Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Largest meatball-world record set by Nonni's Italian Eatery

  CONCORD, NH., USA -- Matthew Mitnitsky , owner of Nonni's Italian Eatery in Concord, New Hampshire, created a (222 lb 8 oz (100.92 kg) meatball which sets the new world record for the Largest meatball .
 Photo: Chef Matthew Mitnitsky cheers after his meatball weighed in, breaking the world record for the largest meatball / AP Photo/Jim Cole
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   Mitnitsky said he got involved "to bring the meatball back to the East Coast because that's where it originated."

   Speaking before the record attempt for the Largest meatball he told local press: "You know me. I take something small and see what I can do to make it bigger.

   "This all started when we were reviewing sales from our three restaurant locations. Our meatballs came out on top at every location. So I thought, let's create a family event around the meatball."

   He insisted that the Largest meatball , which took three days to cook, would be "totally edible".

   To break the record, the Largest meatball must be a larger-scale version of the normal food item with the same classic ingredients, be made in one day, and be edible.

   To celebrate the achievement, the restaurant held a meatball eating contests and a childrens' meatball ladle run.

    Mr Mitnitsky's Largest meatball was later donated to the Friendly Kitchen in Concord to feed the hungry.

 The previous Guinness world record of 198.6 pounds was set just over a month ago after Los Angeles-based talk show host Jimmy Kimmel vowed to beat a world record set in Mexico . That record — 109 pounds — was set in August.