The engineering required to fry a snack for 20,000 people
In short: In Mercedes, Argentina, bakers scale up the humble afternoon snack into a feat of industrial-sized culinary engineering. This video explores how a team manages the logistics of creating a fried cake so massive it requires heavy machinery just to move.
The torta frita is traditionally a flat, round fried bread enjoyed with yerba mate as an afternoon snack. However, for the 2022 Fried Cake Festival in Mercedes, the scale shifted from personal to communal. A team of 24 bakers produced a version measuring 5 meters wide.
The sheer weight and dimensions of this specific torta frita necessitated the use of a crane to lift it. The event successfully fed a crowd of 20,000 people with this single massive batch.
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- Summary by Intellect · source: How 20,000 People Are Fed With One Torta Frita In Argentina | Big Batches | Food Insider
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