Είχαν ανακοινώσει στον ιστοχώρο του Δήμου Ιεράπετρας στη σελίδα για την «σαλάτα» τους:
Σε περίοδο που οι άσχημες ειδήσεις μάς βομβαρδίζουν καθημερινά, αφού πολλοί «αρμόδιοι» τα έχουν κάνει «σαλάτα» και το «λάδωμα» για κάποιους ακούγεται πολύ συχνά, εμείς, από την Ιεράπετρα, απαντούμε, ακριβώς, με σαλάτα και λάδι:
Σαλάτα φτιαγμένη από τα πεντα-νόστιμα κηπευτικά μας και με λάδι εξαιρετικό, Γεραπετρίτικο!! Και τι σαλάτα!! Τη μεγαλύτερη που έχει γίνει ποτέ στον κόσμο!!
Στην ιστοσελίδα της σαλάτας θα δείτε και φωτογραφίες και video από την προσπάθειά τους.
Ναι, τα κατάφεραν! Έφτασαν τους 13 τόνους και 417 κιλά! Περισσότερα στο video από τοπικό κανάλι.
I quote from the site of the Municipality of Ierapetra about their effort to have the Guinness World Record for the biggest salad:
Six tons of tomatoes, 3 tons of cucumbers, 2 tons of peppers, 800 kilos of onions, 500 kilos of feta cheese, 500 kg of olive oil, salt, oregano and the fun and passion of hundreds of volunteers will take along to be prepared the world’s largest salad weighing over 12 tonnes!!!
In the southern city of Europe Ierapetra on Saturday June 19th by the sea, overlooking the deep blue Libyan Sea, City, rural, cultural and tourist agencies, citizens and visitors will try to overthrow the Guinness record for the largest salad. (Previous record 11 200 kg Israel).
With products of the Cretan land cultivated by modern methods, certified and health checked, tasty and fresh, cut by the famous Cretan housewives, aspiring to highlight that in this place there are people who toil and sweat-producing «clean» quality products and breed in these markets not only in Greece also in Europe.
Beautiful Ierapetra in the south of Europe is waiting for everyone to eat the biggest salad, to enjoy the beauty of the landscape and especially to experience the hospitality of the Cretan people that they see visitors as a friend.
A different way to have fun, the day of the 20th of June in the Heart of the production of this vegetables at Gra Ligia, revived the traditional custom of «xentomatiasmata’’, a crazy war with tomatoes and cheer teams, the only weapon abundance of tomatoes, to compete the beautiful adness that in Crete they call «kouzoulada».
So Sunday 19th of June 2010, the new World Record for the biggest Salad was awarded to Ierapetra for making a salad of 13 tons and 414 Kilos!
Here is the video broadcasted by local TV channel.
See pictures at flickr.
This is their channel at YouTube and the live broadcasted streams as saved at www.ustream.tv
Candia 