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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. Cooks in Iran have tried 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 used 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 took two days to prepare the sandwich, and a huge measuring tape ran the length of the table on which it was sitting.
The event has drawn crowds of onlookers, who will eventually get to taste the ostrich sandwich. The sandwich drew crowds of onlookers, and some reports said people rushed forward to eat it before it could be measured for the record.
But the event's organisers said there was video footage of the sandwich which would be sent to Guinness officials.
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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