Lebanon fires 10-tonne hummus broadside at Israel
Lebanon on Saturday claimed another victory in the continuing battle
with Israel over which country can make the largest plate of the
chickpea delicacy hummus — with a 10-tonne broadside.
Lebanese chefs prepare the largest plate of hummus to set a new
Guinness world record in Beirut on May 8, 2010. The massive
hummus serving weighed at 10,452 kilogram (23,520 pounds), the
size of Lebanon in square kilometers. This is the third time
that the record is broken for the largest hummus serving after
Lebanon set the first record in 2009. |
More than 300 chefs set the new record for hummus, which the Lebanese
say is their national dish despite Israeli claims, in the presence of a
Guinness World Records representative who confirmed its weight at 10,452
kilograms.
Hummus is a dip made of chick peas, sesame paste, olive oil, lemon
juice and garlic. The chefs mixed the ingredients together in a giant
plate which itself claimed a record for the largest earthenware dish.
The latest Lebanese shot across Israel’s culinary bows came amid a
gastronomic fight between two countries still technically at war.
In January, 50 chefs in the Arab-Israeli village of Abu Ghosh near
Jerusalem mashed up more than four tonnes of hummus, beating a Guinness
record set in Lebanon just months previously.
Both hummus and tabbouleh — a salad made with parsley, bulgur wheat,
scallions and tomatoes — are being used as ammunition in the cultural
cuisine campaign. The Lebanese set the tabbouleh record last year.
Israel exports hummus widely, and is accused of claiming an Arab dish
as its own.
BEIRUT, May 8, 2010 (AFP) |