Huge cabbage tops at state fair and with Guinness

Anchorage Daily News ^ | September 3rd, 2009 | JAMES HALPIN

[Species8472]

A massive green cabbage captured the Guinness World Record at the Alaska State Fair on Wednesday, crushing a record set in 1989 by nearly two pounds.

The whopper submitted by Wasilla resident Steve Hubacek tipped the scales at 125.9 pounds, said Dean Phipps, marketing director for the fair. The cabbage's head measured about 21 inches across, and its leaves spanned about 5 feet.

"I was there when they put it on," he said. "When they put it on everybody took a couple steps back and went like, 'Oh, my gosh.' They all had versions of that and then they started jumping up and down."

The entry period for the green cabbage category ended at 9 p.m. Wednesday, making the super-sized cabbage the winner in its category, said Kathy Liska, superintendent for giant vegetables at the fair. But there is still a giant cabbage weigh-off on Friday, and officials said they expect even larger cabbage there -- Hubacek said he's got a bigger one still at home.

The previous world record, set in Wales, United Kingdom, in 1989, was 124 pounds, Liska said.

[Species8472]

They grow them big in Wasilla!

[Free State Four]

superintendent for giant vegetables at the fair

There's a job title to make a mother proud.

[SolidWood]

[Doogle]

...hugh fart

[Doogle]

There's a job title to make a mother proud.

..unless your a girl

[353FMG]

I don’t care, it still tastes like chicken.

[AuH2ORepublican]

Who the heck would eat cabbage while drinking a pint of Guinness?

[Jeff Chandler]

I thought this was an article about Joe Biden.

[Nea Wood]

It looks like “Audrey II.”

[Liberty Ship]

Shouldn’t that be the “Giant Vegetable Czar?”

[SJSAMPLE]

“Feed me!”

[r9etb]

Who the heck would eat cabbage while drinking a pint of Guinness?

A Knight of the Blue Flame, of course....

[saleman]

We used to have a curb-market in my town called, no kidding, “Yonders Blossom”. They had produce, groceries, and a bait shop. Cool place. Don't know how long it had been there, but it was old.

Anyway, there were two older, very large women who ran the bait shop. Unkempt hair, overalls, looked and smelled like they bathed about once a week.

When I was in middle school one of the worst put-downs was for someone to tell you “yo momma dips minners at Yonders Blossom”.

It was a terrible tragedy when they closed and then tore down the Yonders Blossom.

[scoobysnak71]

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[T-Bird45]

There has got to be a Sarah Palin angle here somehow! Have the investigative reporters started looking to this?

[ridesthemiles]

Was it named Levi Johnson??

[MadelineZapeezda]

Thats what happens when you have days & days & days of daylight....things grow hugh!!!!

[bamahead]

Actually, Ox Tails, Cabbage, and Guinness make an excellent base for a hearty Irish stew.