Who Ate All The Mayonnaise?

<p>Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco achieved her third world record in competitive eating on 13th December, 2018 - this time for consuming the most amount of mayonnaise in three minutes.</p><br><p>She consumed 2,448g - the equivalent of 3.5 jars, and 16,000 calories.</p><p>Her previous titles were the fastest time to eat a bowl of pasta (26.69 seconds), and the fastest time to eat a hot dog with no hands (21.60 seconds).</p><br><p>In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly ask whether all the viewers watching women with mayo on their faces are *purely* interested in the sport; trace the history of competitive eating back to 17th Century Kent; and recall the times when speed-eating has turned tragic…</p><br><p><strong>Further Reading:</strong></p><p>• ‘Woman eats 5 lbs of mayo in 3 minutes | Guinness World Record’ (SoAmazing TV, 2018): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiwfl9IrZbk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiwfl9IrZbk</a></p><p>• ‘What It's Really Like to Train for the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest’ (Men’s Health, 2019): <a href="https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a28196268/nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest-training/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a28196268/nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest-training/</a></p><p>•’Competitive Eating Was Even More Gluttonous and Disgusting in the 17th Century’ <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/eating-kent-eater-competitive-history-nicholas-wood-food" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/eating-kent-eater-competitive-history-nicholas-wood-food</a></p><br><p><strong>For bonus material and to support the show, visit</strong><a href="https://create.acast.com/episodes/ca1f94a1-0921-446a-ae00-4d4bfd2ba3ef/Patreon.com/Retrospectors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> </strong></a><a href="http://patreon.com/Retrospectors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Patreon.com/Retrospectors</strong></a></p><p><strong>We'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:</strong><a href="https://create.acast.com/episodes/ca1f94a1-0921-446a-ae00-4d4bfd2ba3ef/podfollow.com/Retrospectors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> </strong></a><a href="http://podfollow.com/Retrospectors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>podfollow.com/Retrospectors</strong></a></p><br><p><em>The Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.</em></p><p><em>Theme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.</em></p><p><em>Copyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.</em></p><br><p><em>#2010s #Person #Food #Strange #Funny #US</em></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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