Article: The key: Keep on chewing <> Kids feed adults at pizza-eating contest at fair

By JAN UEBELHERR

How many contests feature the cheer "Eat, Daddy, eat!"?

It can only be the fiercely competitive Palermo's pizza-eating contest on Saturday, part of a daylong lineup of contests on the Central Mall during Pick 'n Save Day.

The rules are simple. Teams of two -- generally a parent and a child -- attempt to make a wedge of pizza disappear fastest. The child, blindfolded with a bandanna, stands behind the parent. The trusting parent, wearing a plastic apron and a look of hope, sits in front of the child. The child's job: Feed the pizza into the parental mouth.

The eaters must keep their hands on the table, avoiding the urge to guide the feeder. The one exception to this rule: If ...

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