Lotsa Matzah

"In a effort to raise some dough for the rabbis arrested in the bribery/organ selling sting in Hoboken New Jersey last month, bakers created the worlds largest Matzah ball. Weighing in at over 200 lbs.,this gastronomic beauty has over 3 million calories and can feed a synagogue at passover.It's made from 1,000 eggs, 80 pounds of margarine and 200 pounds of matzah meal."

When I saw this I was immediately reminded of one of my first cooking adventures, trying to make the perfect batch of matzah balls. After spending hours trying to get them the perfect size, I put them in the boiling water. Little did I realize that they expand enormously in the water. The results were as you can imagine, big giant balls. My grandmother thought it was very funny."

The record for the world's biggest matzah ball was set in -- where else? -- New York today.

Weighing 267 pounds and made from 1,000 eggs, 80 pounds of margarine, 200 pounds of matzah meal, and 20 pounds of chicken base, the giant matzah ball easily set the Guinness record. The ball, which stood three feet high, was baked by Noah's Ark Original Deli in an oversized kitchen in New Jersey and then given a police escort to Manhattan where it was unveiled and then devoured by a waiting crowd.

Watch the video from NBC New York below:

Comments

[Kraka3]

Love giant food stories, but it seems like a shame to waste food on organ-thieving moneylaunderers, somehow! Still, innocent until proven guilty, I guess.