Gross-out Contest at Ohio Fair

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Strange News - AP

Fairgoers Compete in Gross-Out Contest

Mon Aug 23, 8:07 PM ET

PEMBERVILLE, Ohio - Katelyn Miller shoved her head into a toilet bowl full of chicken gizzards, chicken necks, water, Worcestershire sauce and corn, removing 16 pieces of meat with her mouth. "It was good," the 14-year-old said afterward. "I kept taking bites of it. It kept falling out of my mouth."

Miller was one of 20 people competing for prizes last week at the Pemberville Free Fair in a contest modeled after the gross-out NBC TV show "Fear Factor." Organizers of the fair call their competition "Fair Factor."

Spectators gathered around three seatless, tankless toilet bowls Thursday night to watch the first round, in which contestants had one minute to remove as many pieces of meat as possible with their mouths. People overflowed from the stands, and some took seats on the asphalt.

Adults and high-schoolers competed in separate categories for $100 prize packages that included compact discs, DVD movies and gift certificates from local businesses, said Audra Headley, one of the event's organizers.

Kyle Turner, 18, of Perrysburg, said winning a prize wasn't his main motivation. "I wanted an excuse to eat gross stuff," he said.

Turner got his wish during the pizza-eating portion of the contest, when he was treated to toppings that included live worms, sardines, black olives and hot peppers.

Headley, owner of the Front Street Cafe, created the recipes used in both events.

"I just made it up," she said. "I'm sick."

Making matters worse, the worms wiggled and squirmed — as if trying to escape — as contestants bit into them. Contestants also weren't allowed to eat the worms all at once to get them out of the way first.

"It was horrible," said Samatha Worthington, 14, of Luckey. "When they squirm, it's nasty."
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OK, folks, it's mental image time. Picture this, in living color:

a toilet bowl full of chicken gizzards, chicken necks, water, Worcestershire sauce and corn
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Now stick your face in and suck.
 
I don't see myself doing any of those things, at least not for $100.00. Not worth it. At least on fear factor there's a lot more money to be won.
 
Raw, or cooked? Most of that stuff, except the worms, is eaten by more than a few southerners...I've had fried gizzards before...don't like'em much, but I've also had necks...which have quite a bit of flavor (flavour to our Eurocentric friends... :D)
 
Gato_Solo said:
Raw, or cooked? Most of that stuff, except the worms, is eaten by more than a few southerners...I've had fried gizzards before...don't like'em much, but I've also had necks...which have quite a bit of flavor (flavour to our Eurocentric friends... :D)
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I'm assuming it's raw, for grossness factor. :sick:

Necks are great for cooking with - they add a lot of flavor to soup and gravy, etc. Never gnawed on one, but fried chicken livers are a favorite dish. That's the Suthnah in me, I guess. And you are correct, we don't eat worms. At least no one I know. :D
 
HomeLAN said:
:confused: Around here, those are considered useful only as catfish bait.
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Nooooo . . . whaaaat? :alienhuh:

A fried chicken liver dinner with mashed taters and gravy and cole slaw and a biscuit? From the Piccadilly? Yummmmmm . . . :licklips:
 
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