Best Amazing Race challenge ever

Last night, we were watching my favorite reality tv show, The Amazing Race, and they had a 'Detour' that actually looked pleasant to me, even though several of the racers were bitching and moaning about it.

The episode was set in Hamburg, Germany, and after some bungee jumping (not my thing), the racers had the choice of trying to kick soccer balls into five targets in a net, or sharing a big plate of sauerkraut, trying to finish it before a folkloric band finished a song. Now, I love cabbage, and eating a big plate of kraut doesn't seem at all bad to me, especially if I had the help of Beebo the Human Eating Machine. But a few of the people on the show ate daintily and one of them even held her nose while eating (see photo).

The second task (post-kraut or football) was to go to a place called the Haifischbar and share a boot of pilsner beer. I think that would be a total treat after eating a big plate of pickled cabbage, but there were even worse reactions from some of the racers, as if they had to drink a pitcher of bile or something. One young dude actually went out on the sidewalk and barfed. A sad performance. Only a couple approached the task with appropriate gusto (again, see photo).

Considering that the eating tasks in the past have included things like eating a giant ostrich egg omelet and eating four pounds of offal, this was a tasty walk in the park!