The World's Largest Ploye

Cary S. Wolinsky

National Geographic

Piece de résistance of the 1979's Foire Brayonne, Edmunston's folk festival, was a contest celebrating the Madawaska valley's buckwheat ploye. Unlike traditional pancakes, ployes are cooked only on one side and eaten as a bread substitute. The cooks cheered their creation which measured eight feet, and declared edible, won hands down.

Cary S. Wolinsky, "The World's Largest Ploye," in POYi Archive, Item #10502, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/10502 (accessed April 21, 2025).