Confectioners aim for record<\/p>\n
YOGYAKARTA (JP): Twenty-one producers and sellers of a local
\nsweet delicacy of peanuts and palm sugar in Kaliurang hope to
\nmake it into The Guinness Book of Records after they demonstrated
\nthe making of the first ever 102-meter-long snack.<\/p>\n
Known as ampyang (peanut brittle), the extra large snack was
\nprocessed Sunday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 afternoon. The finished
\npiece was 20 centimeters long and 1.5 centimeters thick.<\/p>\n
It was then cut up and sold to onlookers for Rp 20,000 per 50
\ncm.<\/p>\n
Officials of the Semarang-based Indonesian Museum of Records
\nwere at the scene to witness the record attempt. They said the
\nfeat would be marked as the museum's 345th record breaker.<\/p>\n
Organizers Purwo and his wife said in the Kaliurang resort 28
\nkilometers north of Yogyakarta that up to Rp 5 million was used
\nin the record attempt.<\/p>\n
Christian Awuy, a local tourist official said the snack used
\nup to 700 kilograms of peanuts, 500 kilos of palm sugar, 300
\nkilos of sugar, and 30 kilos of ginger.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Purwo told The Jakarta Post and the Bernas local daily
\nthat initially they feared the project would fail. \"We were
\nworried because producers have different ways of making ampyang,
\nbut finally the different techniques could be overcome,\" she
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The attraction was designed to promote tourism, which has
\nslumped in the cool resort. Ampyang is usually sold here for up
\nto Rp 4,000 for 10 pieces of the bite-size snack. (23\/44)<\/p>",
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