Food eating contest (spaghetti)

I spent the entire afternoon preparing spaghetti for the first annual Athletes In Action Food Eating Contest. I bought 14 pounds of dry pasta, which cooked out to be almost 25 pounds! It was more than enough for the event. In fact, we had a plethora of leftovers.

The event was unbelievable. 95 athletes showed up to eat and cheer on their teammates. One representative from each varsity team had 3 minutes to eat one pound of spaghetti. The champion from each round (intramural, women's varsity and men's varsity), moved into the final "eat-off" where they raced to be the first to finish 1/2 pound of ice cream. It was a lot of fun and will be an event that won't be forgotten on the campus of UW-River Falls.

I didn't hear one comment about the quality of the spaghetti. All of that work in the kitchen for nothing? No, it was well worth it. People left overjoyed.