Medical silliness

Last week, my Attending got into a holiday conversation with one of his colleagues; they were discussing plans about this upcoming Pesach (Passover)...whose house to visit, who's making what dish, and so on and so forth.  Eventually they got to talking about the bad things that come along with the holidays, specifically the potential disasters that are related to food. 
Enter, the Gefilte Fish. For those not familiar with this dish, check out the link for further explanation.
So, like any boy with too much time in his hands, my Attending lays down a friendly wager: $10 to the person who can eat a whole jar of Gefilte Fish AND IT'S GELATENOUS BROTH in one hour. Of course, his colleague accepts the challenge with gusto.  
Next day, after all the work was done, a whole jar of GF was brought in by my Attending.  His colleague, after finishing a ridiculously complicated surgery, is in no mood to be trifled with...takes the jar and nukes it up (normally GF is eaten cold, but for some reason, this guy likes the fish warm)...so now, the broth that is naturally gelatenous, has now turned into a thick, gravy-like consistency.  The strong, fishy smell of the dish, made more pungent by the warming, permiated the male on-call room, to the point that other people in the hallway were making offended faces @ the eminating smell.
As if this whole challenge wasn't stomach-churning enough, the colleague decided to bump up the difficulty a notch, by drinking a quart of skim milk to go with the warmed Gefilte.  Lovely.
The scene was set (Jerry Springer was on the tele) as we (the ob-gyn students, interns, and residents) watched, for a full hour in awe and horror, this man as he devoured all 8 pieces of GF, it's broth, and topped off with skim milk. Non-chalantly, I might add.
Revolting? Yes.
Disgusting? Absolutely.
Impressive? Without a doubt.
Was it worth the 10 bux? Every sweet cent of it!

So in the immortal words of Wayne Campbell (I believe I can speak for all who witnessed this gastronomical feat): "We're not worthy!"

Yep, just another day at the office ;-)

Song of the day: "Colors" - April Smith and the Great Picture Show