I was so psyched when my friend Ben told me about the Dumpling Eating Contest at this weekend’s Dumpling Festival in New York.  Surely, I could match up with competitive eaters and win the $1000 first prize.  Monday night I popped down to Prosperity Dumpling on Eldridge Street and bought 25 dumplings for $5.  My training was to begin.  After getting friendly with Jah, I was more than prepared to house some dumplings, the record was 66 but, I thought 25 would be a nice way to ease myself into it.  The result? after the jump off.

I got down 20 in about 7 minutes.  After that, I remembered that I really liked dumplings and wanted to continue liking them.  No contest for me.  This Saturday though, check out the festival and watch people with professional appetites get down.