Thursday, August 20, 2009

Gingerbread outhouse contest

Nothing says summer fun like building a miniature outhouse out of gingerbread. And while it's a good time, it can be more technically complex than building a gingerbread house in winter.

Susan Sommers, superintendent for Kitchen Cupboard, the open class food venue, says the higher humidity this time of year makes gingerbread less rigid and therefore less suitable as a building material.



People were fascinated by the tiny commodes and swarmed around them like flies on a hot summer day.


Mike Valdrow, owner of Mike's Porta Potties and the contest sponsor, approaches his job as judge with all the gravity and dignity it deserves.


The Patterson family of Canby dominated this year's competition, accounting for half of all the entries submitted, and taking first place in both the adult and junior gingerbread outhouse divisions.


Rita Patterson went on to win the adult gingerbread outhouse division with this entry.



Ethan Patterson, 12, chose a tasteful name for his entry, which in this contest, may have cost him the junior division championship.



That honor went to his 14-year-old sister, Paige Patterson.

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