Argentines cook 500-meter-long pizza for charity

Some Argentine cooks on Sunday prepared a 500-meter-long pizza in order to raise public awareness of the Down syndrome as well as money for the Argentine Down Syndrome Association.

The event, organized by the Association of Pizzeria and Empanada House Owners, aimed to promote the employment of people with the genetic disorder so as to help them tackle resulting challenges in daily life.

Hundreds of residents lined up along the capital city's central avenue Avenida de Mayo for a total of 20,000 slices of the pizza priced 30 pesos, or 2 U.S. dollars, per two slices, plus a beverage.

Some 750 kg of flour, 450 liters of water, 750 kg of mozzarella cheese, 300 kg of ham, 300 liters of tomato sauce and 25,000 olives were used in the pizza making.

"I came in the past two years. It is for solidarity, and I would like to help, and the pizza is delicious," resident Catalina Deit told Xinhua. Endi