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World's Largest Salad
The residents of Baguio City took pride in having tossed what was believed to be the world's largest salad, a 916.8-kilogram mix of assorted vegetables. On Sept. 16, 2001 in commemoration of the city's 92nd charter anniversary, 52 persons mixed what they claimed to be the largest salad ever tossed. Organizers of the event said they were able to feed 4,861 people-who paid P20 each for a 225-gram cup of salad-over a span of six hours. By the end of the period, leftovers weighed 40 kilograms. The people of Baguio said they were able to break the previous record - a Caesar's salad that fed only 1,000 people in Salt Lake City, Utah, on September 14, 2002. (Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer)
World's Largest Golf Event
 According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the biggest amateur golf tournament takes place in Baguio City, Philippines every year. Dubbed as the Fil-Am Golf Championship since 1949, the 72-hole golf tournament attracts more than 1,000 amateur golfers from all over the archipelago and from abroad. The sites of the prestigious event are the challenging par-69, 5,001-yard Camp John Hay golf course and the par-61, 4,038-yard Baguio Country Club. Among the top contending teams in the event are the Canlubang, Southwoods, Calatagan, and Wack Wack.
Rob Schneider
Did you know that hollywood actor/comedian Rob Schneider has Filipino ancestry. In fact, his maternal grandmother was from Baguio City.
The Longest Longganisa
 Through the combined efforts of the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Baguio (HRAB) and the Alabanza Meat Store, the Longest Longganisa was successfully paraded and sold along the stretch of Session road last September 30. “The Ultimate Baguio Pasalubong” is this year’s focus of the 3rd Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism (HRT) Weekend. After the parade, the Longganisa were sold at stalls along Session Road. Around 600 to 700 culinary students with some Alabanza employees in chef uniforms and gloves would ensure the sanitation of the longganisa for the consumers.
Largest Strawberry Butter Cake
BENGUET'S La Trinidad Valley, the country's salad bowl, may now be regarded as the home of the world's largest strawberry butter cake.Thanks to 385 strawberry farmers who produced 2,634 kilograms of fresh strawberries, the town has now bid officially to enter the Guinness Book of World Records.The cake, served at the town hall's Lednicky Hall on Saturday, was big at 3.73 meters (12.31 feet) long, 2.63 m (8.68 ft) wide and 2.55 m (8.42 ft) high.The cake's volume, according to the official measuring team, the Baguio chapter of the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers, was 15.23 cubic meters or 547.32 cubic feet.
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