Illinois city marks birthday with mega bratwurst

Published Monday, Sept. 22, 2014 | 4:18 a.m.

Updated 17 minutes ago

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Residents in the southwest Illinois city of
Belleville celebrated its 200th birthday with a 200-foot bratwurst,
complete with a 200-foot bun.

Larry Schubert and his team from Schubert's Packing Co. in Millstadt
used about 120 pounds of meat to make the brat, which volunteers grilled
Sunday, the final day of the city's bicentennial celebration, the
Belleville News-Democrat reported (http://bit.ly/1po9SwO ).

A few days earlier, a saloon hosted a half-size practice run for
grilling the mega-bratwurst.

Lindenwood University and Southwestern Illinois College athletes helped
march the bun down a main thoroughfare, making a wide turn in a parking
lot to finish the delivery. The athletes also helped roll the bratwurst
onto a 200-foot metal grilling trough.

Event organizers decided not to pay a fee to have the bratwurst record
attempt recognized by the World Record Academy.

The event raised $1,600 for local food pantries.

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Information from: Belleville News-Democrat, http://www.bnd.com

On Monday, September 22, 2014 6:37:50 AM UTC-5, Travis McGee wrote:
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> BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) � Residents in the southwest Illinois city of
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> Belleville celebrated its 200th birthday with a 200-foot bratwurst,
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> complete with a 200-foot bun.
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Wow I bet all the faggots had to be put in restraints and sedated.