Tualatin crawfish contest article
TigardTimes.com has an article about the Tualatin crawfish contest, which requires that competitors eat the meat in the claws:
But in Tualatin, the claws are an intricate piece of the flavored tradition of the Crawfish Eating Contest. Cotton Scheckla, 80, stills holds the Tualatin crawfish-eating record from 1970 when he ate 170 crawdads – tails and claws – in 15 minutes.
Scheckla, now a retired longshoreman and Newberg resident, admits using his teeth to crack open the claws wasn’t a smart idea. After spending three weeks picking shells out of his bleeding gums, Scheckla had to get his teeth capped. His dentist and family weren’t happy with his style of eating, but still it was the best technique Scheckla had for the fast-paced competition.
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