PICKLED EGGS

A co-worker who's really good at making pickled eggs challenged another co-worker who really likes eating pickled eggs to round up a few people for our next eating competition: cupcakes. I wish. No, of course it's pickled eggs. First to finish a dozen wins. The inner-office throw down will take place on Wednesday April 18.

To be honest, I've never even had a pickled eggs...at least not that I know of. From what I've been told, some are sour (like pickles) and some are sweet. These will be sweet. I'm debating whether to buy some pickled eggs to practice with or not practice at all. I've always wanted to do that -- to try a food for the very first time in an eating contest. Or I might just practice with four or five regular hard boiled eggs.

The tough part will be choking down the pasty yolks. If it were just the whites, I could chew those a few times and swallow them with no problem. They'd slip right down. I think that's what I'll do. Separate the whites and yolks, eat the whites real fast and then try to swallow the yolk whole. I'm laughing out loud at that strategy. When it's all over, I'll either be called a genius or an idiot. For some reason I'm leaning toward the latter.