The world's largest bowl of pasta, near the French Quarter!
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — March 21 may have been a lenten 'Fish Fry Friday,' but the Italian-American St. Joseph Society had an extra-large pasta for lunch.
Every year, they say it's the world's largest bowl of pasta. Delicious, but hard work for the chefs!
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'You have 80 to 100 gallons of the sauce, gravy, sugo. A thousand pounds of the pasta. There's many other ingredients that goes into this dish. It's a very ornate chore, and a labor of passion and love,' said Peter Gilberti, president of the Italian-American St. Joseph Society.
The chefs worked on the meal for nearly eight hours, and the line to devour it stretched out the door.
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