University of California Berkeley students roll a giant sushi serpent

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Ming Hwang (left) executive chef at Slippery Fish sushi restaurant in Emeryville, works with UC-Berkeley students near Sather Gate on the campus of the University of California as they construct a 330-foot-long (100.5 meters) California sushi roll on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Berkeley, Calif., in an attempt to break the world record.
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By WSBT 24/7 News

Story Created: Nov 9, 2009 at 5:01 AM EDT

Story Updated: Nov 9, 2009 at 5:01 AM EDT

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — It was the roll of a lifetime.

Hundreds of amateur sushi chefs at the University of California, Berkeley got their hands fishy Sunday as they assembled a 330-foot California roll.

A university spokeswoman says Sunday's rice-and-seaweed monstrosity is the largest of its kind ever rolled, surpassing a 300-foot California roll made in Hawaii in 2001.

Students used 200 pounds of rice, 80 pounds of avocado, 80 pounds of cucumber and 180 pounds of fish. And in a nod to the school's scores of vegetarians, the final 15 feet contained tofu instead of seafood.

Members of the Japanese Graduate & Researchers Society dressed as ninjas started the giant project.

The stunt was part of a series of celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the school's Center for Japanese Studies.

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