PORTUGAL: PORTUGAL COOKS ITS WAY INTO THE RECORD BOOKS WITH THE LONGEST DINNER TABLE EVER LAID

Record ID: 674184

  • Title: PORTUGAL: PORTUGAL COOKS ITS WAY INTO THE RECORD BOOKS WITH THE LONGEST DINNER TABLE EVER LAID
  • Date: 22nd March 1998
  • Summary: LISBON, PORTUGAL (MARCH 22, 1998) (RTV) VARIOUS OF COOKS PREPARING "FEIJOADA" (4 SHOTS) PULL BACK EMPTY TABLE ON BRIDGE VARIOUS OF PREPARATIONS FOR MEAL (2 SHOTS) SV BEN VAN DOESBURGH, GENERAL MANAGER OF SPONSORS (FAIRY LIQUID/PROCTOR AND GAMBLE) SAYING: THIS IS OUR WAY TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THE LARGEST BRIDGE IN EUROPE. AND AT THE SAME TIME DRAMATISING THE GUINNESS WORLD BOOK OF RECORDS OUR DISHWASHING LIQUID, FAIRY, IS GOING TO TRY AND WASH 15,000 PLATES OF GREASY FEIJOADA, MAYBE WE ONLY WASH 10,000, BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO OUR BEST. THIS IS A POPULAR FESTIVAL, FOR THE TWO REGIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE JOINED BY THE BRIDGE. AND IT'S FANTASTIC YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT HERE TODAY WITH 15 000 PEOPLE ON A 5KM TABLE, ON THE LONGEST BRIDGE IN EUROPE HAVING A FANTASTIC PARTY. I HOPE EVERYTHING WILL GO WELL, WE ARE VERY EXCITED AND VERY PROUD OF IT (ENGLISH) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SETTING UP TABLES ALONG BRIDGE (2 SHOTS) SLV/GV GUESTS ARRIVING (2 SHOTS) VARIOUS GUEST SEATED FOR MEAL/ PEOPLE EATING MEAL (4 SHOTS) TRACKING VIEW OF TABLE STRETCHING FOR 5 KM LV EMPTY CARRIAGE WAY ON BRIDGE
  • Embargoed: 6th April 1998 13:00
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  • Location: LISBON, PORTUGAL
  • Country: Portugal
  • Topics: Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
  • Reuters ID: LVABW7M6GWEIM5Z9JGXH7IPPCC2Y
  • Story Text: Portugal has cooked its way into the Guinness Book of Records by seating 15,000 people at the longest dinner table ever laid to celebrate the opening of Europe's longest bridge.

    Five kms (three miles) is the total length of the world's longest table installed on Vasco da Gama, a feat which will enter into the Guiness Book of Records.

    The Portuguese table, will dethrone the previous world record, exceeeding it by more tham two kms, and to prove that it is indeed a world record, the event was certified by a local independent body recognised by the Guiness Book.

    Cooks prepared over two weeks eight tonnes of "feijoada", a heavy southern Portuguese stew using 1,350 kilos of white beans, 480 kilos of onions, 1,190 kilos of pork, 400 kilos of lard and many other ingredients.

    The 18-km (11 mile) bridge across the River Tagus opens two months before the launch of Expo'98, the Lisbon world fair which marks the 500th anniversary of navigator Vasco da Gama's discovery of the sea route to India.
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