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The Gingerbread White House ~ 2009
by Nochnoi
Posted on 22 December 2009 | 9:20 pm 
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The Gingerbread White House ~ 2009
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From The White House Blog
A Favorite Holiday Tradition
Each year, the White House Pastry Team comes together with other members of the White House staff to work on a favorite holiday tradition: The White House Gingerbread House. Everyone from White House carpenters to plumbers to electricians lend their expertise to help make this project a success. The recipe called for more than 150 pounds of gingerbread dough and 250 lbs of white chocolate.
After baking the gingerbread, it is cut into pieces that become the house’s foundation. The gingerbread is so thick that a band-saw is used to create the bricks for the gingerbread replica.
This year we have two special features.
The first is a shadow box view of the State Dining Room – the room that the completed gingerbread house sits in throughout the holiday season for visitors to view. This shadow box even includes the famous painting of President Lincoln by George PA Healy that hangs over the fireplace. This room is where you’ll find the only inedible parts of the gingerbread house – the light fixtures!
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We also include the new White House Kitchen Garden and our favorite four-pawed friend, Bo. Both are made out of marzipan. In the garden, you’ll find baskets of carrots, eggplants and cabbage as well as other seasonal vegetables.
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Bill Yosses is the White House Executive Pastry Chef
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More yumminess! Smithsonian Castle gingerbread house
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2009/12/creating-the-smi thsonian-castle-in-gingerbread/?utm_source=TwitterLinks&utm_medium=ref errals&utm_campaign=tw-Links
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White chocolate, ummmm. My sister uses it to make this yummy snack for the kids with pretzels, raisins and cereal. The salt on the pretzels gives it a nice bite.
Beautiful. Babs, if they are going to use money extraneously, at least it is edible.
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Wonder what they do with it after the holidays? Word of warning…DO NOT store it in the basement where the mice can get at it!
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Beautiful! Thanks for sharing
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December 22nd, 2009 at 10:56 pm
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I thought they did a nice job on the video, and since it looked yummy and involved chocolate I thought I would share.
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That is so magnificent. But all I can do is think of diving in there and just cramming pieces into my mouth. I don’t know how much longer I can hold out on my low carb thing. Hep me!!!!
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December 22nd, 2009 at 10:55 pm
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I don’t like white chocolate so much, but I will eat all the gingerbread to save you from the carbs.
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December 22nd, 2009 at 11:07 pm
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I’m hankering over that marzipan puppy, too!
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December 22nd, 2009 at 11:10 pm
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I also prefer dark or milk chocolate. Guess it would not have worked on the “whitehouse” though….
I thought at first it was that white bakery cake frosting! I LOVE LOVE LOVE that stuff!!!
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December 23rd, 2009 at 12:23 am
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Darkest chocolate possible would be great, but you’re right.. it wouldn’t have worked.
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That is just full on awesome, Noch! I love fooling around with cake deco and pastry, but this is art.
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December 22nd, 2009 at 10:15 pm
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The little Beau is adorable! Is it Beau, or Bo?
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December 22nd, 2009 at 10:21 pm
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It is Bo, like Bo Diddly!
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December 22nd, 2009 at 10:39 pm
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Oh, of course!
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December 22nd, 2009 at 10:43 pm
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oh, I thought it was Bo, like B.O., like Barrack Obama.
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December 22nd, 2009 at 10:54 pm
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It’s for that too, and Michelle’s Uncle maybe… They had several reasons for naming him that. I just love Bo Diddly.
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2 thoughts:
1) WOW, that is incredibly wonderful!
2) How much of my fuckin tax money went to pay for that?
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December 22nd, 2009 at 10:09 pm
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It is wonderful. I love the simplicity…
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