The (London, UK) Times Archive has a scan of a 1785 article eating contest about a bet between the Duke of Queensberry and Sir John Lade about who could find the biggest eater. The name of the winner is not listed, only that he won by a "pig and an apple pye".

April 6, 2011 at 5:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Past Trenchermen | Permalink * Comments (1)

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  1. NReda said

    April 6, 2011 @ 6:15 pm

    Damn this is cool. Hahaha… world history and mass consumption united.

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