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28 Dec, 2008

The longest sausage is no longer Polish

Posted by: Michał In: feeeed me!|links

The longest sausage © AFP

Don’t you just hate it when you’re beaten at your own game? Looks like Poland has just lost another claim to fame.

According to AFP, Bucharest attempted a new world record a day after Boxing Day,

with a 392-metre (1,286-foot) smoked sausage that took two weeks to prepare and weighs a hefty 150 kilogrammes (330 pounds). About 20 people worked on the giant wors, commissioned by the city of Bucharest and presented Saturday during local holiday festivities.

Tsk!

Two hundred metres longer than the previous record holder from Poland, according to local media, the sausage was to be later grilled and served to residents.

Yeah, enjoy! But it would seem the Romanians have now taken the concept of world record-beating to a new level and set several new records in one go. According to the same report,

On Sunday, the Romanian capital claimed the world’s biggest-ever Christmas give-away, when 3,939 people dressed as Father Christmas handed out gifts to children in the streets of Bucharest.

The city authorities were also planning another record attempt on Sunday with the world’s heaviest cake.

Talk about world domination!

Image © AFP

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1 Response to "The longest sausage is no longer Polish"

1 | Anne @ Pink GaloshesNo Gravatar

January 7th, 2009 at 10:20 pm

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Fascinating! Look at that photo!

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