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TALLEST
ICE-CREAM CONE
Hennig-Olsen Is AS
and Trond L Wøien
(both NOR) presented
a 3.08-m-tall (10-ft
1.2-in) ice-cream
cone – about half
the height of an
adult giraffe – at
Kristiansand, Norway,
on 26 Jul 2015. It
comprised a 95.85-kg
(211-lb 5-oz) wafer
cone, 60 kg (132 lb
4 oz) of chocolate
lining, 1,080 litres
(285.3 US gal) of
ice-cream and 40 kg
(88 lb 3 oz) of jam.The patty in a fast-food hamburger may contain
the meat from up to 100 different cows.651 kg (1,435 lb 3 oz)5 m (16 ft 4.85 in)36 ft 7 in (11.15 m) long,
4 in (10.1 cm) in diameter3.28 tonnes (7,231 lb 2 oz)2,490 kg (5,489 lb 8 oz)9.6 kg (21 lb 2.6 oz),
comprising a turkey, carrots,
parsnips, broccoli and
cauliflower pieces, roast
potatoes, “pigs in blankets”
and 25 sproutsHeaviest
gingerbread manTallest chocolate
Father Christmas
(hollow)Largest candy caneHeaviest
Christmas puddingHeaviest Yule logHeaviest
Christmas dinnerThis
record-breaking
drink contained
the same volume of
liquid as around
60 bathtubs.LARGEST ICED TEA
At 2,523.9 US gal (9,554 litres), the most voluminous iced tea
was made by the town of Summerville in South Carolina, USA,
on 10 Jun 2016. It was brewed using 210 lb (95.2 kg) of loose-
leaf tea and 1,700 lb (771.1 kg) of sugar. Organizers initially used
300 lb (136 kg) of ice to chill the tea. This failed to reduce the
beverage to the temperature of 45°F (7.2°C) required by GWR’s
rules, however, so hundreds of pounds of extra ice were added.Tiramisu: Weighing in at 3,015 kg (6,646 lb)- nearly 50 times heavier than the average
man – the largest tiramisu was prepared by
Associazione Cons.erva with Despar, Latte
Blanc, Caffè Toto and Uova Pascolo (all ITA)
in Gemona del Friuli, Italy, on 25 May 2015.
Laddu: On 6 Sep 2016, PVVS Mallikharjuna Rao
(IND) served up a version of this round Indian
sweet weighing 29,465 kg (64,959 lb 3 oz) – about
four times the weight of an African elephant –
in Tapeswaram, Andhra Pradesh, India.LARGEST SERVING OF...
Pulled pork: Sonny’s BBQ (USA) presented
2,012 lb (912.62 kg) of pulled pork at Central Park
in Winter Park, Florida, USA, on 12 Oct 2016.Mashed potato: Jason Lin, Colin Stockdale,
Tyler Hubeny and Evan Armstrong (all USA)
presented 2,641 lb (1,197.94 kg) of mashed
potato – similar to the weight of a walrus –
in Binghamton, New York, USA, on 20 Jun 2015.Quinoa: The Comité Organizador FEGASUR 2016
and La Municipalidad Provincial San Roman (both
PER) produced a 1,680.2-kg (3,704-lb 3.3-oz)
serving of quinoa in Juliaca, Peru, on 18 Jun 2016.
The average US car weighs about the same.Rice pudding: On behalf of the Shree
Parshwa Padmavathi Seva Trust, His Holiness
Dr Vasanth Vijayji Maharaj (IND) served up
2,070 kg (4,563 lb 9 oz) of rice pudding in
Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, India, on 31 May 2015.Gumbo: Braud & Gallagher (USA) cooked up
5,800 lb (2,630 kg) of this signature Creole
dish in Larose, Louisiana, USA, on 7 Nov 2015.
That’s almost six times the weight of one of
the American alligators found in the area.Grilled chicken: On 27 Feb 2016, Simplemente
Parrilla La Balanza (URY) grilled 6,487.9 kg
(14,303 lb 6 oz) of chicken in Maldonado, Uruguay- half the weight of a London double-decker bus.
Roast pork: Fundación Produce Yucatán, A C
(MEX) served up 6,626.15 kg (14,608 lb 2.5 oz) of
pork in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, on 6 Mar 2016.
This is more than three times the weight of an
adult great white shark.Largest sushi mosaic
On 18 Sep 2016, a 56.50-m^2 (608.16-sq-ft) mosaic
of sushi was created by Leonardo Figueroa
Aguilar, Salten Aqua AS, Rå:Bra Sushi, Du Verden
Restaurant, Svolvær, AMJ Gruppen Bodø, Glimt,
Køltzow and Sparebank1 Nord-Norge (all NOR). It
was displayed in Aspyrma Stadion, Bodo, Norway.HEAVIEST...
Naan bread: Loblaw Companies Limited (CAN)
presented a 32-kg (70-lb 8.7-oz) naan bread in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on 19 Apr 2016.Muffin: On 16 Oct 2015, Schär and NIP Food
(both ITA) served up a muffin weighing 146.65 kg
(323 lb) in Milan, Italy.Profiterole: Italian companies Associazione
Cons.erva, Etica Del Gusto, Despar, Uova Pascolo
Fantoni and Crespi made a 150-kg (330-lb 11-oz)
profiterole – half the weight of a grand piano – at
Gemona del Friuli in Udine, Italy, on 17 Apr 2016.Vegan cake: Skipp Communications AG and
Merz AG (both CHE) created a 433.56-kg (955-lb
13.3-oz) cake that contained no animal products
whatsoever. It was presented and weighed in
Chur, Switzerland, on 16 Jun 2016.Halwa: Weighing 630 kg (1,388 lb 15 oz), heavier
than an adult polar bear, the largest halwa was
created by Al Hosni Omani Sweets and Murshid
bin Sulaiman Al Hosni (both OMN) in Muscat,
Oman, on 23 Nov 2015.Box of biscuits: Oreo (USA) and Tmall (CHN)
unveiled a 904.58-kg (1,994-lb 4.1-oz) box of
biscuits – around the same as 70 gold bars – at
Super Brand Day in Beijing, China, on 3 May 2016.Box of chocolate bars: Meiji Corporation (JPN)
displayed a 2,044-kg (4,506-lb 3.9-oz) box of
chocolate in Tokyo, Japan, on 29 Jan 2016.Q: In 16th-century Denmark,
cheese was not just a food.
What else was it used as?
A: Currency