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Oh, those Frenchies enjoy baking baguettes. In France, a nearly 141 meter (461 ft) long baguette was baked, entering the Guinness World Record. The bread was cut up, and divided out to the city and folks living on the streets of Suresnes.
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Short summary of the open-access article by The Guardian (<20% in length, for fair usage reasons):
In an article published on May 5, 2024, in The Guardian, Ashifa Kassam reports that a group of bakers from Suresnes, France, successfully broke the world record for the longest baguette, which for the past five years had been held by bakers in Como, Italy. The French bakers began their attempt at 3am and, after 14 hours of kneading, shaping, and baking, their baguette measured 140.53 meters, surpassing the Italian record of 132.62 meters. The sentiment among the French public and the bakers themselves was that the record should rightfully belong to France. The grueling process involved kneading, shaping, and baking the dough on site in front of the public, with the finished baguette expected to be at least 5cm thick and take about eight hours to bake. Once complete, the baguette was measured and shared among the public, as well as distributed to those living on the streets of Suresnes.
France reclaims world record after baking baguette measuring 140.53m
Parisian bakers have claimed victory over rivals in Italy who created a baguette almost 133 metres long in 2019
Short summary of the open-access article by The Guardian (<20% in length, for fair usage reasons):
In an article published on May 5, 2024, in The Guardian, Ashifa Kassam reports that a group of bakers from Suresnes, France, successfully broke the world record for the longest baguette, which for the past five years had been held by bakers in Como, Italy. The French bakers began their attempt at 3am and, after 14 hours of kneading, shaping, and baking, their baguette measured 140.53 meters, surpassing the Italian record of 132.62 meters. The sentiment among the French public and the bakers themselves was that the record should rightfully belong to France. The grueling process involved kneading, shaping, and baking the dough on site in front of the public, with the finished baguette expected to be at least 5cm thick and take about eight hours to bake. Once complete, the baguette was measured and shared among the public, as well as distributed to those living on the streets of Suresnes.
