The new academic year at the University of Massachusetts has started with a record-setting feast.

More than 3,000 traditional New England clambake dinners were served on the Amherst campus. Chefs prepared more than 3,000 lobsters, 6,000 little neck clams, 3,000 steamers, more than 6,000 ears of corn and 1,500lb of potatoes for students and staff.

There was no previous record for largest New England clambake, but Guinness World Record officials had set a minimum bar at 1,500 meals in eight hours. The university reached that mark in about an hour.

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