A one-km ‘longganisa,’ anyone?

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — City residents woke up yesterday to a delightful feast — a one-kilometer long longganisa laid out on a row of tables along Consunji street in front of City Hall.

It took 30 food experts of the Pampanga’s Best company to prepare the super-long longganisa for two days, using some 1.5 tons of ground pork, according to Darius Hizon, whose family owns the food firm.

The feat was part of the third year celebration of San Fernando’s cityhood. "We want to promote our local processed food (products)," said Mayor Reynaldo Aquino, who is now running for third district congressman.

There was no attempt by city officials to make it to the Guinness Book of World Records. The longest recorded sausage measured 59.14 kilometers, done by one J.J. Transfield in the United Kingdom in October 2000.

"Fifty-nine kilometers are just too much, but we are still hopeful that by next year, we might make it to Guinness by insisting that longganisa is unique to the Philippines and should not be classified as a sausage," said city tourism officer Ivan Henares.

The super-long longganisa was displayed for public viewing for over two hours. At about 8:15 a.m., the organizers announced that the public could partake of the uncooked longganisa, and in about 15 seconds, it was gone.

Pampanga’s Best reportedly spent some P150,000 for the feat.