I bet the air conditioning needed is going to cost beaucoup moo...
On 8/11/2013 3:06 PM, Chucksim wrote:
What's not to like?
Chuck
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*A train made entirely of chocolate has set a new Guinness World Record as the longest chocolate structure in the world. The sculpture, on display at the busy Brussels South station, is 112-feet (34.05 meters) long and weighs over 2,755 pounds (1250 kilos). * *Maltese chocolate artist Andrew Farrugia spent over 700 hours* *constructing the masterpiece.* *He said he came up with the idea of the train last year after visiting the Belgian Chocolate Festival in Bruge: "I had this idea for a while, and I said what do you think if we do this realisation of a long chocolate train, you know, because a train you can make it as long as you like. * *"Actually it was going to be much smaller than it was, but I kept on adding another wagon, and another wagon, and it's the size it is today." Farrugia had previously built a smaller train of 12 feet for an event in Malta, which he said gave him insight about how to build this much larger version. There are two parts to the train. The first seven wagons are modelled after the new Belgian trains, and the rest of the train is modelled after the old train wagons, including a wagon with a bar and restaurant on board. * *Three days before the event, Farrugia transported the chocolate train by truck in 25 wooden boxes from Malta to Belgium . Farrugia said the train incurred considerable damage during the drive and several of the train's walls had completely collapsed. Luckily, with hard work and little sleep, the chocolate artist was able to fix all the damages before presenting the train to the public on Monday. * *\* *After measuring the length of the train and confirming no material other than chocolate was used, officials from the Guinness Book of World Records added a new category to the collection of world records and declared the train to be the longest chocolate structure in the world. * 2B59387F-4007-4D68-BB63-87BCEAF188A0 F25AE49D-58BC-488E-BEFF-B968735FE159 2140E9AD-DF3B-4580-89BE-95A0B2933B93 E5AEB95F-055A-41C3-BA06-456C7BE651B0 BDEE5F4D-3D60-4C51-95F8-D80E6EB8D5C0 4C8AC836-A6A5-4735-A457-133F07C558DF BBCF6CE6-28EC-41B2-B7FF-ECFA5DD4840C EA6CDBDF-412C-4BDD-A0BB-8977144DCB12 AAA26723-27B3-4C5C-87BD-C2B254B9A000 D6FBF0B6-BDBC-4FD0-8E6A-025311733167 1C9C75FB-8BBD-4ED2-8BBF-B32054F0CB63 E91BAFE2-F5FA-40CE-A795-93A4F5111BF1 C35C493E-C4D2-4413-A48C-37AACC561663 47BF9ECA-2D21-4A18-BC1D-61183A760CF5 5C0F8ECD-98B6-4439-B4CB-9219927FB320 EFE02716-1B8A-4DB0-A04B-0C8DB1CEC6C4
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Who gets to eat it when the show is over? Are they taking volunteers? :)
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:05:31 -0700 From: starman@pobox.com To: uts@starmanet.com Subject: Re: [UTS] Trains and Chocolate
I bet the air conditioning needed is going to cost beaucoup moo...
On 8/11/2013 3:06 PM, Chucksim wrote:
What's not to like?
Chuck
Sent from my iPhone on the beach
A train made entirely of chocolate has set a new Guinness World Record as the longest chocolate structure in the world. The sculpture, on display at the busy Brussels South station, is 112-feet (34.05 meters) long and weighs over 2,755 pounds (1250 kilos).
Maltese
chocolate artist Andrew Farrugia spent over 700 hours constructing
the masterpiece. He said he came up with the idea of the train last year after visiting the Belgian Chocolate Festival in Bruge: "I had this idea for a while, and I said what do you think if we do this realisation of a long chocolate train, you know, because a train you can make it as long as you like.
"Actually
it was going to be much smaller than it was, but I kept on adding another wagon, and another wagon, and it's the size it is today." Farrugia had previously built a smaller train of 12 feet for an event in Malta, which he said gave him insight about how to build this much larger version. There are two parts to the train. The first seven wagons are modelled after the new Belgian trains, and the rest of the train is modelled after the old train wagons, including a wagon with a bar and restaurant on board.
Three days before the event, Farrugia transported the chocolate train by truck in 25 wooden boxes from Malta to Belgium . Farrugia said the train incurred considerable damage during the drive and several of the train's walls had completely collapsed. Luckily, with hard work and little sleep, the chocolate artist was able to fix all the damages before presenting the train to the public on Monday.
\ After measuring the length of the train and confirming no material other than chocolate was used, officials from the Guinness Book of World Records added a new category to the collection of world records and declared the train to be the longest chocolate structure in the world.
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Sounds like a job for the brakeman, as in "let's take a break and eat some chocolate," which as he or she nibbles through, will provide holes for natural air conditioning, saving beaucoup moo!
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On Aug 12, 2013, at 12:29 PM, Effie in the desert wadesert@hotmail.com wrote:
Who gets to eat it when the show is over? Are they taking volunteers? :)
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:05:31 -0700 From: starman@pobox.com To: uts@starmanet.com Subject: Re: [UTS] Trains and Chocolate
I bet the air conditioning needed is going to cost beaucoup moo...
On 8/11/2013 3:06 PM, Chucksim wrote: What's not to like?
Chuck
Sent from my iPhone on the beach
A train made entirely of chocolate has set a new Guinness World Record as the longest chocolate structure in the world. The sculpture, on display at the busy Brussels South station, is 112-feet (34.05 meters) long and weighs over 2,755 pounds (1250 kilos).
Maltese chocolate artist Andrew Farrugia spent over 700 hours constructing the masterpiece. He said he came up with the idea of the train last year after visiting the Belgian Chocolate Festival in Bruge: "I had this idea for a while, and I said what do you think if we do this realisation of a long chocolate train, you know, because a train you can make it as long as you like.
"Actually it was going to be much smaller than it was, but I kept on adding another wagon, and another wagon, and it's the size it is today." Farrugia had previously built a smaller train of 12 feet for an event in Malta, which he said gave him insight about how to build this much larger version. There are two parts to the train. The first seven wagons are modelled after the new Belgian trains, and the rest of the train is modelled after the old train wagons, including a wagon with a bar and restaurant on board.
Three days before the event, Farrugia transported the chocolate train by truck in 25 wooden boxes from Malta to Belgium . Farrugia said the train incurred considerable damage during the drive and several of the train's walls had completely collapsed. Luckily, with hard work and little sleep, the chocolate artist was able to fix all the damages before presenting the train to the public on Monday.
\ After measuring the length of the train and confirming no material other than chocolate was used, officials from the Guinness Book of World Records added a new category to the collection of world records and declared the train to be the longest chocolate structure in the world.
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LOL! So true.
From: chucksim@mindspring.com Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:51:31 -0400 To: uts@starmanet.com Subject: Re: [UTS] Trains and Chocolate
Sounds like a job for the brakeman, as in "let's take a break and eat some chocolate," which as he or she nibbles through, will provide holes for natural air conditioning, saving beaucoup moo!
Sent from my iPhone on the beach On Aug 12, 2013, at 12:29 PM, Effie in the desert wadesert@hotmail.com wrote:
Who gets to eat it when the show is over? Are they taking volunteers? :)
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:05:31 -0700 From: starman@pobox.com To: uts@starmanet.com Subject: Re: [UTS] Trains and Chocolate
I bet the air conditioning needed is going to cost beaucoup moo...
On 8/11/2013 3:06 PM, Chucksim wrote:
What's not to like?
Chuck
Sent from my iPhone on the beach
A train made entirely of chocolate has set a new Guinness World Record as the longest chocolate structure in the world. The sculpture, on display at the busy Brussels South station, is 112-feet (34.05 meters) long and weighs over 2,755 pounds (1250 kilos).
Maltese
chocolate artist Andrew Farrugia spent over 700 hours constructing
the masterpiece. He said he came up with the idea of the train last year after visiting the Belgian Chocolate Festival in Bruge: "I had this idea for a while, and I said what do you think if we do this realisation of a long chocolate train, you know, because a train you can make it as long as you like.
"Actually
it was going to be much smaller than it was, but I kept on adding another wagon, and another wagon, and it's the size it is today." Farrugia had previously built a smaller train of 12 feet for an event in Malta, which he said gave him insight about how to build this much larger version. There are two parts to the train. The first seven wagons are modelled after the new Belgian trains, and the rest of the train is modelled after the old train wagons, including a wagon with a bar and restaurant on board.
Three days before the event, Farrugia transported the chocolate train by truck in 25 wooden boxes from Malta to Belgium . Farrugia said the train incurred considerable damage during the drive and several of the train's walls had completely collapsed. Luckily, with hard work and little sleep, the chocolate artist was able to fix all the damages before presenting the train to the public on Monday.
\ After measuring the length of the train and confirming no material other than chocolate was used, officials from the Guinness Book of World Records added a new category to the collection of world records and declared the train to be the longest chocolate structure in the world.
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