Jun25
Bring On the Veggie Dogs - I'm Eating to Win!
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Case in point: This past weekend, Austin was home to the second annual veggie-hot-dog–eating contest, organized by iLoveMikeLitt. Now, last year, we bemoaned missing the first-annual (well, first-ever at that point) contest. So imagine how I feel about missing this year's event, since Austin's a mere three-hour drive from my home in Houston (slogan: "Houston's great—no, really!").
Somehow they managed to carry on without me, though. In fact, nearly 300 folks showed up—including Austin's famed vegan firefighters—to polish off 1,500 LightLife Tofu Pups, along with 14 gallons of vegan ice cream from Austin's own NadaMoo. In the solo contest, Spencer "Tree" Lockwood ate 21 hot dogs to narrowly edge out last year's solo champ, Colin "The Tim Duncan of Competitive Eating" Kalmbacher, whose sentiments captured the quintessentially Austin nature of the whole event:
What is more Austin than a bunch of vegans, vegetarians, and omnivores, all alongside each other, gorging themselves on hundreds of soy dogs for the sheer insanity of it?
Indeed. If you're an Austinite (Austinian?), be sure to sign up for the iLoveMikeLitt event newsletter so that you don't miss out on next year's contest—or other fun stuff like Vegan Arm Wrestling and Veggie Speed Dating. Those of us living in less "weird" places can still get in on the fun—I'm staging my own vegan hot-dog–eating party for the Fourth of July (though, so far, it's just me and my soy-loving hound, Gus). Our resident foodies have picked their favorites, but I'm interested to know what you'll have on the grill over the holiday. Fire it up!
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I wouldn't be able to pull this off, but I love vegan hot dogs - when are they going to make wheat free rolls??
Posted by: Maya, CVT | June 25, 2008 04:56 PM
I just picked up a package of tofu pups, I'll try them tonight :)
Posted by: Craig | June 26, 2008 06:10 PM
I have just tried veggie hot dogs for the first time,ace!.And I would also like to say I wasnt a vegetarian until I visited this website.And now I am planning on going vegan!.thanks PETA for educating me on animal rights.x
Posted by: Claire lloyd | June 26, 2008 06:11 PM
OK, I know where to get vegan hot dogs in Atlanta but where can we get some Southern vegan firefighter? ;-)
Posted by: Phyllis | June 27, 2008 10:51 AM
Claire, I think that is so cool! Congrats! Please make sure you consult a quality nutritionist while you're still in the beginning stages!
;)
Posted by: Maya, CVT | June 27, 2008 03:36 PM
gross!
Posted by: Sue | June 29, 2008 12:05 AM