As a promotion for the upcoming film “Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs,” Sony Pictures produced the world’s largest meatball with the help of Ritz Carlton hotel executive chef Rainer Zingrebe on August 4th, 2009 in Mexico. It weighed 109 pounds. Jimmy Kimmel was not amused: “Mexico can’t hold the world record for meatball!” So to celebrate the San Gennaro Festival, Jimmy had his team take 200 pounds of ground meat and win the record back!
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/25/jimmy-kimmel-sets-world-r_n_299800.html
In this day of people losing jobs, the H1N1 virus, all the drug issues, Iraq, and rising prices of abouit everything, This is wonderful news. It is a fun thing that took some hard work by some ingenius people. FUN makes the world go round and the largest meatball makes me smile!!!!
AND….that meatball went to feed the hungry in Concord at a local soup kitchen. Thanks for your support!