Salad Day for Lebanese Town Is a Record-Setter

A Lebanese town said Saturday that it has entered the Guinness Book of Records for making the world’s largest bowl of tabbouleh, a national salad dish that has been steadily gaining popularity abroad.

A statement by Qurnet Shahwan municipality, in the hills above Beirut, said it received a certificate from Guinness World Records Ltd. citing the 3,337-pound tabbouleh--washed, chopped and mixed by 158 people during a town festival last year.

Tabbouleh’s main ingredients are bulgur wheat, tomatoes, lemon juice, olive oil, parsley, mint and onion. The Lebanese often wash the healthy salad down with arak, a strong spirit.