Holy Moly, Guacamole!
A bunch of Florida culinary students rocked the guac Sunday, mixing up the world’s largest serving of guacamole.
The event – rather appropriately dubbed the Holy Moly Redland Guacamole Celebration – raised money for the cooking and agriculture programs at four South Florida high schools.
The heaping serving weighed in at more than two tons: 4,114 pounds, to be exact (no word on exactly how many grams of that is fat, thankfully.)
According to the World Records Academy, the guac required 500 pounds of tomatoes, 100 pounds of mayonnaise (yes, mayo -- clearly this wasn't a purist's recipe), 600 limes, and 3,500 pounds of avocados. Local chefs pitched in, juicing limes and peeling and squashing avocados (the Florida green-skin variety, of course) for nearly seven hours. The resulting guacamole then was sold in less Godzilla-size proportions. Total raised: $4,800. (To watch a video, click here.)
The students squeaked past the previous record: 4,011 pounds, set in 2007 by the Mexican Avocado Industry in California.
"We'll probably be dreaming about [avocados]," 17-year-old Vanessa Sanchez told the Miami Herald.
But not a world record – she’s already got that.
Photo courtesy eyeliam via Flickr.
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