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Big and Tall: 9 Oversized Foods

Take a trip with us around the country as we shout-out the nation's biggest foods.
By Sahara Borja
Biggest Box of Pasta
Courtesy of Barilla
James and his giant peach were onto something. Sometimes, the bigger the food is the better. Although most of these "foods" are not edible, they sure are larger than life. From a big box of real pasta that could feed your family for a year to a loaf of bread that could make enough PB&Js to last a lifetime, take a trip with us as we visit some giant homages to food and drink.Want to see other foods that are in the spotlight? Take a look at this weird and wonderful fried food showcase.
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Biggest Box of Pasta

Biggest Box of Pasta
Courtesy of Barilla

Thanks to the Barilla pasta company, you can now have your very own big box of pasta — for about $560. And that doesn't even include the airfare to Turkey you'll need to pick up this Guinness-record holder. We can think of just one thing that will go with this oversized box of pasta: a giant meatball.

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Astounding Apple

World's Largest Apple, Winchester, VA
Dean Jeffrey

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, right? Especially if you're talking about this gorgeous ruby red fruit, which sits in Winchester, Virginia, where apples are a major part of the local agribusiness. In Winchester, which has an "Apple Blossom" festival during the first full weekend in May, legend has it that this apple was part of a float in the very first Apple Blossom parade, and has remained there since.

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Whopping Watermelon

Water tower, Water tank, Landmark, Storage tank, Gas, Cylinder, Engineering, Steel,
FlickrCommons/JDHancock

What's that? It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a...huge watermelon? If you're driving through Luling, Texas, pay this huge water tower that's cleverly painted as a watermelon no mind. It's simply ordinary in this watermelon-appreciating state. In addition to this homage to the summer fruit, Luling also holds the Watermelon Thump car rally, seed-spitting competitions, and a Watermelon Queen pageant during the last weekend in June. If you love watermelons, head to Highway 183, and don't forget the napkins.

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World's Largest Egg

Nature, Vegetation, Blue, Daytime, Natural environment, Branch, Atmosphere, Atmospheric phenomenon, Light, Sunlight,
Knox Gardner

Thank goodness this huge egg won't ever rot. This smooth, lovely egg is in Winlock, Washington. It weighs 1,200 pounds and stretches to 12 feet long. The original was built in 1923 to celebrate the opening of the Pacific Highway; a few replacements have come since then. If the egg ever requires some Easter decoration, it would be mighty difficult to dip this big boy into a vat of colored dye, but we leave it up to the kind folks of Winlock to deal with that.

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The Other Giant Peach

World's Largest Peach, Gaffney, SC
FlickrCommons/OrangeJack

This "peachoid" is a gigantic water tower in Gaffney, South Carolina. Built in 1981, it required fifty gallons of paint to cover it. Just the leaf itself is 60 feet long and 16 feet wide. The tremendous tower holds one million gallons of water — not exactly sweet like peach juice, but certainly valuable!

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Tree-Sized Pecan

World's Largest Pecan, Brunswick, MO
FlickrCommons/SignalThePolice

The world's largest pecan is in Brunswick, Missouri. Stretching 12 feet long and requiring six tons of solid concrete to build, this pecan would require quite the nutcracker to break it open. According to recent visitors, the area around the pecan leaves much to be desired in terms of tourist destinations, but we're sure the squirrels don't mind having it all to themselves.

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Coffee for a Village

Grass, Green, Property, Infrastructure, Architecture, Photograph, Leaf, Land lot, Public space, Landmark,
Ruth E Hendricks

Coffee, anyone? Originally a small luncheonette in Bedford, Pennsylvania, The Coffee Pot, sometimes called "The Koontz Coffee Pot," was built in an effort to attract more customers to stop by its service station. After a series of various owners and a fire, preservationists finally took control of The Coffee Pot, which still sits alongside The Lincoln Highway. Don't forget to bring your own donuts.

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Behemoth Bread

World's Largest Loaf of Bread, Urbana, OH
FlickrCommons/TheUpstairsRoom

Reports from various tourists who have visited this roadside attraction say the huge loaf of bread in Urbana, Ohio, lies neglected behind a factory building. Perhaps the owners of an up-and-coming bakery can save the loaf and give it a home near their shop.

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Elevated Root Beer Mug

Big Root Beer Mug, Baton Rouge, LA
FlickrCommons/Waymarking

If a kid were in charge of things in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this would be the size of every root beer float. Baton Rouge is home to the world's biggest root beer mug. It harkens back to the days of the "drive-through," when good, clean fun involved driving around with friends and a car full of burgers, fries, and root beer floats. Ahh, the good ol' days.

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