Israelis set the record for the largest plate of hummus in January 2010, cooking some 4,082 kilos of the stuff. A few months later, Lebanon responded with a humongous 10,450-kilo dish.
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Chile and Peru —
The chips are down, time to stop waffling, let's end this Chile vs. Peru potato mashup crisply.
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Malaysia and Singapore —
Whether called yusheng (in Singapore) or yee sang (in Malaysia), it's difficult to determine the origin of this dish because it's a Cantonese recipe that both countries polished later.
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Australia and New Zealand —
Australia and New Zealand argue over the origins of pavlova, a fluffy, sugary dessert named after a Russian ballet dancer.
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Greece and the EU —
Feta is now officially a Greek product. It wasn't always that way.
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South Korea and Japan —
Kimchi -- a clashing of cultures and colors. Korea and Japan's spat over the dish heated up in 1996 when Japan proposed designating Japanese kimchi, called "kimuchi," an official Atlanta Olympic food.
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Slovenia and Austria —
If you have to fight over sausage, as Slovenia and Austria once did, it may as well be these sausages.
