Some people are doing an unusual thing with food and drink - they are using them to set records.
So what else can you do with food? We all know you can gather it, cook it, and eat it but some go one step further and break records with it. It seems we find no end of amusement in our food. Here are some of the unusual records set across the globe.
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World's largest tomato fight
Every year in Bunol, Spain they have the world’s largest tomato fight . Forty thousand people throw 130 tons of over ripe tomatoes for an hour in the town’s centre, Plaza del Pueblo. The tomatoes are dumped from trucks upon the population (plus an additional 30,000 visitors and revellers) for them to fight, toss, smear, roll, mash, lob and laugh. The town is painted red and then hosed down. What else are you going to do with 130 tons of overripe tomatoes anyway? |
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World pizza slap record
Who knew that slapping a pal in the face with pizza was even a record? And what’s a record without rules? The contestants may only use two slices of pizza and direct all slaps at the face. It was first set by Erin O’Keefe and Amy Milano in New York when they slapped each other 174 times in 15 seconds. However, their record was soon broken by two journalists on the Today Show who managed 264 pizza slaps in the same amount of time on live television.
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Oldest Hot Cross Bun
Hot Cross buns are religious relics but this one takes the cake. It is believed that the fruity buns will not mould if baked on a Good Friday. And to put that theory to the test, one family has carefully preserved their bun for generations. The world’s oldest bun is 189 years old and resides in England. It was born, or rather baked, in 1821 - the same year Napoleon died. Owner Nancy Titman was given the bun by her mother. She told The Telegraph in an interview ''It is rock hard and the currants have disintegrated but you can tell it's a hot cross bun and you can still see the shape of the cross.'' |
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Largest monument to the onion
When you say “Oh, I love onions” how committed are you? Committed enough to build a monument that stands 6.5 metres high? A Romanian onion tycoon, Alexandru Tartar, commissioned such a stone, iron, concrete and resin structure as a nod to the vegetable’s its ‘flu fighting properties and simple deliciousness. Although not edible, the structure reflects the vegetables natural colour tones and was uncovered by the Tartar himself. |
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Largest number of people simultaneously licking ice cream
Sharing ice cream with friends on a warm day is pleasure enough. But this summer tradition just gets better when shared with 2,693 of them. The world record for largest group of ice cream lickers goes to Augustana College, Illinois where devotees gathered, ordered and indulged in Wgitey's Ice Cream. In fact, the company even created a new flavour aptly called Augustana Viiking Pride, which consisted of peanut butter with fudge swirls and Oreo cookie chunks. But this dessert indulgence wasn’t just for any old reason. They were celebrating the college’s 150th anniversary. |
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Largest canned food structure
You know those precarious displays of canned goods at the grocery store? The ones you are a little afraid to reach into to retrieve a desired item. What if they had a purpose beyond just making you scared and promoting a brand? One town, Wellington, New Zealand decided to make a great show of gathering food for the needy. They knocked on doors, asked for donations and then used them to break the record by building the world’s largest structure made of cans. It used 52,547 cans that basically equated to 360 square metres of Good Samaritan. When the structure was dismantled, all food went to the food bank. |
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| Largest ketchup package
Sometimes fame comes in strange packages. These record breakers in Collinsville, Illinois found inspiration in a school that burned down. So the town decided to break a Ketchup record to rebuild it! They charged $1 for each of the 4,000 bottels donated by H.J. Heinz Co. and participants had the pleasure of pouring their bottle into a packet. Not just any packet, but one that held 130 gallons of the popular condiment. Once filled, the community broke a record for having the world’s largest ketchup packet. |
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Most expensive pot
You’ve probably heard of the world’s most expensive foods, so why not the world’s most expensive pot? Cue German pot maker Fissler that created this blinged out 28 centimetre saucepan from one kilogram of gold and studded it with 200 diamonds. The cost of making it was over £100,000 and it is showcased at Harrods on a custom pedestal crafted from rootwood. We’re guessing that it isn’t available to make some mac and cheese. |
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Most number of drink cans balanced
What do you do with 429 cans of 7 Up weighing 173 kilograms? Well, if you’re John Evans, a head balancing strongman from the UK, you’ll be able to perfectly balance the whole stack on your head for 15 seconds. Mr Evans broke his own previous record for the feat, which formerly featured 428 cans. While there was no motivation for the record breaking attempt, Evans is known to have raised over 180,000 for charity balancing various things from milk crates to bricks and a car on his head. |
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Biggest coffin
Bringing a whole new meaning to “food to die for” is a record breaking coffin. It turns out to be the world’s largest restaurant. It is decorated with funeral wreaths and low candles to offset the sense of macabre. Set in a town called Truskavets, Ukraine, it was built to encourage tourism. Likely the town’s other highlight, healing, and mineral rich bathing waters is a bigger draw. |
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