Thursday, April 22, 2010

  Largest Polenta - world record set by Italian chefs

  FELTRE, (BL) Italy -- Italian chefs served up 2,600 lbs (1.194 kg) dish of polenta mash - setting the new world record for the Largest Polenta .

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   Cooks in Feltre, Italy, potted the title after taking an entire day to prepare and serve up the World's Largest Polenta made of ground cornmeal.

    "It is a simple, peasant dish but delicious," said one of the cooks.

   Polenta is a dish made from boiled cornmeal. The word "polenta" is borrowed into English from Italian.

The previous Guinness world record for The Largest Polenta was set on Sunday, 2 August, 2009, in Tiarno di Sotto, a small village in a valley near Trento, Italy, with a 2,269 lb (1,029.6 kg) polenta made of potato.

 The World's Largest Polenta was cooked in Feltre, BL, Italy, by the following Italian Chefs: Eugenio Garlet , Bortolas Rudi ,
De Basttiani Renzo , Corte Nereo , Dalla Rosa Emilio , Colet Elia , Andrighetti Roberto , De Giradi Maurizio and Davide Speranza .

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The world record event was organized by:
Gruppo Diciamo La Nostra , Feltre, (BL) and
Cooperativa Agricola la Fiorita Cesiomaggiore (BL).

 The World's Largest Polenta was verified and certified by the Public Notary Andrea Zamberlan .

    The World's Largest Polenta was sponsored by:
Pizzeria "La Caliera", Lamen (BL);
Cooperativa Agricola la Fiorita Cesiomaggiore (BL);
Edil Feltre s.r.l.- tutto per l'edilizia and
Trafilerie Feltrine s.r.l, Fonzaso (BL).

The Largest Polenta with Cheese ('Balmosh') - a polenta made with cornmeal boiled in sheep milk with butter, sour cream, and few diffrent type of cheese - was made by Romanian Chefs.

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