
You might think that since Bobbie likes to cook, and to write about cooking and food, that she's some snobby gourmet wannabe. Nah. If a recipe is too long, her eyes start to roll back in her head before she finishes scanning the ingredients list. Quick & yummy, but healthy, and she's all over it.
Bobbie's read way too many Star Trek novels for one sane person. Once, for a party during her first year at college, she dressed herself as Spock, going so far as to cut and dye her hair. She's been to Star Trek conventions, but never in costume. She's weird, but not that weird. Or perhaps, not that brave.
There's a mixed-up universe in Bobbie's head, where Bert & Ernie and Bert & Nan Bobbsey hang out with Moist von Lipwig, Adora Belle and Mr. Tiddles, in Emeril's kitchen (having politely shown Emeril the door), and give cooking lessons to Erma Bombeck and Mr. Spock.
You do not want to go in there...
Only in America, man…