Toronto Bodybuilder Eats 47 Latkes, Sets Record

LAKE GROVE, N.Y. — That's a lot of latkes. A 23-year-old mechanical engineering student has downed 46 of the potato pancakes in eight minutes to win a contest at a Long Island deli.

Pete Czerwinski (sir-WIN'-skee) says he'd never eaten a latke (lot-kuh) before consuming about seven pounds of them Sunday at Zan's in Lake Grove. The Toronto bodybuilder says he's just "a power eater" whose brain never signals that he's full.

Association of Independent Competitive Eaters Chairman Arnie Chapman says Czerwinski demolished the contest's previous record of 31 latkes, set in 2006.

Brooklyn college student Will Millender took second place Sunday with 29 latkes.

The pancakes are a traditional treat for Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights. It started Sunday evening.

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Information from: Newsday, http://www.newsday.com

Comments

[SchmaltzyTheGolem]

The only reason I hate Latkes is because Bubbi was a lousy cook.

[aege8th]

I think my husband came close to that record at our Hanukkah party Sat night! :)

[mick7191]

That poor toilet.

[ThePhilosopher]

Approximately 900 million people on this planet suffer from chronic malnutrition. Children in Haiti have been eating dirt, children in North Korea have been tabed eating garbage out of the streets. Why, then, do we celebrate this kind of gluttonous behaviour? This is disgusting and immoral.

[113]

latkes are mad good

[dewisri]

i couldn't agree more.

the real news info has often been inaccurate recently (e.g. reporting that saxby chambliss had lost and that al franken's win would mean a super-majority), the headlines appear to be intentionally misleading in order to get more hits (sarah palin is going to be a great grandmother), and there's more and more fluff every day (Sasha Obama's Sassy Vacation Sunglasses).

i was really interested in the post's election coverage, but now that obama's in i feel like explaining to people that i'm a liberal, but not a huffington post liberal.

[SvenBoogie]

HuffPo is increasingly becoming the national enquirer.

What, there weren't any worthless stories about what someone on 'the view' said to publish today?

[KarateKid]

There are two new "stories" about Sarah Palin today. It IS a slow day.

[jahzilla]

Oy !
Thassa lotta anal seepage, eh hoser.

[KarateKid]

LMAO!!

[DavidATolucaLake]

With all the people starving around the world and many going hungry in our own country, do we still need to play games like this with food. Obnoxious.

[IncredulousGeezer]

Wow!
In my youth, two of those, made with rendered chickenfat was generally enough for me, and I had indigestion for a week after.
Czerwinski is made of sterner stuff than me!

[johnnygoodwud]

lets combine this article with the spam one and see what we get.

[SchmaltzyTheGolem]

lol

[SiberianRat]

Gross. I wonder though if that's a good pickup boast/topic at a mixer...

[Tabasco]

PFFFF!

Those aren't latkes. They look more like Tater-n-Onion McNuggets.

The delis on the lower east side of Manhattan (near Delancy Street) are where you can find hairy, shredded not-too-greasy latkes that are wicked good.

They're also bigger, have more texture and are less starchy.

Whenever I fly into NY, I get pickles and latkes.

Boston for the fallafels.

North Side of Providence for Italian food.

Houston for the Mex food and margeritas.

Montreal for the veggie/vegan restaurants.

[ESerafina42]

...and spends the next 5 days in the bathroom. All that oil. Oy. :)

[teresa43]

EH! Cool Canuk