ITALY: ITALIAN TOWN HOPING TO SET WORLD RECORD WITH CREATION OF GIANT SALAMI SANDWICH.

Record ID: 863967

  • Title: ITALY: ITALIAN TOWN HOPING TO SET WORLD RECORD WITH CREATION OF GIANT SALAMI SANDWICH.
  • Date: 8th August 2004
  • Summary: (EU) BARI, ITALY (AUGUST 8,2004) (REUTERS) BAKERS LAYING OUT SANDWICH CROWD AROUND SANDWICH TABLE MEASURING SANDWICH ON TABLE WITH TAPE MEASURE CROWDS AROUND TABLE PAPER CROWN DECORATING HEAD OF TABLE CROWD AROUND TABLE PEOPLE BEGINNING TO CUT SANDWICH PEOPLE BEGINNING TO EAT SANDWICH
  • Embargoed: 23rd August 2004 13:00
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  • Location: BARI, ITALY
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  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: General,Quirky
  • Reuters ID: LVAEEWBPU8U0QTK80GMWX9F6S4AT
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  • Story Text: A southern Italian town is hoping to set a world record with the creation of a 700 meter long salami sandwich.
    A southern Italian town is hoping to set a world record with the creation of a 700 metre-long meat and salami sandwich on Sunday (August 8).
    Bakers and construction workers in the southern Puglia hilltop town of Mottola baked, stuffed and then cut a 1,500 kilogram (3,307 lb) submarine sandwich into 19,000 pieces.
    Some 50 construction workers with cranes were needed to pass the lengthy loaf of bread on a conveyor through a massive oven, which cooked it in sections, before it was stuffed with 300 kilograms of mortadella and 200 kilograms of salami and laid out in the streets.
    Seven workers from the local "Catucci" bakery worked together for almost 24 hours to beat the previous Italian record set in the northern city of Milan with a 347-metre sandwich that was filled with Nutella chocolate spread.
    Pietro Catucci, 40, the creator of the competition said that the mega-sandwich required up to 800 kilograms of flour, 400 litres of water and 200 kilograms of salt.
    A notary documented the making of the sandwich, in hopes that the effort will be recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records.
    After the required measurements, portions of the giant sub were sold and the proceeds given to charity.
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