European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Staff sgt. Eduardo cuban 4utftatd arty brigade Chapaa the face of his dough Camel part of an elaborate Centrepiece. A amps photos by Lynda Davidson i 1 staff sgt. Us Kaaea wll Llama 59th Ord brigade puts together Hla Centrepiece entry a Seascape. Wll Llama eras a medal Winner. Marzipan is the medium of Choice for pfc. Donald Moore 41st Field arty brigade As he creates a Mickey mouse. Sgt. Lance Antilla of Stuttgart works on the Turret of his ornate Castle. Chow Hall champs work miracles s by Peggy Davidson staff writer it. Jimmie jacks Job title says he s a Cook. The result of his labor says he san artist. Jacks from the 59th Ord brigade in Pir Masens is a sculptor of sorts. A sculptor whose medium is food he and More than 200 other army Chow Hall Artistes competed recently in the 10th annual culinary arts show hosted by the 21st theater army area come in Kaiserslautern Germany. Twenty 11-person teams from Usa eur baked sculpted decorated and cooked their entries in 13 categories ranging from hours d oeuvres to table setting from food sculptures to Field cooking. Nine entrants were selected to represent Usa eur at the army wide competitor at fort Lee a. Jacks prepared his entry by meticulously placing Gossamer strands of icing on a cake fit for the most formal wedding. He spent More than two weeks baking and decorating his entry in the tiered cake category. His fruit cake took nearly three hours to bake it was iced with Royal frosting each layer of which took three hours to Harden before the next layer could be added. The time consuming process resulted in an especially smooth glazed appearance. In All jacks figures he spent two weeks creating his entry nearby spec. Bridget Lee wrinkled her brow As she concentrated on creating the trunk of a Small Palm tree rolling the foot Long trunk on the table top Quot you have to have Pride in what you re doing Quot said Lee from the 51st signal in in Stuttgart. Her Palm tree Complete with delicate fronds formed a Centrepiece for her team s entry. Some soldiers let their artistic abilities run wild As they crafted delicate Rose petals and leaves out of Marzipan for Petit fours and cake decorations. Others created intricate castles and underwater scenes from dough seaweed bits of Paisley and vegetables. Table Centrepieces were sculpted in Salt dough or dead dough As some teams called it. Tone dough is made of entirely edible substances though the result is something Quot you  want to eat Quot said sgt Lance Anttila of the 51 St signal in 22nd signal brigade in Stuttgart. Anttila s non edible edible was a Castle with turrets and flags. Though the recipe for Salt dough used by these teams begins with 20 pounds of flour staff sgt. Ulysses Williams of the 59th Ord brigade said it s possible to Cut Down the ingredients for Home use one hint he offers anyone modelling with the dough is patience. Quot if you Don t have patience it s the sculpture not going to work Quot he said Antilla suggested that beginners try modelling animals at first. Quot animals Are easy a animals Are something everyone knows Quot Antilla said Quot if you make a cow and it looks like a horse you can say yeah it s a horse for the army pros Ordinary Kitchen utensils were used with extraordinary results grass and shrubbery surrounding one Castle was the product of forcing dough through a Strainer a garlic press created similar foliage. Marzipan a the kind you can buy in most stores in Europe a can be mixed with powdered sugar to dry it sufficiently to Mold into decorations said spec Anthony Traina of the 4th in 27th Field arty in Babenhausen. This Salt dough Castle was created by sgt. Juan Morales 59th Ord brigade. Staff sgt. Enrique Carrion 59th Ord brigade won a Gold medal in a cake Idle Slon. He put his wife s name Maria and his initial on this entry. Spec. Shann Green 440th signal in puts the final touches on the roof of her wishing Well. Traina suggested the neophytes try forming Small fruits from Marzipan that has been dyed with food colouring. He also said that forming a Cornucopia is relatively easy. Designs can be painted on with food colouring and a paint Brush. Miniature fruits Complete the decorations. Traina took a Small piece of the Marzipan and powdered sugar dough and rolled it into a Ball it does t have to be perfectly round a oranges Aien t perfectly round Quot he said. He then rolled it across the smallest grate on a cheese Grater creating the textured look of an Orange Quot you make a Small indentation and poke in a Clove to form the Stem Quot Traina said molding a mini Orange in less than a minute do it yourself dead dough Sof you Wanna try your hand at food sculpture he you think you can be the Rodin of the Kitchen set Well the first step is getting the proper malleable edible. The experts at the culinary arts Competition at Kaiserslautern Germany recommend Salt dough also known by the less appetizing Moniker of Quot dead Quot dough which probably is a reflection of its taste should one be Foolhardy enough to Sample it Here s How Salt dead dough 2 pounds flour 4 Tablespoons Salt 6 egg Yolks water As needed mix the Salt and Yolks then add flour work together until dough is consistency of modelling Clay dough will be yellow. For a whiter dough use the egg Whites in place of the Yolks the dough will be a bit softer than the yellow version for Marzipan dough mix Marzipan with powdered sugar until mixture is dry enough to Mold to keep finished product soft enough to eat keep covered if you want decorations to Harden leave in open they la become hard As Stone the envelope please. Spec Richie Young won top honors at the Usa eur culinary arts Competition with his intricate Centrepiece the Little Mermaid uni cast besides getting the Best exhibit of show award the Soldier with the 26th army support group also qualified As one of nine team members who will participate in the army wide Competition at fort Lee a other top awards went to sgt Mark Warren also of the 26th army support group for Best exhibit in the Junior class and to sgt 1st class Richard Warfield of the 28th trans in for Best exhibit in the senior class Young and Warren will be joined on the Usa eur team by sgt i Ance Anttila and spec Joseph White both of the and signal brigade staff sgt Thomas Gruver 2bth army support group spec Diane Salton 8th inf div pfc Edward Utley 4 1 St Field arty brigade staff sgt Reyes Padilla 3rd corps support come. And staff sgt Gerald Patten 59th Ord brigade Page 14 b the stars and stripes Friday november 22, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page