Largest bagel and lox sandwich: world record set in New York (VIDEO)
NEW YORK, NY, USA -- Zucker's Bagels and Smoked Fish linked up with Acme Smoked Fish Corp. in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn to create a monster creation measuring 29-by-36-by-13-inch and weighing in 213 pounds, 12 ounces which sets the new world record for the Largest bagel-and-lox sandwich, according to the World Record Academy. Photo: Brooklyn's own Acme Smoked Fish attempted the world record for the largest bagel and lox sandwich. They crafted the 213-pound 75-ounce sandwich in honor of National Bagel and Lox Day (February 9). The smoked fish wholesaler partnered with Zucker's Bagels outside of Acme's 30 Gem St. location in Greenpoint to assemblethe world's largest favorite Jewish breakfast item. (enlarge photo)
Zucker's used 80 pounds of flour and 35 pounds of water to create the kiddie pool-sized bagel, which was crafted earlier that morning in Manhattan before it was transported to Brooklyn.
The bagel took less than an hour to fully cook after it was boiled in parts before it was tossed into the oven.
Once the bagel arrived in Brooklyn, the companies piled on 40 pounds of cream cheese, 40 pounds of salmon, 25 pounds of tomato, 25 pounds of onion and 1.5 pounds of capers to craft the final product, which weighed in at an incredible 213.75 pounds.
The GUINNESS WORLD RECORD (TM) for the largest bagel weighed (393.7 kg) 868 lb and was made by Brueggers Bagels (USA) and displayed at the New York state fair, Geddes, New York, USA on 27 August 2004.
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS (TM) also recognized the world record for the largest grilled cheese sandwich; weighing 145 kg (320 lb), it measured 1.52 m x 3.05 m x 6.35 cm (5 ft x 10 ft 0.5 in x 2.5 in) and 3.42 m (11 ft 2.75 in) across the diagonal after cooking at the 2nd Annual Everglades Cheese Cracker Festival, Everglades City, Florida, USA on 4 November 2000.
Bagel and lox is a Jewish tradition much like kreplach soup and knishes.
