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celebrate July as National (U.S.) Hot Dog Month, Chicago,
Illinois-headquartered Vienna Beef assembled the world's
longest hot dog, measuring 37 feet, 2 inches at "Taste of
Chicago" - the city's annual massive food feast. The Vienna
hot dog was more than twice as long as the 16-feet, one-inch
dog the company made last year, also at the Taste of Chicago.
At 37 feet, two inches, this year's dog also beat the current
world record of 34 feet, 5.25 inches made by students from
the University of Pretoria and displayed at the Sonop Hostel,
Pretoria, South Africa, on Oct. 18, 2003.
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37-foot and two-inch hot dog was set in a record-breaking
S. Rosen's bun. "This year we broke our own record and all
others known to date," Jane Lustig, vice president of Vienna
Beef, said Vienna obtained some extra help in its record
attempt. Local youth groups helped dress the Chicago-style
hot dog. Members of The Latin School of Chicago's band were
on hand to keep the beat.
Assembling
the world's longest hot dog, which weighed approximately
17.5 pounds, required seven assemblers, who were chosen
from youth and children's groups attending the festivities,
a record-setting S. Rosen's bun with an estimated 125,280
poppy seeds, one gallon of mustard, one gallon of bright
green relish, 140 tomato slices, four pounds of chopped
onions, 70 Vienna Kosher pickle spears, 140 sport peppers,
and "a whole lot" of celery salt.
Vienna
Beef donated the equivalent amount of food that made the
world's longest hot dog to the Greater Chicago Food Depository,
a not-for- profit food distribution center feeding hungry
people in Cook County.
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