{"id":78,"date":"2005-03-22T18:23:48","date_gmt":"2005-03-23T02:23:48","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-05-25T23:34:37","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T06:34:37","slug":"the-saltine-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeindustries.com\/blog\/archive\/2005\/03\/the-saltine-challenge","title":{"rendered":"The Saltine Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"While on business at our New York offices a couple of weeks ago, I was introduced to a peculiar competition known as “The Saltine Challenge”. Apparently this has been around for quite awhile<\/a> but I’d never heard of it. In a nutshell, one must ingest 6 Saltine crackers in 60 seconds without the help of water or any other digestive lubricants. The crackers must also be of the salted variety. Seems quite easy… that’s what I thought.<\/p>\n

With a small crowd of onlookers, I tried and failed badly on the first attempt. The second attempt was a failure as well. Not even close. I managed to get all 6 decently chewed, but there were still two full crackers worth of dough when the minute mark passed.<\/p>\n

So I went back to Seattle thinking, as I was told, that less than 1 in 10 people can accomplish this. Not wanting to give up, however, I sent out an all-office e-mail summoning Saltines from all corners of the building for use in further testing. I administered the Challenge to four more people, and sure enough, everyone failed. Before giving up, I decided to give it one more try using a special chunking strategy that my co-worker in New York<\/del> Phil Berberian<\/ins> had mentioned in passing, and lo and behold, I did it! Six down the hatch!<\/p>\n

Just to see if this feat was repeatable, I tried three more times over the next three days and lowered my time in each trial. Could seven<\/em> be next? Absolutely. After all, if six Saltines was a great bar trick in itself, seven would bring the house down. Sure enough, I did seven on my first try yesterday.<\/p>\n

And now a day later, I’ve officially reached the addiction stage.<\/p>\n

I’ve already tried eight twice today and although I failed both times, 70 seconds was all it took to get everything down. It’s definitely within reach and I’m not stopping until I achieve this dietary milestone.<\/p>\n

Has anybody else tried this? Care to post your results?<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> Chunking strategy revealed!<\/a><\/p>\n

UPDATE #2: 8 Saltines accomplished!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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