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A look at some of the world’s biggest (and edible) foods

For those who don't follow the state fair news, let us start by noting that Christy Harp of Jackson Township, Ohio has busted the world record for largest pumpkin with a 1,725 pound monster (for all the dish on the competitive squash world, check out Sue Warren's Backyard GiantsPumpkins are just a part of America's obsession with big food, be it grown, like the record 127 pound cabbage, or assembled, like the 150-plus pound burger. Our gallery of humongous chow:

 
 
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  • Posted By: Dick Brass @ 11/02/2009 9:37:30 PM

    Great food photos -- but you've made one great big error. You place the home of gigantic ice cream dishes at the Elm Farm dairy in "Medina, Wash." -- right next to the nation's ice cream museum. My wife and I live nearby, and wondered why we had never heard of this wonderful eatery and museum. The reason, boneheads, is that the Elm Farm Dairy and America's Ice Cream & Dairy Museum are NOT located in Medina, Wash., suburb of Seattle and home of Bill Gates. They are located in Medina, OHIO! Which is way too far for us to drive over this evening, damn it.

  • Posted By: natekleinman @ 10/29/2009 1:19:19 PM

    That last one actually is a kind of Zucchini, which is just Italian for summer squash (literally, it is the plural of "small squash"). Marrow is just another word for Zucchini. Like courgette. All are "Cucurbita pepo", which is also the same species as most pumpkins.

  • Posted By: badsector @ 10/29/2009 12:10:25 PM

    It's 113 lbs. and he's holding it off-center and supporting it with one arm? Looks like a Photoshop job.

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