The dessert of true patriots
If you've followed this blog long enough then you already know the deal; we've got layers of cherry and berry blue Jello stacked between pound cake, whipped cream, and mixed in with strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and Maraschino cherries. On a hot summer day it's the perfect refreshment following a massive dinner.
In other news, Joey Chestnut won his 7th straight Hot Dog Eating Competition, setting a new record by downing a 69 dogs. As Joey put it, 69 is a lucky number. The next closest competitor was about 20 dogs behind. I dunno, man. Other than those 3-4 years that Chestnut and Kobayashi went at it, the contest has really just been a bunch of landslides the last 15 years. I remember when Chestnut first came to relevance and challenged Kobayashi; it looked like he was about to puke in the last two minutes. Now he's an unstoppable machine. I also think it's messed up that Kobayashi isn't allowed to compete anymore because Major League Eating (yes, that is a real league) wanted him to a sign an exclusive contract which would prevent him from entering competitions outside of their League. Things got so nasty that his likeness is removed from the, I don't know what you wanna call it, the Nathan's Hall of Fame board thingie they've got there at Coney Island.
In honor of Joey's 7th straight win I tried to down as many hot dogs as possible.
I got to 5 and had to stop.
