While we, along with several other family members, were in Virginia visiting our son for Thanksgiving week end our grandson decided to take us all out to have a huge hamburger.  How huge?  15 lbs!!!  9 lbs. was actual hamburger and then there was 2 heads of lettuce, 8 tomatoes and I don’t remember how much cheese.  The bun had to be made special, of course, and it took 2 hours to make the hamburger.  

    In the first picture you can see my little granddaughter in the background probably thinking “Is that really a sandwich??”  The second picture is one of my husband getting ready to take a bite after our group had eaten their fill.          I can’t remember the name of the hamburger place but they advertise that if you can eat the whole thing they will give it to you free.  The waiter was talking to us and said that there was one person that did eat all the meat, but other than that, most groups can’t even finish it.

     I liked it when I first saw it because it looks like a wonderful veggie sandwich but once it was cut it does not appeal to me at all…….maybe because I don’t like meat.  

    This big hamburger made me think of all the eating contests you hear about.  Now just what is the point of stuffing yourself with 9 lbs. of hamburger or how ever many hot dogs one guy can eat, or whatever else the “contest” requires???  I can’t figure it out.  There are starving people all over the world; and we have a contest to see how much the human stomach can hold at one time!!!  I can’t understand why you would be proud of how much you can eat.

       I have always had a problem with eating too much so I am proud when I DON’T eat….which, of course, is not very often!  So I would never, never  ever even consider entering an ice cream eating contest.  Chances are too good that I would win (I have had so much practice at eating ice-cream!) and then I would be soooo embarrassed!!....no matter what the prize was.  Lol  

   You really can’t hide ice-cream you know…. The only place you can put it is in the freezer or eat it. And when I eat it I carry it around for all to see….around my hips, tummy and any other place it can find!    Oh well, in this instance the kids had fun and I enjoyed my wonderful veggie burger!!