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| Abu Gosh mashes up world's largest hummus |
| 14/01/2010 |
| Fifty chefs in the Arab village of Abu Ghosh on Friday mashed up over four tons of hummus, beating the Guinness World Record set in Lebanon just months ago.
"This is a new record," said Guinness adjudicator Jack Brookbank as the massive dip, dished out in a six-meter (20 foot) satellite dish provided by sponsors, weighed in at 4,087.5 kilos (8992.5 pounds).
That is about twice as much as the previous record set in October in neighboring Lebanon.
"I've heard Lebanon is already planning to strike back," Brockbank told AFP as a band struck up a traditional Arabic tune to words hailing the humble hummus.
A simple but tasty dish of chickpeas, sesame paste, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic, hummus stirs passions and rivalries across much of the Middle East.
Lebanon recently sought to have the European Union register the dip as a Lebanese specialty, drawing hoots of derision from Israeli aficionados, who claim that would be like claiming intellectual ownership of bread.
Hummus, sometimes described as one of the oldest known prepared foods, is enjoyed in much of the Middle East and has probably been around for centuries.
Most hummus pundits agree its historical origins are lost in the sands of time, with various theories mentioning several areas of the Middle East, Rome, Greece and the Crusaders.
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