Sto. Tomas eyes world’s longest corn barbecue
STO. TOMAS–There’s no stopping this town now.
The second dry run for the longest corn barbecue feat, which the town hopes would be logged in the Guinness Book of World Records, was held last December 1 on a 75-meter stretch in front of the municipal hall.
The target is a five kilometer-long corn barbecue, which will be staged on February 10 as a climax to the town’s Corn Festival beginning February 1.
Mayor Vivien Villar said the corn festival will be held in observance of the 100 years anniversary of Sto. Tomas and will be marked by the homecoming of overseas residents across the globe.
“We are committed to this record-breaking feat,” said Mayor Villar, wife of Presidential Anti-Smuggling Task Force czar Antonio Villar Jr.
She said this is their way of promoting Sto. Tomas and its chief product, corn, to the world.
“It’s like an elusive dream but we will pursue it because I was inspired by the will and determination of the other officials and people, especially the farmers, of Sto. Tomas who are pushing for this giant undertaking” she said.
Vice Mayor Dick Villar, vice chairman of the fiesta executive committee, said preparation for this activity started almost one year ago.
For the entire five-kilometer stretch, 2,028 grills will be needed, beginning from the boundary of Sto. Tomas with ending in the boundary with Alcala in the west.
Every grill measures 2.4 meters with three grillers each, totaling 6,084 grillers in all for the whole stretch.
He said they will need some 130,000 ears of corn plus 270,000 ears in reserve.
All these would come from the farms of Sto. Tomas, planted at the start of the corn production program that kicked off on Saturday.
To save on costs, bamboos, instead of iron, would be used as grill stands. All stands are now being mass-produced in the barangays. -LM
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