I had wings the other night at Smuggler’s Cove Pub and it brought back some memories. Flashback to 2001 - my university days at Uvic where I was living in a house with 5 other guys. Every Monday night we would head over to Smuggler’s as it was $0.25 cents per chicken wing! They had all kinds of delicious flavours to choose from including teriyaki, bbq, honey garlic, hot, ragin cajan, lemon pepper, and more. Anyways, it came down to the end of the school year and everyone was going to part ways. We decided to have a “wing-off” one Monday evening and see who could eat the most wings! You would think this would be one fun event but it really turned out to be some serious competition. We even phoned the pub a few days ahead of time so that they could order more wings! Yes, we were that prepared!
The day finally came and all six of us guys crowded around the table for some serious wing-eating. We also brought along a few of our friends/spectactors to witness the event. I was a big nervous to start. Everyone was counting on me to win since I was your sterotypical skinny asian - who are known to ‘pack it all in’. The basic rule is that you must completely remove all the meat out from the bone, including the sauce. Nothing gets left behind. If you go to the washroom, you must be accompanied by someone else so that they don’t catch you…well…you know what. In the past my limit for eating wings is usually about 30-40. I had never pushed myself to the limit until that night. By about 50 wings I was feeling it. At about 60 you start to finally think how many chickens sacrified their lives just for this night. It was about this point that I slowed down and took my time eating 1 wing at a time. My stomach started feeling the protein overload and that’s when you start feeling the churning and groaning. I got up to 67.5 wings and then I finished. I could not go any longer. My hollow legs were filled to the brim. Anyways, the guy that won the whole thing - he had over 100 HOT wings. Nobody expected him to win as he was skinny and small like me. I’m not sure if he got a free meal out of it or had has picture up on the wall but he was sure proud.
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