southsider2k5 Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 From NBC5Chicago http://www.nbc5.com/news/4682492/detail.ht...994&dppid=65172 Although common foods outsold more unique items, there was also 6,150 pounds of hummus sold, roughly 20,000 servings of alligator on a stick and 16,000 servings of mutton biryani, an Indian dish with goat meat and Basmati rice, according to a news release. Dessert was served with roughly 216,000 slices of cheesecake -- at least one sliced by Mayor Richard M. Daley himself on the second day of the festival. Daley sliced into a 2,500-pound Eli's Cheescake, celebrating the 25th birthday of both the cheesecake company and the festival, office spokewoman Cindy Gatziolis said that day. Other popular items sold at the Taste included: 45,000 breaded steak sandwiches 7,000 burritos 16,000 servings of catfish 19,000 servings of coconut shrimp 36,000 fried oysters 36,000 slices of mozzarella cheese bread 103,000 rib sandwiches 9,000 salmon fillets 3 tons of shrimp and vegetable tempura 56,000 watermelon slices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiff Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 I guess everyone did more than "taste". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 (edited) Those Breaded Steak Sandwiches from "Ricobenes" are phenominal. Edited July 6, 2005 by Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChWRoCk2 Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 damn those are some big numbers, this is why were one of the fattest cities Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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