Lake Grove, NY – Man Eats 46 7 Pounds of Latkes In 8 Minutes [video]

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    Lake Grove, NY – A 23-year-old student downed 46 of the potato pancakes in eight minutes to win a contest at a Long Island deli.

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    Pete Czerwinski says he’d never eaten a latke before consuming about seven pounds of them today at Zan’s in Lake Grove.

    The Toronto bodybuilder says he’s just “a power eater” whose brain never signals that he’s full, according to the Long Island daily Newsday.

    Association of Independent Competitive Eaters Chairman Arnie Chapman says Czerwinski demolished the contest’s previous record of 31 latkes, set in 2006.

    Brooklyn college student Will Millender took second place Sunday with 29 latkes.

    The pancakes are a traditional treat for Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights. It started Sunday evening.


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    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    I hope he has a refua sheleima

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    Good luck: the heart burn may last through out Chanuka

    Babishka
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    Babishka
    15 years ago

    This is just disgusting.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    so now he needs to see 2 doctors immediately, a gastronologist, and more important – a good psychiatrist…

    mewhoze
    mewhoze
    15 years ago

    what did he win? a case of mylanta?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    got latkes???

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    How big were the latkes? Hard to compare with the previous record if we don’t know.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    wow that’s a real Pisumei Nise a Polishe Goi eating latkes Lekuvod Channuka

    Use Your Head
    Use Your Head
    15 years ago

    Oh great, a Greek sporting activity to commemorate Chanuka.

    a doctor
    a doctor
    15 years ago

    mewhoze, He sure won a week of heartburn :-))

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    no, he actually ten years of his life . he better see a doctor before this takes a toll on his life

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    But what about a jelly doughnut contest? We need a jelly doughnut contest now!!!! Givald!!!

    Yenta
    Yenta
    15 years ago

    I wonder how many pounds he gained

    boroparkyenta
    boroparkyenta
    15 years ago

    Well I made some latkes tonite, and I am sure they were better than ZANS.
    I did not count how many I ate. But I made lots and lots of them and they are all GONE. Ate em while I made em! Fresh and hot and one at a time!
    They were freshly grated Idaho potatoes, with some eggs and a little salt.
    Fried in olive oil…..and yummy. No heartburn yet……
    Tomorrow is another day!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    What a kidush hashem look even goyim look up to us yiddin & say what a beautiful torah just goes to show moshiach is on the way

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    a real mesiras nefesh!!!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    With all the oil he musta consumed, keep him away from matches.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    Nobody looks jewish to me in that picture,sounds like a bunch of homeless took a grab for a free meal!

    Yinger Man
    Yinger Man
    15 years ago

    just the other day I heard a vort about how eating contests are a terrible abomination… basically one should eat to serve hashem, food is sacred not a game… something along thiose lines. kind of funny to read about this after that.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    latkele latkele hop hop hop tants arein in mein top . bok dich up zeier zeier fine veil bald geistee zein mein

    Bece
    Bece
    15 years ago

    Hope they put a label on him “FIRE HAZARD”!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    as jewish as Nathans Hot Dogs!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    he is a m’abed atzmo lodaas
    idiot!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    Es feilt nisht meshigoyim oif der velt

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    just another derech in avoides hashem nebech

    Litvak
    Litvak
    15 years ago

    These eating contests are not Jewish and I think they are even ossur al pi halocho. Eating so much so fast is 1) not healthy, 2) bizoyon ochlin, 3) bal tashchis.

    It is a cheap gimmick, which we should not take part in.

    Is the deli that put it on even kosher? Would you eat there? Maybe it’s not a coincidence that the competitors mentioned don’t even seem to be Jewish.

    This is not a Jewish thing, Greeks or others can do it if they wish, but it’s not something for the Jewish people. That goes for all year round, but all the more so on Chanukah !

    Yudi Mandel
    Yudi Mandel
    15 years ago

    It’s funny to see all these people get they’re panties up in a bunch cause some dude fressed down a bunch of Latkes, chill the heck out! They taste good! Eat some!

    A poshiter yid
    A poshiter yid
    15 years ago

    is he even planning to go on a diet?