Brussels sprouts are the Marmite of Christmas dinners.
One hungry trucker is on the love side for the green vegetables.
Wayne Sherlock enjoys Brussels so much, he tried to break a record with them.
And break it, he did, as the 38-year-old ate a whopping 33 Brussels sprouts in just 60 seconds, beating the world record by two.
Wayne, who runs a heavy vehicle recovery company, was a surprise victor in the food competition.
He beat 14 others to snatch the trophy at The Crown Inn pub in Finglehsam, in Kent.
A regular customer, Wayne, from Drumconrath, Ireland, said he only took part because he wanted to beat landlord Tony Humphries in the competition.
But after winning with eating 24 vegetables last year, Tony had to pull out.
Wayne said: ‘It was a good laugh. I’m a regular in the pub and only took part to challenge Tony for a laugh.’
He is now planning to get a sprout tattoo to mark his achievement; It’s going to be a sprout with a crown and the number 33 underneath.
The record-breaking trucker says you can’t just stuff it in your mouth, there’s a method to it.
‘Eating sprouts definitely takes a technique,’ he explained.
‘I just chewed like a pig and while doing that looked around for the smaller sprouts.
‘I kept the bowl close to my mouth and tried to give myself five seconds at the end to digest them.
‘I had some pains in my chest once I’d finished but washed them down with a pint of Fosters.’
As you do.
Asked about the effects of eating such a high number of sprouts, he said: ‘I wasn’t stinking, I was fine.’
His efforts were caught on film and will be sent off to the Guinness Book of World Records adjudicators, by Veg UK managing director Julian Pitts, for consideration.
Julian said: ‘It was a good night all round.
‘Regardless of what the Guinness Book of World Records says, it’s a world record in our eyes.
‘It was just a bit of fun.
‘The worst of it is that we did a trial run and Wayne managed 27 at that time. So in total, he’d eaten 60 sprouts.’
We feel sorry for his family who has to deal with all that extra gas.
But it was all for a good cause as the event also raised £100 towards helping the homeless at Christmas.
And we did actually check what the current Guinness record is for the most Brussels sprouts eaten is – it was 31, but that was written on the website in 2008.
So they could very well update the page with Wayne’s name.
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source https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/22/man-breaks-record-for-eating-the-most-brussels-sprouts-in-one-minute-11947856/
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