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Man eats 46 latkes in 8 minutes to win N.Y. Hanukkah contest
By The Associated Press
Tags: Jewish World, latkes 

LAKE GROVE, New York - That's a lot of latkes: A 23-year-old mechanical engineering student has downed 46 of the potato pancakes in eight minutes to win a contest at a Long Island deli.

Pete Czerwinski (sir-WIN'-skee) says he'd never eaten a latke before consuming about seven pounds of them Sunday at Zan's in Lake Grove.

The contest coincided with the first day of the eight-day Hanukkah festival.
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The Toronto bodybuilder says he's just "a power eater" whose brain never signals that he's full.

Association of Independent Competitive Eaters Chairman Arnie Chapman says Czerwinski demolished the contest's previous record of 31 latkes, set in 2006.

Brooklyn college student Will Millender took second place Sunday with 29 latkes.

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  1.   was the prize an appointment for the cardiologist? 15:42  |  Yehudah 22/12/08
  2.   Disgusting waste and display 16:03  |  x-ray 22/12/08
  3.   agreed - morally disgusting 16:56  |  Max 22/12/08
  4.   I Hope He Put Lots of Sour Cream on the Latkes! Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmm 17:02  |  Gershon 22/12/08
  5.   Man eats 46 Latkes 17:19  |  Millicent 22/12/08
  6.   no reason to be proud 18:17  |  chelly 22/12/08
  7.   Best Latkes ever! 19:00  |  Phil T. Lucre 22/12/08
  8.   Hard to digest 19:12  |  MichaelF 22/12/08
  9.   Impressive Display 19:36  |  Dovi 22/12/08
  10.   No wonder OPEC just raised the price of oil!!! 20:02  |  Dr. L. Brnd 22/12/08
  11.   Did he have an Israeli high-tech stomach implanted? 21:37  |  Mark B. 22/12/08
  12.   No different than the July 4 hotdog eating championship 22:27  |  Raymond in DC 22/12/08
  13.   Competitive Gluttony 08:16  |  Brendan 23/12/08
  14.   Latkes - must be something new... 18:19  |  S 23/12/08
  15.   Respnse to "S"... 23:10  |  Jeff 25/12/08
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