A lot more pictures of scary vegetables

This year, we had another astonishing selection of scary vegetables for my annual Halloween party. Have a peep at the pictures below if you don't believe me....

Helen's 'Auberscream' complete with a mouth full of dried blood.	Taus's 'Beetroot of all evil'. A late but very welcome entry .	Robin won last year's 'Best in Show' and apparently cobbled together this depiction of Father Jack from Adam and Diane's offcuts. 'Feck off' indeed.
Andy's creation from fennel which was fashioned with a potato peeler in an alcoholic haze.	One of Diane's two entries - both involving gourds. This one's called 'Gourd Blimey'	Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the allotment...
Terry's scary Klan member, delighfully entitled 'KKK 5-a-day'. Both physically and morally scary this one.	Jenny's 'Monster Munch'. As an inaugral entry, this is spectacular - three veg in one!	Rachel's entry hastily fashioned out of a nobbly vegetable and nail varnish.

	This is the first entry from a team of four vegetable modellers - Amelia, Russell, Lexi and Graham. You may spot a recurring pun theme from them. This one took joint third place. Brilliant.	Sarah turned up with a mere onion. Fortunately, it was salvaged with a permanent marker and 'A clockwork onion' was born.
	Adam's 'Bad Carma' was intended to also be the first ever mechanised entry. Unfortunately, the veg were too heavy for the toy car hidden underneath the chassis, so it couldn't move. All those years of watching Scrapheap Challenge were clearly wasted.	Jon's entry had an eerily realistic wobbly tongue. I think it was carrot but I didn't want to ask too many questions to be honest. Another fine debut entry.
	Amy's pirate crab. I think it's safe to say that this is our very first crustacean entry. The gauntlet has been thrown down for following years.	Diane's second gourd-based entry. You can't really see from the photo, but the eyes glow. It also formed the basis of a mean pumpkin pie the next day.
	Ana apparently found this on the way to the party. It's not been altered at all - it naturally looks like a half-evolved dolphin. It is without question the scariest non-modified vegetable we've seen.	The second of three pun-based entries from Amelia, Russell, Lexi and Graham. Note the intricate signage.
	The third and final entry from Amelia, Russell, Lexi and Graham, which I feel was woefully undervalued. Check out the freaky twiglet effigy on the right.	Lexi (not to be confused Lexi involved in the previous entry) fashioned this little beauty out of sprouts. It's not entirely scary, but it still took down second place on the night.

Fran and Iain's entry, had a cauliflower brain which caved into the skull. In a way, that made it more scary.	Ben's 'Elephant Yam', was rendered from an actual photograph of John Merrick. The most artistically gifted entry of the night but sadly overlooked in the awards.	Tamsyn's Totem of Terror featuring a mix of both carved and non-carved vegetables. A truly multimedia entry.
Claire's vampire clown. Nice use of two naturally scary ingredients - a clown and a vampire.	Stephen's "entry". I normally praise everyone for at least having a go, but... I just can't on this occasion. Woeful.	Sas had to make spaghetti for this entry when she turned up. It was worth it to create the dodgy hair though. It took down the prize for best carved veg entry.
Ruth and Ciara made this superb entry of Pinhead from Hellraiser. This took joint third prize overall.	Anna's 'Puking Pumpkin'. The vomit was actually left over sweet potato mash from the night before.	Vicky and Johnny's Monsieur 'Squish Squash' is apparently French. Tres Bien.

	The overall winner of the 'Best in Show' was Jaws made by my good self. I could pretend that winning it didn't mean much to me, but look at the ridiculously smug grin on my face. Six years I've waited for this moment! Presented grudgingly by last year's winner Robin.	After successfully re-using some of last year's entries for our dinner the next day, me and Tamsyn salvaged this little lot from this year. We had roasted vegetables and pumpkin pie every day the following week.

So that concludes the round up of the 2007 Vegstravaganza. I know I always say it, but this year's competition was the most keenly fought and certainly wasted more man-hours than any of the previous five years, so congratulations to everyone involved. I'll need to start planning my entry soon if I'm going to defend my title but for now, I can confidently say... bring it on losers!