The
saltine cracker challenge or simply the "saltine challenge" is a competition in which a person has 60 seconds to eat 6
saltines (also known as soda crackers), without
drinking
anything; all the crumbs must be eaten too. Although the challenge
sounds easy, it is actually very difficult, because the crackers quickly
exhaust the
saliva
in one's mouth. Even though six saltines can fit in one's mouth all at
the same time, and a minute is plenty of time to chew, the resulting
mess of crumbs resists
swallowing. One is not allowed to use any external liquid to aid in mastication.