# What can you eat more of than anyone else? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446 "2008-09-20T17:06:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446/41 "2008-09-22T00:48:04Z")
> [@Spectralist](#): > > Chips. If there’s chips around i’ll eat all of them unless i make a conscious effort not to. I’ve never found the upper limit to how many i can eat yet, i always run out before that. I don’t even keep them in the house because they won’t last. Last time i bought four large bags full intending to try and make them last the week but ended up eating all of them in one night. It is handy they come in single serving size. One bag per meal. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446/42 "2008-09-22T00:58:32Z")
Cheese and Tomato pizza. ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446/43 "2008-09-22T03:12:54Z")
Tater tots Veggie egg rolls Pizza King pizza (only found in central Indiana, as far as I know) I will eat any of these until I burst, which is why I rarely buy the first two, and I have no access to the third. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446/44 "2008-09-22T03:48:58Z")
I once - when I was about thirteen - ate an entire bowl of shredded beef that my mom had made for tacos for the whole family. I don’t know what I was thinking. Why would there just be a big ol’ bowl of beef for the taking lying around that didn’t have another purpose? We had to make a change in dinner plans. My parents teased me about it for years. But now I’m a vegetarian, so we’ll never know if I could repeat that feat. I could probably eat more pineapple than anyone else. Even after it starts hurting, I’ll just keep eating. Mmmm, acidic fruit. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446/45 "2008-09-22T04:49:33Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > Reese’s peanut butter cups. I could eat pounds of them in a single sitting. I would eventually feel really sick but if I am not careful about rationing them out in appropriate serving sizes I will sit and eat an entire halloween sized bag of the miniature ones and not even realize it. What I really, really want is just the peanut butter from the middle of these - I could eat as much as were in front of me. Joe ---
**Author:** ![HerbalTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f9ae1b/32.png) [@HerbalTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerbalTea)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446/46 "2008-09-22T13:04:22Z")
Potato chips and cookies. If I open a package, it’s sure to be empty within fifteen minutes. Even if I’m not hungry any more, I still can’t resist. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446/47 "2008-09-22T13:34:39Z")
Mayonnaise. Although I don’t do it anymore, as a kid, I ate many, many sandwiches that were just two slices of bread with a thick layer of mayo. I actually fantasized about getting my name in the Guinness Record Book for mayonnaise eating. Never actually tested my limits, though. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446/48 "2008-09-22T13:42:47Z")
Ice cream. I have to buy it in pint sizes, cause I could eat a gallon of the stuff. I don’t have to ask my SIL the corn freak this question, I once saw her eat 14 ears of corn on the cob at one sitting, wiping up the excess butter and corn bits with corn bread that she also ate. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446/49 "2008-09-22T13:47:35Z")
Watermelon. I have actually stopped buying whole watermelons. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446/50 "2008-09-22T13:50:19Z")
Guinness ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446/51 "2008-09-22T14:20:28Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Hot wings. > Just keep 'em coming and I can eat close to two or three dozen in one sitting. So what did you do after the appetizer was taken away? 2 or 3 dozen? PAH! I rather surprised the waitress at a bar we went to to watch the NFL playoffs a few years back by ordering an extra dozen after polishing off the 50 they had brought me. Why yes, I am a fat bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446/52 "2008-09-22T14:38:23Z")
> [@Ponster](#): > > Guinness Oh you’re on then. Not that It’s a good idea, but I can easily do 20+ pints in an evening if I pace myself. We should get a sponsor to cover off on the beer though, this could get expensive. For me, besides Guinness I’d have to say that it’s either pistachios or salt water taffy. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446/53 "2008-09-22T15:11:46Z")
Caviar. Seriously. Not even the good stuff, but the $25/lb stuff you can buy in Brighton Beach. With a little water and vodka, I ate a pound of it on a dare. If there had been more, I would have eaten more. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446/54 "2008-09-22T15:21:20Z")
Cheese. Almost every other foodstuff on earth is just a medium for cheese. For most things, if you can’t put cheese on it, there’s little point in eating it. ---
**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446/55 "2008-09-22T15:26:38Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > Oh you’re on then. Not that It’s a good idea, but I can easily do 20+ pints in an evening if I pace myself. We should get a sponsor to cover off on the beer though, this could get expensive. > > For me, besides Guinness I’d have to say that it’s either pistachios or salt water taffy. Hmmm, 20 is quite a lot for an evening but if we started at about 2pm then thet should be ok. It also depends on if I’m playing pool or not 🙂 €6:50 ($9) a Guinness here in Paris so we had better go somewhere else a little easier on the pocket Oh, and we’ll need an independent witness, preferable from this thread, to supervise (and go to the bar for us). ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446/56 "2008-09-22T15:31:55Z")
Dried apples [although I’m sure I’d regret THAT quickly!] Blue Bunny Bunny Tracks ice cream Swedish fish Chocolate ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446/57 "2008-09-22T15:45:34Z")
> [@Ponster](#): > > Hmmm, 20 is quite a lot for an evening but if we started at about 2pm then thet should be ok. It also depends on if I’m playing pool or not 🙂 > > €6:50 ($9) a Guinness here in Paris so we had better go somewhere else a little easier on the pocket > > Oh, and we’ll need an independent witness, preferable from this thread, to supervise (and go to the bar for us). And to drive us home as well. 😉 There’s a place down the road from me that does $2 pints (€1.37!) on Tuesdays, so say when you can make it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446/58 "2008-09-22T15:46:58Z")
Pao de queijo (too lazy to actually type it properly). They’re these little Brazilian cheese puffs, and they are to die for. I can easily eat a whole batch. I love them with black coffee for breakfast. Bacon and crab legs, which I know others have mentioned, are also on the list. I could eat bacon until I have a massive coronary, and all-you-can-eat crab leg places HATE me. Fresh, ripe local strawberries, with or without turbinado sugar, I could eat until they’re gone, no matter how many there are. When I’m sick, I guzzle grapefruit juice like Joey Chestnut. ---
**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446/59 "2008-09-22T16:20:57Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > And to drive us home as well. 😉 > > There’s a place down the road from me that does $2 pints (€1.37!) on Tuesdays, so say when you can make it. 😃 $2 ? Wow…I didn’t know your economy was doing that bad ! 😛 I’ll ask the wife later on. She’ll have to know which state we’re talking about though. We just came back from a Texas-Arizona-California tour. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446/60 "2008-09-22T16:33:02Z")
> [@Ponster](#): > > $2 ? Wow…I didn’t know your economy was doing that bad ! 😛 > I’ll ask the wife later on. She’ll have to know which state we’re talking about though. We just came back from a Texas-Arizona-California tour. I’m about 45 minutes west of Chicago. Bring it on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-eat-more-of-than-anyone-else/464446.md?page=4)