08/26/10 @ 11:24AM EST
posted by will

Grilled Cheese and Nutella
Sausage and Nutella
[any food here] and Nutella
Bacon Explosion with Chocolate
Anything with Ramen
Ranch and Cookie Pizza

I've definitely eaten weird combinations than this, but that's all I can think of offhand. Yes, I realize most of those are just 'thing + chocolate', but that's what chocolate clam chowder reminded me of.

Anyone have any good ones?

[Photo: Surviving the World]

Yay weird food combos
Nutella improves all things
Corn water soup? Gross

Godspeed.

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08/15/10 @ 3:03PM EST
posted by will

To sum it up: failure. There are two days left and I'm as pasty as ever. I was hoping to update more frequently as I turned differenet degrees of orange, but no such luck. You can see how my upper leg (never gets tan) looked compared to a carrot on day 0, and it looks the same now. I had also heard that your palms and feet get orange first, but no sign there either.

Rules update. Upon further evaluation, we decided to get rid of the weird beverage rules and increase the amount from 50% to 60%.

Self-regulation. At first I was weighing everything I ate, to ensure that I would be eating at least 60% by weight. After the first week, I found that as long as I was eating at least 12 carrots a day, I just wouldn't eat less than 65% by weight. Carrots are surprisingly filling. I would generally eat a ton of carrots earlier in the day to build up a surplus, then eat about half what I normally would for lunch.

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07/19/10 @ 10:06AM EST
posted by will

It's been a while since my last ridiculous food challenge. Too long. After last year's week of rations, it was proposed to me to eat nothing but carrots to see if I turn orange. This sounds like my kind of thing, but I refused to pay for the carrots myself, just like I wouldn't have paid for emergency rations.

More than a year later, people have agreed to sponsor me. For one month, I will eat at least 50% (by weight) carrots. Hopefully I will turn orange. The initial goal was 75%, but after yesterday, I realized it was nearly impossible to maintain a reasonable caloric intake, since a carrot only has about 30 calories.

Having been supplied with a balanced, I massed out each carrot in a 5 pound bag, and came out with an average of 100 +/- 20g. I will mass all of my food, and be sure that I eat at least that much in carrots.

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06/22/10 @ 8:47PM EST
posted by will

I'm doing my part, are you?

[Comic: Sinfest]

Vegan world order?!
We must smite granola girl.
Bacon explosion!

Godspeed.

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05/15/10 @ 9:16AM EST
posted by will

The thrilling conclusion to my Five Guys Challenge!

Here it is, a picture of me eating a 13 patty cheeseburger. This was took about 40 minutes to finish, the last 15 minutes being the last 3 bites. That's how I knew that it was the maximum. I'm not going to buy 14 to confirm this, as I don't want to pay $30 to validate my failure. It was a good run. (But probably not for my body.) (Just kidding, I'm immortal.)

Everything was going as planned, increasing by one patty per week, when the Five Guys people said the best they could find confirmed was someone ordering a 12 patty burger. My wallet was beginning to get annoyed with this challenge, so I decided to go for the gusto, and just jump from 9 to 13.

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04/11/10 @ 7:18PM EST
posted by will

After seeing the flawed Cake vs Pie bracket from Jezebel, a group of us decided we must recreate this glorious event. You can see the bracket below, with Day 1's results, but the 4 pies from today were: Cherry, Rhubarb, Key Lime, and Derby.

We split up the pie making duties, and convened. Every pie-off was a tough choice; the day was filled with delicious pie.

Key Lime won it's matchup against Rhubarb by one vote, 4 to 3.

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03/21/10 @ 7:47PM EST
posted by will

What's this? A Five Guys cheeseburger with 4 patties instead of 2? That's right, I have given myself another food challenge.

Everytime I go to Five Guys, I will increase my patty count by 1 until I hit my breaking point. (Can't finish and/or puke.)

My usual toppings: Lettuce, mayo, mustard, green pepper, sometimes BBQ.

Fries on the side are optional, but I'll probably stop getting them at some point soon just because adding on patties gets expensive ($1.40/patty).

What will be my breaking point? Guesses currently range from 6-10.

I am so healthy
Delicious, delicious meat
But when will I fail?

Godspeed.

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03/19/10 @ 10:49AM EST
posted by will

Obviously such a question has an easy answer (pie), but Jezebel actually broke this down into a full bracket. Below, I have not put my predictions, but rather, the correct answers.

It should be noted that I took Rhubarb pie to mean Strawberry Rhubarb.

Feel free to comment on where you disagree, and I will explain all of the reasons why you are wrong.

Pie is clearly king
Sad that key lime lost so far
Tough competition

Godspeed.

[Comments: 5][Tags: food]

01/12/10 @ 7:00AM EST
posted by will

Amazing. (via @modernscientist)

[Photo: Flickr]

Step 1: Universe
Step 2: The rest of the pie
Sounds easy enough

Godspeed.

[Comments: 0][Tags: science, food]

11/29/09 @ 3:46AM EST
posted by will

I decided to make another bacon explosion, but didn't want to put my body under the stress of eating it all by myself again, so I thought I would share. If only there was a way that I could benefit from sharing bacon... a bacon potluck? Good, but it needs a catchier name. Ah-ha! Bacon party!

The headliner for the evening was the bacon explosion, then all other guests were instructed to bring bacony goodness. Here's the epiphany: Chocolate Bacon Explosion. It was amazing.

Other items that people brought:
Bacon-wrapped dates
Bacon/onion/mushroom spread
Bacon-wrapped asparagus
Bacon-wrapped breadsticks
Smokey bacon brie dip
Bacon grilled cheese sandwiches
Bacon salad cups
Candied bacon
Bacon chocolate bar

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