To promote their biennial exhibition against Maccabi “Electra” Tel Aviv, Israel’s premier basketball team, the Knicks commissioned the world’s biggest matzo ball. The 3-foot-high matzo ball, which consists of 1,000 eggs, 80 pounds of margarine, 200 pounds of matzo meal, and 20 pounds of chicken base, was slow boiled for about a day in New Jersey, reportedly in a 100-gallon kettle, by 12 chefs. The record-breaking matzo ball received a 24-police escort through the streets of Lower Manhattan until it was unveiled at its final destination, Noah's Ark Deli, on Grand Street. It was driven in a 24-foot freight liner. Representatives from the Guinness Book of World Records were on hand to certify the matzo ball's record-breaking size. The thing weighed in at an astounding--and unappetizing-- 267 pounds, approximately twice the size of Nate Robinson.
Not to be picayune, and, please do correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe matzo balls are particularly big in Israel. Hummus or Ptitim would have been more appropriate, no?
(Via Marc Berman)
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