Man v. Food: Adam Richman beats the 6lb. Frittata at Mother's Cupboard, Syracuse

Adam Richman, who entertained New York State Fair visitors last Saturday on the Chevy Court stage, spotlighted Syracuse in tonight's episode of his Travel Channel series, Man v. Food: Syracuse. Richman showed viewers the secrets behind a Dinosaur Bar B Que pork-sket sandwich, Heid's hot dogs and coneys, and the six pound frittata challenge at Mother's Cupboard on James Street.

The action for Richman's Syracuse episode was filmed during his May, 2010 visit to Syracuse, when he also toured the Salt Museum at Onondaga Lake Park. First, Richman outlined Dinosaur's smoking process and the making of a pork-sket sandwich: beef brisket, pulled pork, sharp New York cheddar, pickled jalapeno relish and Dinosaur's famous coleslaw. Dinosaur sells the pork-sket for $12.95 (sandwich) or $15.95 (platter with two sides.) Then he moved down Onondaga parkway to Heid's, where he shared a table with SU basketball coach Jim Boeheim and consumed a mixed double (one red hot frank, one white hot coney in a single New-England style hot dog roll, $4.25).

While in Liverpool, Richman filmed a piece about the Salt Museum which appears on the Travel Channel website. Next, he joined some SU lacrosse all-stars for a little three-on-three to work up his appetite. Finally, Richman made his way back to the intersection of James St. and Thompson Rd. in Eastwood on the edge of Syracuse. Once there, he shined TV lights into Mother's Cupboard, a local joint famous for breakfasts that include outrageously sized pancakes and a frittata Richman called “a UFO sighting.” Slides from Richman's Syracuse visit appear on the Man v. Food website.

The Mother's Cupboard 6lb. frittata contains pepperoni, broccoli, Italian sausage, bell peppers, onions, a full pound of home fried potatoes, four eggs (which serve to bind all the other ingredients together), and four buttered and toasted ends of Italian bread. Richman's frittata was served so hot that he needed to divide and conquer, placing about a pound of the monster breakfast dish into a separate bowl to cool it off to a more mouth-friendly temperature. Richman was also reminded, as he approached the last sixth of the frittata, that the competition was being held under “Mother's Rules”: 1) sit up straight, 2) no elbows on the table, and 3) clean your plate.

Cheered on by a full house of fans and the restaurant staff, Richman managed to finish his 6lb. Mother's Cupboard frittata challenge, potatoes and Italian bread ends and all.
If you missed the original airing on Wednesday, September 1 at 9pm, Man v. Food: Syracuse airs again:

> Thursday, September 2 at 1am

> Friday, September 3 at 8:30pm

> Saturday, September 4 at 12:30am and 11:30am

> Wednesday, September 8 at 7:30pm and 11:30pm

Check the listings on the Man v. Food page at the Travel Channel for additional air dates.

For more information about the restaurants Richman visited when he filmed this episode, visit their websites:
Dinosaur Bar B Que, 246 W. Willow St., Syracuse, NY
Heid's of Liverpool, 305 Oswego St., Liverpool, NY
Mother's Cupboard, 3709 James St., Syracuse, NY (Mother's doesn't have a website, but many diners have reviewed the restaurant. Search “Mother's Cupboard, Syracuse” to see them.)

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