I helped make the largest burrito in the world!

Well, with a title like that, what can I say!  The Guiness World Book of Records staff  as well as  local volunteers,worked from dawn til dusk to build the longest burrito in world- 2.7 km. long!  It happened a few days ago and had been planned to showcase La Paz area due to Mexico's upcoming bicentennial birthday this year.  The volunteers worked all night, then by the morning, there was one table placed length-wise next to the other for blocks and blocks, all along the Malecon seawall.

 All along the burrito route cooking stations were set up complete with camp kitchens and a full staff of cooks and assistants.  Moreover, there was a "dough making" station along the route that produced batch after batch of dough that was delivered by a pick-up truck to the burrito making machine.  This special machine was in the back of another pick-up truck and was able to make a steady stream of perfectly cooked burritio which was layed up the tables like a long snake.

On- lookers marvel at the long burrito laid out on the tables ( it is hard to see since it is flat and covered with Saran Wrap)

Long burrito and camp kitchen in the background.

School girls enjoying the festivities.

Dough-making station.

Dough delivery truck.

Ingredients for the filling are being made at many camp kitchen just like this one.

Cooked burrito is coming out in a steady stream from this special machine (notice the man with a table ready to put under  the new length of burrito).

I  broke through the crowd (right) and crawled under the table to join the fun..I just need my gloves and I'm ready to roll, literally!

This picture was taken minutes before the incredients arrived and we all rolled together!

The ingredients are being spread over 2.7 km of burrito.

After our rolling job- new Mexican friends, Ali and Nizza pose in out white gear!

All done!  It was delicious!

Stage and organizers getting ready for the fiesta after the burrito-making!

By the late afternoon of that day, the burrito was finished (over a long length of aluminum foil and covered   by Saran Wrap). All the while, the camp kitchens along the route were making vats and vats of refried beans and a fish, onion, and spices mixture.  By the time it was dark,  the groups of volunteers were assembling along the length of the 2.7 km burrito-  gearing up with hair nets, gloves, and a mask to keep everything clean. 

That's where I come in!  I know this is a comical situation but it get even funnier when the organisers discover at the last minute that there are not enough "burrito rollers" to do the job properly.  So, they yell out in Spanish to the crowd of thousands assembled  that  volunteers are needed.  Guess what?  I  crawled under the table and joined the hundredsof volunteers to roll the burritos after the cooks had spread the ingredients on the burrito. So, I really did help to make the longest burrito in the world.  Check out the latest World Book of Records and who knows, you might see my masked face rolling a burrito!!!