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Subject: Lebanese finds 'heaviest' potato

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/08 at 4:48 pm

Lebanese finds 'heaviest' potato

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A farmer in southern Lebanon has dug up what might be the heaviest potato in the world.

"This giant weighs 11.3 kilos (24.9 pounds)," Khalil Semhat told the AFP news agency at his farm near Tyre, 85 kilometres (50 miles) south of Beirut.

"I've been working the land since I was a boy, and it's the first time I've seen anything like it."

Mr Semhat, 56, said he had to ask for help from a friend to get the huge vegetable out of the ground.

He insisted that he had used no fertilizer or other chemicals to produce it.

Mr Semhat said he hoped his potato will be recognised as the heaviest potato in the world.

The current world record, as recorded in the Guinness Book of Records, is held by K Sloan of the Isle of Man in the United Kingdom for a potato weighing a mere 3.5 kg (7 lb 13 oz).

2008 is the International Year of the Potato, a project sponsored by the United Nations which aims to focus attention on the importance of the vegetable in providing food security and alleviating poverty.


Subject: Re: Lebanese finds 'heaviest' potato

Written By: Reynolds1863 on 12/08/08 at 4:50 pm

That's a heck of a lot of potato salad. ;D  Wow almost 30lbs.

Subject: Re: Lebanese finds 'heaviest' potato

Written By: danootaandme on 12/09/08 at 8:08 am

Quick..... a large pot for boiling and 5 lbs of butter  ;D

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