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| Mexico rustles up giant baguette | Mexico rustles up giant baguette |
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| Mexican caterers have made what they say is the longest sandwich in Latin America, throwing together a 44-metre (48-yard) "torta" in five minutes. | |
| Dozens of people from sandwich outlets in Mexico City came together to produce the monster baguette at the start of a three-day torta fair in the capital. | Dozens of people from sandwich outlets in Mexico City came together to produce the monster baguette at the start of a three-day torta fair in the capital. |
| Each section of the 600kg (1,320lb) sandwich had a different flavour and 30 ingredients went into the mix. | Each section of the 600kg (1,320lb) sandwich had a different flavour and 30 ingredients went into the mix. |
| It pipped a similar super snack made at last year's fair by one metre. | It pipped a similar super snack made at last year's fair by one metre. |
| The record attempt took place in the city's Venustiano Carranza district with the help of local authorities and 45 torta outlets. | The record attempt took place in the city's Venustiano Carranza district with the help of local authorities and 45 torta outlets. |
| Thousands of pieces of bread, lettuce, onion and tomato were mixed with hundreds of litres of mayonnaise, mustard and spicy sauces, Reuters news agency reports. | Thousands of pieces of bread, lettuce, onion and tomato were mixed with hundreds of litres of mayonnaise, mustard and spicy sauces, Reuters news agency reports. |
| "We broke our own record today," said Jose Antonio Arellano, a torta fair organiser. | "We broke our own record today," said Jose Antonio Arellano, a torta fair organiser. |
| The fair is aimed at boosting the torta which has taken a back seat to other fast food in recent years, Reuters notes. | The fair is aimed at boosting the torta which has taken a back seat to other fast food in recent years, Reuters notes. |
| Fair organisers expect more than 160,000 visitors during the fair and hope to sell upwards of 200,000 tortas. | Fair organisers expect more than 160,000 visitors during the fair and hope to sell upwards of 200,000 tortas. |