WORLD'S LARGEST PUMPKIN PIE - South Africa 2007
I've never given much thought as to whether South Africans celebrate Thanksgiving. However, when I read that a team of bakers created what they're calling the the world's largest pumpkin pie last weekend, I'm beginning to think folks in Pretoria might just have their own version Thanksgiving.

The 1.15 ton treat took two days to make and bake and measured some 3 feet deep. It's worth noting that the pie's other dimensions were 28 feet long and 7 feet wide. While I'm all for the South Africans trying to break a record set by a group of U.S. farmers two years ago (pictured), someone needs to tell the South Africans that pies are round. If the dimensions I read are not a typo, the mammoth pumpkin pastry qualifies as a loaf with a crust, but not a pie. A ton of the orange gourd was used to make the "pie." As of press time, there's been no reports of how many pounds of Cool Whip were used to top the purported pie.

ANOTHER WORLD RECORD WINNER
100th Anniversary Pie!!!  14 feet in diameter, 360 pounds of sugar, 795 pounds of pumpkin,  60 lbs. of powered milk, 60 dozen eggs, 75 gallons of water, 400 lbs. of flour, 15 people to mix. 10 hours to bake

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