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| Iran makes huge ostrich sandwich | Iran makes huge ostrich sandwich |
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| Iran is attempting to assemble the world's largest ostrich sandwich at a food festival in Tehran, as part of a bid to promote healthy eating. | Iran is attempting to assemble the world's largest ostrich sandwich at a food festival in Tehran, as part of a bid to promote healthy eating. |
| The organisers want to promote Iran's fledgling ostrich farming business. | The organisers want to promote Iran's fledgling ostrich farming business. |
| About 1,500 cooks will use 1,000kg (2,200lbs) of ostrich meat to make the 1,500m (4,920ft) long sandwich. | About 1,500 cooks will use 1,000kg (2,200lbs) of ostrich meat to make the 1,500m (4,920ft) long sandwich. |
| The organisers hope those world-beating dimensions will be enough to earn a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the largest ostrich sandwich ever. | The organisers hope those world-beating dimensions will be enough to earn a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the largest ostrich sandwich ever. |
| It has taken two days to prepare the sandwich, and there is a huge measuring tape running the length of the table on which the sandwich is sitting. | It has taken two days to prepare the sandwich, and there is a huge measuring tape running the length of the table on which the sandwich is sitting. |
| The event has drawn crowds of onlookers, who will eventually get to taste the ostrich sandwich. | The event has drawn crowds of onlookers, who will eventually get to taste the ostrich sandwich. |
| Iranians are deeply proud of their national cuisine, which includes such dishes as fesenjan - a meat stew with a tangy sauce made of pomegranate juice and ground walnuts, as well as the ubiquitous kebab. | Iranians are deeply proud of their national cuisine, which includes such dishes as fesenjan - a meat stew with a tangy sauce made of pomegranate juice and ground walnuts, as well as the ubiquitous kebab. |
| But it can be quite a meaty, fatty diet. | But it can be quite a meaty, fatty diet. |
| Ostrich farmers point out that the flesh of their eccentric bird has half as much fat as chicken, lots of iron, and very little cholesterol - as well as being extremely tasty. | Ostrich farmers point out that the flesh of their eccentric bird has half as much fat as chicken, lots of iron, and very little cholesterol - as well as being extremely tasty. |
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