My post yesterday for bacon lovers drew an e-mail from a reader, Tom H., who writes:
Forget bacon! That stuff is bad for you! Now, meatballs . . .
He provided a link to this article from November last year.
An American restaurant has set a new record after its chefs cooked up the world's largest meatball.
Owners of Nonni's Italian Eatery in New Hampshire created the mega-meatball, which weighed in at 222.5 pounds.
Matthew Mitnitsky, owner of Nonni's, said the giant ball of mince was authenticated as the largest on the planet after being weighed by officials from the state weights and measures department.
A Guinness Book of World Records official also confirmed it as a record breaker and presented Mr Mitnitsky with a plaque.
The old 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 record set in Mexico. That record of 109 pounds was set in August.
There's more at the link.
Er . . . ah . . . OK! I'll grant you, Tom, a 222-pound meatball is pretty darn impressive! Now, let's see you eat it . . . all of it!
Peter
An Italian restaurant, now closed unfortunately, served meatballs the size of softballs. The dish was called, as I remember, "Poco a Poco" and contained portions of spaghetti, meatballs, ravioli, and a number of other pastas in a family sized serving. My wife and I would share it and take half home with us. The meatballs contained some spinach as well as the usual fillers.
ReplyDeleteAlas, the owner died and the heirs tied up the will in court causing the restaurant to close.
I'd like to know if that big meatball is actually cooked all the way through?
ReplyDeleteMechAg94
I guess you could attack it like a leg of lamb for gyros: Lop off the cooked bits on the outside while it continues to cook through to the inside.
ReplyDeleteIt could easily feed 800-1000 people, and hopefully it did.
Jim