Is This the World's Biggest Avocado?
Holy guacamole, that's one massive piece of fruit. Pamela Wang of Kealakekua, Hawaii uncovered a whopping 5-pound, 3.68-ounce avocado that could claim a coveted Guinness World Record for world's heaviest avocado. The previous record is held by Gabriel Ramirez Nahim of Venezuela, who grew a 4-pound, 13.2-ounce avocado in 2009.
"I'm pretty confident we have a winner here!" Wang tells Delish of her 12-inch-long trophy. "This is one very special avocado."
Wang, a Mary Kay consultant and longtime resident of Hawaii, and her husband have three 50-foot tall avocado trees on their property line, with "hundreds" of fruit on each tree. It was on a Sunday morning stroll in November that she came across her potential record-breaker.
"It was just laying there, on the ground, the biggest avocado I've ever seen," she says. "It was a miracle it hadn't been damaged and no one had run it over with a car or claimed it."
Wang picked it up ("It was so heavy!" she says) and brought it to nearby Pure Kona Green Market, where friends, family, and community members could hardly contain their excitement over the gigantic piece of fruit.
"I put it on display and people literally came by to take their photos with the avocado," says Wang, a mother of two. "It became a celebrity!"
After weighing her prized possession under the supervision of Ken Love, executive director of Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers, Wang submitted an application to the Guinness Book of World Records (an official scale and an expert's presence were both required at the weigh-in).
"We can confirm that we have received an application," Guinness spokesperson Elizabeth Montoya tells Delish. "Our Records Management Team will need to review the evidence submitted by the applicant."
The review process - which requires official statements, photos and videos documenting the attempt, and other materials - can take up to 12-15 weeks, since Guinness receives roughly 1,000 applications a week.
"After all requested evidence is reviewed, [the team] will be able to verify if the item set or broke a Guinness World Records title," says Montoya.
Wang doesn't mind the wait. She decided to pass the time by seeing what her potential record breaker tastes like. So, she sliced it open and shared it with friends at a local cafe, soon after submitting her Guinness application.
"The best way to eat an avocado is to eat it by itself. I never make guacamole; I prefer to take slices or chunks and have it with eggs or put it on toast, because the true flavor of the fruit comes through when you eat it plain," she says. "This avocado was particularly delicious. It was creamy and buttery, with a slight sweetness to it.
"Plus, I think it tasted extra delicious because it's a potential winner!"
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