QUESTION: Although it has since been surpassed by a group from Cornwall that made one that weighed 1,600 pounds, in 1978 a group from the Upper Peninsula made a 1,000-pound pasty that was at that time the world record. What was the occasion and who were the energetic bakers?

a) A group of Northern Michigan University students celebrating homecoming.

b) A group of volunteers from the Bishop Baraga Association as a fundraiser for the Bishop Baraga Shrine between Baraga and L’Anse.

c) Gene Carollo and his staff at the Pasty Oven bakery in Quinnesec as part of a “border war” competition with Niagara, Wisconsin to see which community could be first to have an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records.

d) The St. Ignace Convention and Visitors Bureau with a team of 100 volunteers for an event celebrating the 250th anniversary of the establishment of Fort Michilimackinac.

ANSWER: A. The twelve by six foot pasty baked for six hours and served more than 2000 students. To the horror many pasty lovers, it included 75 pounds of carrots and 25 pounds of onion but no rutabaga.