Friday, August 27,
2010
Largest goat cheese - world record set
by Castel di Lama
CASTEL DI LAMA, Ascoli Piceno, Italy -- An Italian goat
cheese made last year by 25 volunteers who worked for eight
hours a year ago to put together 850 kg of curd from 3,500
litres of milk and 3,000 goats measures 158 cm in diameter
and 29 cm high and weighed in at 1,178-pound (534.7 kg) , setting the world record
for the Largest
goat cheese
.
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photo
)
The 25 Castel
di Lama
volunteers who created the World's
Largest goat chee
se
,
which measures 62 inches in diameter and 11 inches tall, said
they used 924 gallons of milk from 3,000 goats to create the
pecorino cheese.
The Largest
Goat Cheese in The World
was seasoned for nine months
and, after shrinkage, weighed in at 534.7 kg.
The Guinness World Records office in London
told the cheese's makers in the town of Castel
di Lama
that the almost 535 kg whopper had beaten
all comers.
The World's
Largest goat chee
se
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Friday, August 27, 2010
