Easton Farmers Market reschedules Hot Pepper Eating Competition

The Easton Farmers Market’s 14th annual Hot Pepper Eating Competition has been rescheduled to 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 21.

Two-time defending champion, Kelly Joel Myers will try to make it three blistering wins in a row against other brave souls who willingly set fire to their tongues and torture their digestive tracts to reign as the captain of capsaicin.

The winner will be awarded a hand-carved, engraved wooden pepper trophy, a leather champion’s belt and a prize bag full of sizzling foods from the Easton Farmers’ Market.

All of the hot peppers in this year’s competition will again be grown by Easton Urban Farm, part of Easton Area Neighborhood Center in Southside. Easton Urban Farm will have a fiery selection of peppers available at its tent for purchase.

The Easton Farmers Market is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday (May-December) at Scott Park along Larry Holmes Drive, Easton.

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