Khamis, Februari 12, 2009

Around the world in an attempt to enter the Guinness book of records

People stand around a large plate of hummus in Jerusalem. In an attempt to break the Guinness Book of world records for the largest plate of hummus, the plate of hummus measuring about 4 meters in diameter.




The line of pizza, made with more than 840 pizzas, measured 221 meters long.



Chefs slice a giant mooncake measuring 8.15 meters in diameter and weighing approximately 22.5 metric tons for sale at a store in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province.



Israelis prepare a vegetable salad in their attempt to break the Guinness record for the biggest salad in the world in Sde Varburg


An Iranian cook waits to prepare a 1,500-meter-long sandwich in northern Tehran. Iran attempted to set a record for the sandwich as the world's largest sandwich in the Guinness book of World Records.


Men grill part of a sausage looped around a rack in Bucharest during an event to attempt a record for the world's longest sausage.


Paraguayans barbeque beef during an attempt to create the world's biggest barbecue in Mariano Roque Alonso near Asuncion. More than 30,000 people grilled 28,000 kilograms of beef on fires covering an area 60 m wide by 100 m long.


Mexican workers cut a large sandwich weighing almost 7,000 lbs in Zocalo Square in Mexico City


Apple strudel is cut into portions by chefs in an attempt to enter the Guinness book of records in Amman, Jordan.


A Filipino baker inspects a giant strawberry-shaped cake at a bakery in the mountain town of La Trinidad, Benguet, north of Manila. Three tons of strawberries, a ton of flour and a thousand eggs were used to create the cake, which has a base measuring 16 feet by 24 feet and a strawberry-shaped top towering eight feet.