Sunday, April 19, 2009

The Dagwood Challenge

So, for anyone who watches a show on the Travel Channel this might be familiar. Man vs. Food is one of Ryan's shows he loves to watch when he has a minute. For those of you who aren't familiar it is a show where this guy travels the states visiting restaraunts that have either famous dishes or food challenges. Some of the challenges include crazy things like a 72 oz steak, or a hamburger the size of a pizza, etc. You get the point. Most of them are discusting, but for some reason it's entertaining to watch this guy (who is actually normal size, not a competitive eater) stuff this food down.
Well, one episode that caught our attention was one where he went to Columbus, Oh. Our old stomping grounds. Of course we had to watch. He visited The Ohio Deli where they have a sandwich called the Dagwood, named after Dagwood from the Blondie comic strip, who is always eating cold cut sandwiches. It is a deli sandwich with 21 oz. of cold cuts. Along with the sandwich is a pound of fries and a pickle. The challenge is to down this monster in 30 minutes and you receive a t-shirt that says, "I devoured the Dagwood," along with your picture on the wall. If you don't devour it, you have the option to buy a t-shirt that says, "The dagwood kicked my !**.
Ryan, of course, wanted to take the challenge and roped in some buddies from work to go down with him to try it. However, to his dismay, he got a little over 1/2 way done with is before he surrendered. Although his brothers may be dissapointed, I think it may be more attractive that he couldn't complete the challenge.
This is The Dagwood. French bread, cheese, garlic mayo, 7 oz. turkey, 7 oz. roast beef, and 7 oz. ham.
This is his before picture. He hadn't eaten all morning in preparation for the big event.
As Ryan was suffering, Owen was at our table adjacent shouting, "Go Dad, go Dad." Ryan later commented he felt both proud and ashamed. Ashamed that his 3 yr old son was cheering him on for a ridiculous food challenge. Not teaching the best eating habits, I guess.
This is the point he drew his white flag. We still love you babe!
Here's Ryan with his t-shirt. Props to one of his buddies, Brandon, who actually finished the Dagwood in 15 minutes.

4 comments:

Stephanie T said...

Are you serious! His friend finished in 15 minutes. That is so fun!!! I hope you got video for Owen.

J.R. and Meg +3 said...

I had to ask Ryan about this in person--that is one huge sandwhich! He may have to go back and try again before you move...

Laura said...

we love man vs. food...one of our fav's. Nate has been DYING to try the dagwood challenge. can't wait to tell him ryan did it.

Laura said...

Nice effort, Ryan--maybe next time. =)(I'm curious if Craig could handle the challenge...)