**Lebanon has claimed the latest victory in the continuing battle with Israel over which country can make the largest serving of hummus.**Some 300 chefs set the new record, creating a huge 10-tonne vat of the chickpea-based dip in Fanar.
That more than doubles the previous record of about four tonnes, set in January by cooks in the Israeli-Arab town of Abu Ghosh near Jerusalem.
Both Lebanese and Israelis claim hummus as a national dish.
A Guinness World Records adjudicator confirmed that Lebanon now held the record.
Hummus is a dip made of chickpeas, olive oil, sesame paste, lemon juice and garlic. The chefs mixed the ingredients together in a giant plate which itself claimed a record for the largest earthenware dish.This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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