Gingerbread
Posted on Dec 17, 2007
Maria A.Y. Garcia, Lianne Minemoto, |
Really serious.
Serious enough to buy and construct a 3-D puzzle of the cathedral. "Then, we went online and found the floor plan," said Lianne Minemoto. "We knew where all the domes were located."
The cathedral was in keeping with the contest theme of "It's a Small World - Campus Edition."
Some of the other structures featured shredded wheat and potato chip roofs, melted Lifesaver ponds and marshmallow cream mortar.
Susie Hernandez and Doug Lazzaroni |
And most of the gingerbread creations weren't mere houses. There was the ocean scene, featuring a research vessel from the university's Seafloor Mapping Lab around the theme "Mapping the World for Conservation"; an Egyptian holiday scene including a pyramid and camels; the North Pole, with a plea to "Stop Global Warming"; a pagoda made with seaweed and chocolate; an adobe structure; and "Frohe Weihnachten" a replica of a traditional German Christmas decoration.
Jay Singh of Petra's Team |
Members of Team 84 Excellent work on their pagoda and panda bear |
The competition demonstrated that you don't have to be a pastry chef to build a great gingerbread house.
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