Adam: I’m at Eagles Deli in Boston, Massachusetts where diners come from foreign wide to test themselves against their legendary towering burgers and the crown jewel is a Twelve Pound Eagle Challenge. This is bigger than my large nougat. My challenge today is to see who can take down more of it; a Yankee hating Bostonian or this never say die New Yorker.
Located in the heart of Brighton, Eagle’s Deli is famous for its mammoth burger. They have been standard curriculum for Boston college students for the last 40 years.
You eat to Eagle’s a lot?
Male: Yeah all the time.
Adam: All the time. How many times a week did you say you come here?
Male: Probably twice a week, I don’t’ need anything to like night to night after this.
Adam: What is it that brings people back for the burgers again and again?
Male: I think—I really think it is the taste of everything.
Adam: And the only thing bigger than the taste is the size. Eagle’s burgers range from the half pound king kong, all the way up to the five pound eagle’s challenge.
I am here with Sean Segaloff; he is the owner of Eagle’s Deli here in Boston.
Okay now, the burgers—what makes them so special?
Sean Segaloff: The quality. It is an 85 15 sirloin.
Adam: Oh wow.
Sean Segaloff: So, you got to have a little fat to give it a flavor.
Adam: Always? What gave Eagle’s Deli its reputation?
Sean Segaloff: The portions.
Adam: Really?
Sean Segaloff: You can eat more than we have on the menu. We’re going to opt to the next level and name what you can.
Adam: It is a tradition that started more than 10 years ago when they stocked two King Kongs to create the one-pound Godzilla burger but the green monster proved to be no match for the Boston college crowd. Thousands finished the godzilla, would that be safe to say?
Sean Segaloff: That would be safe.
Adam: All right and then so what was the next step?
Sean Segaloff: The next one, we decided to double it in after the animal had come from, the kowabunga.
Adam: This is a solid two pound burger.
Sean Segaloff: Two pound.
Adam: Comes with?
Sean Segaloff: Two pounds of rice.
Adam: Every time someone knocks, went out of the park, they are in the spot of the menu. Sean Reilly was the first to finish the three pound burger, Paul Jones; the four pounder. Today, the challenge stands at a whapping five pound.
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