World's largest croquette cooked in Japan

HAKODATE, Japan - People take photos of what is believed to be the world's largest croquette by diameter in Assabu, Hokkaido, on July 24, 2010. Members of the local commerce and industry society cooked the croquette, 3.08 meters in diameter, using some 400 kilograms of potatoes, a specialty crop of the town on Japan's northernmost main island. (Kyodo)

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