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 Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:10 am Post subject: Baker gets jumbo-sized bread order |
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Frank Formica's task is bigger than a loaf of bread but smaller than an elephant. Actually, it IS a loaf of bread for an elephant.
Make that 300 loaves of bread for a half-dozen elephants.
His business, Formica Brothers, has a contract with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to bake 300 jumbo-sized loaves of special-recipe whole wheat bread for the elephants who'll be performing through the weekend at the city's Boardwalk Hall.
The high-fibre, two-foot long loaves weigh 1.3 kilograms each and are designed to help the elephants with their digestion. The first shipment was to be delivered Friday.
It's a tradition that dates back at least five years. When the circus first called the 91-year-old bakery, Formica thought it was one of his friends pulling his leg.
"I thought it had to be a joke - come on, elephant bread? Right," he said.
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/070323/K032304AU.html |
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