A few years ago we had the missionaries over for dinner and I decided to make french toast because it would go a long way. Elders Walker and Bueler were over and we commented on how Mercedes eats many slices in one shot. We are not talking about the sad, thin slices of sandwich bread. We are talking Texas toast. Thick and big. The elders challenged her to an informal contest. Mercedes ate 9 slices with toppings, bacon and eggs. They were very impressed. She was tied at 9.
Fast forward to today and Mercedes can still eat. Elder Mower and Kreutzer were over for dinner a few weeks ago and we again had French toast. Mercedes was at Six Flags that night with her aunt and cousin so she missed Elder Mower breaking her record at 10 with hashbrowns, bacon, scrambled eggs,and toppings. Oh, and about a gallon of orange juice. Well, Mercedes was impressed but she didn't take the news laying down. I told her she had to reclaim her title and we set up a French toast challenge for the 12th. My sister and her family joined us that evening along with the Flowers.
The following pictures chronicle the evening. I'm sorry the pictures are out of order, but it is hard to organize them once they are here... unless there's a way I'm not familiar with(I'm sure there is.)
I thought it would be fun to offer a prize, shake things up a bit since we had such an interest. We got a $20 gift card to Golden Corral as the grand prize. Even the little ones got in on the fun. Aalyia and Kaleigh tied at 4 slices each. They beat out Laura Flowers at a whopping 2 slices. Brice was done at 5, Bobby at 6, Roci at 7! The top 3 runner ups were Eli and Mercedes at 11, Elder Mower at 12 and Elder Kreutzer at an unbelievable 15! Mind you there were roasted potatoes, quiche, thick bacon, stawberries and drinks that everyone had to eat as well. No one threw up, though Eli was close when he tried for 12.
The video was much more entertaining, but it's not digital. Sorry. Who would have thought you could have so much fun with food??? By the way, I made 95 slices of French toast for this contest. Elder Kreutzer ate a whole loaf himself.
My sister made four quiches. We had 2 packages of thick sliced bacon, 2 quarts of strawberries and 5.5 lbs. of potatoes. Holy cow.
3 comments:
That looks like so much fun! Thanks for sharing!
Oh my Mercedes...you're the WOMAN! That is some serious pancake making Gail...95, holy moly! Looks like fun at the Ackerman house!!!
what an absolutely fun idea....What a TON of food:)15 pieces of french toast...holy cow....I do love french toast.
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