By JPOST.COM STAFFfalafel(photo credit: Archives )
In honor of the annual New York 'Salute to Israel Parade' on Sunday 23 May, an Israeli chef cooked a 30 lb (13.5 kg) falafel ball, setting a world record.The 'Salute to Israel Parade' is the largest celebration of Israel's independence held outside of Israel and has been staged every year since 1964.Former Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau and an engineer certified the ball of chickpeas and spices for the Guinness Book of World Records. The ball was cooked in over 40 l. of water, and has a circumference of over a meter.RELATED:Barak’s Independence Day guests to eat falafelReal Israel: Wiping the plate cleanIsraeli man arrested for entering Bethlehem to 'get his favorite falafel'The giant falafel opens a new front in the recent 'hummus war' between chefs in Israel and Lebanon for the title of the worlds largest plate of houmous.
