Mom was a librarian for many years. She's also the one who taught me how to make gingerbread. So, when a contest to support the Duke University Library Memorial Fund, I was interested. The theme is Edible Books, with a catagories for "Least Edible", "Most Edible" and entry that most resembles a book. I actually found out about this contest nearly a year in advance and I immediately knew what I wanted to do.
Mom read this book to me at least a hundred times, but always seemed to get caught up in the "Run, Run as Fast as you Can, You Can't Catch Me, I'm the GINGERBREAD MAN!" She never finished the story, when the obnoxious little cookie gets eaten by a fox. I just got so pumped I'd be ready to run around the house for a bit before bed. I think I had it in my head that the gingerbread man was still out there outrunning the whole world. I'm sure I would have cried if she had finished the story for me.
So, using my sugar cookie on twice baked gingerbread technique:
I got asked several times if that is a giant gob of icing in the center, or if I used a block of styrofoam in the middle. NO. The book is a book make of gingerbread. I was going for both "The Most Edible" and "Most Resembling A Book" catagories.
Though I never compete in baking competitions, there might have been a tensy bit of "well, it's not really fair to the other kids if I compete..." I got my ass kicked by the competition.
http://blogs.library.duke.edu/preservation/2012/04/04/edible-book-festival-roundup/#comment-5537
I also got told they made $10.00 raffling my entry off. So, if I go the way of my two cousins and become a professional baker I am worth 83 cents an hour. Thank goodness for this nursing thing...
I had fun doing this and I am looking forward to next year.
Mom read this book to me at least a hundred times, but always seemed to get caught up in the "Run, Run as Fast as you Can, You Can't Catch Me, I'm the GINGERBREAD MAN!" She never finished the story, when the obnoxious little cookie gets eaten by a fox. I just got so pumped I'd be ready to run around the house for a bit before bed. I think I had it in my head that the gingerbread man was still out there outrunning the whole world. I'm sure I would have cried if she had finished the story for me.
So, using my sugar cookie on twice baked gingerbread technique:
I got asked several times if that is a giant gob of icing in the center, or if I used a block of styrofoam in the middle. NO. The book is a book make of gingerbread. I was going for both "The Most Edible" and "Most Resembling A Book" catagories.
Though I never compete in baking competitions, there might have been a tensy bit of "well, it's not really fair to the other kids if I compete..." I got my ass kicked by the competition.
http://blogs.library.duke.edu/preservation/2012/04/04/edible-book-festival-roundup/#comment-5537
I also got told they made $10.00 raffling my entry off. So, if I go the way of my two cousins and become a professional baker I am worth 83 cents an hour. Thank goodness for this nursing thing...
I had fun doing this and I am looking forward to next year.
