Student Eats Cow Tongue In Contest - Wins $60 Wal-Mart Gift Card

[matcom]

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All Brandon Knotts wanted was money to buy a couple cartons of Marlboro Reds, but he didn’t know he would have to eat a cow’s tongue to get it.

Monday night, a contest at Shreve Hall challenged residents to eat as many gross things as possible for a $60 Wal-Mart gift card.

To Pablo Trujillo, first-floor resident adviser and a senior in the School of Management, the reason for indulging in the delicacies was simple.

"Last semester we had all kinds of creepy, gross things; bugs and worms, we even had a goldfish," Trujillo said. "This semester we took it easy on them and made sure it was all dead and cooked."

Melissa Armstrong, the first-floor women’s RA explained the rules as the contestants filed in. The contest would be four rounds of increasing difficulty.

First the challengers ate two Twinkies as quickly as possible, moved on to a side of cow heart, washed it down with a shot of Tabasco sauce in the third round and polished off a plate of cow tongue to finish.

Armstrong, a senior in the College of Liberal Arts, said 10 people signed up to participate, but only four showed up.

http://www.purdueexponent.org/interface/bebop/showstory.php?date=2005/03/08§ion=campus&storyid=MarlboroReds

[skypilot]

1. A $60 Wal-Mart gift certificate?!?!

He should have gone on "Fear Factor". He possibly could have won $50,000.

[kmla]

2. My alma mater....

.... they make me proud....

*sniff*

[faithfulcitizen]

15. hey me too!

:hi:

[kmla]

17. You must not have graduated in the eighties.

Because I'm pretty sure they only are allowed one Democrat every 10 years in West Lafayette - I fulfilled the '80's quota...

:D

[faithfulcitizen]

18. so true! yep, it was the 90's!

hehe

[Magrittes Pipe]

3. But beef tongue is good!

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Is tongue not commonly eaten in the USA then?

I can't say I ever cared for it myself, but it's a fairly common sight in UK delis (or was, until BSE - I think the regulations may have meant it's less easy to obtain now). It's just another muscle, after all - no special structure or cells, unlike liver, kidney etc.

[slackmaster]

5. Yes, fairly common

Some people consider it a delicacy.

[ET Awful]

8. It's common, but not extremely common. Any Basque restaurant

worth it's title will have tongue sandwiches and the like.

I've tried it and didn't think much of it. I wouldn't want it again, but it wasn't totally disgusting. Just not enjoyable to me.

[johnnie]

6. I've eaten that

What's the big deal? Where's my gift card?

[PaganPreacher]

7. Two coeds, tongueing a cow...

No comment necessary.

The Pagan Preacher
I don't turn the other cheek.

[DS1]

14. I think I''ll stick to the CO-EDs

[PaganPreacher]

21. Lucky cow.......

cows get all the breaks.

The Pagan Preacher
I don't turn the other cheek.

[Connie_Corleone]

9. I think I'll stick to pigs' feet. n/a

[elehhhhna]

10. He shoudl put in on EBay.

Last Christmas a guy named NascarGuy bid on & won a 25. dollar gift cert. for 28.00 plus shipping. No kidding. Reeps are stoopid.

[baldguy]

11. Fantastic promotion for Wal-Mart's new Cow Chips*

*a processed snack food product

[zbdent]

12. Welcome to Reality Unreality

Jeez, it used to be that all you needed to get someone to pull a stupid stunt like that was enough beer and a few buddies . . .

[skygazer]

13. What's wrong with beef tongue?

Hell, tripe is grosser than that.

[underpants]

16. I am going to cross reference this thread with my Brussel Sprout thread

and anyone who says they like both cow tongues and those little Martian heads while be singled out for scorn and ridicule.

That is all.

Oh one more thing-I'm glad to hear that that young man has set his goals and aspirations SO high :eyes:

[AngryAmish]

19. Lengua tacos = delicous

[immoderate]

20. In a combo with pastrami!

On rye. Talk about some crazy eatin'

--IMM

[hunter]

22. Tongue used to be an inexpensive meat.

When I was a kid tongue and meatloaf were just about the only kind of beef my mom served.

We liked it.