Cheese Racing

The sport of cheese racing began in 1997 when a group of friends put individually-wrapped cheese slices onto a barbecue grill to see what would happen. To their surprise, the plastic did not melt or burn. But the cheese expanded, turning the objects into inflated pillows! The object of cheese racing is to see whose slice reaches full inflation first. Full details are at the “official homepage of the exciting cutting edge sport known as Cheese Racing.” Link -via the Presurfer

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May 13, 2008 at 9:11 am by Miss Cellania
Category: Food & Drinks

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11 comments to "Cheese Racing"

bean
May 13th, 2008 at 10:28 am
As someone who has accidentally done that while grilling, I can testify that not only does the plastic melt, it sometimes catches fire and smells godawful.

But these guys keep saying that they put put their wrapped cheese slices in a barbecue, so I guess something different happens when you smoke it for hours at a time using indirect heat.
Cindy
May 13th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Wow! I will be trying this at the next cookout.
Thomas
May 13th, 2008 at 10:37 am
Do they explode eventually?
MoonCake
May 13th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
just another example of frivolous human waste. and we wonder why the hell our environments are in danger…
Jordan C.
May 13th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
This reminds me of Pickle Racing —where you and some friends take the pickles out of your burgers and sling them onto a window of the restaurant.

The pickle that slid down fastest was the winner. There were variations to the game, like last pickle standing/sticking.

Burger Olympics anyone?
Johnny Cat
May 13th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
This was obviously in the US, right? Had to be.
Sofar
May 13th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Johnny, there’s a British flag animated gif on the front page, under which it says “Great Britain: The Home of Cheese Racing since 1997.”
driko
May 14th, 2008 at 5:54 am
Just when I thought “extreme vacuuming” was the weirdest “sport” I’d seen…
E
May 15th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Yo. I like the stuff.
E
May 15th, 2008 at 11:23 am
To eat I mean.
Murdock
September 26th, 2008 at 7:33 am
Yes yes this has been known to happen a time or two at PyroBlazer events.

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