Sun..Dec 12 is Gingerbread House Day

Jace

Jace

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Nothing "brings in the holidays" like the smell of gingerbread.

But before the decorative cookie led the populatity contest of the holiday desert table,
baking gingerbread was acknowledged as a specific profession.

In the 17th century, only professional gingebread bakers were allowed to make gingerbread,
except at Christmas and Easter, when anyone was allowed to bake it.

Have you ever made a gingerbread house?


World's Largest Gingerbread 🏠
At 35.8 million calories and covering an area of 2,520 sq.ft.(nearly the size of a tennis court)
A 21 ft.high gingerbread house in Bryan, Texas was declared the biggest ever
by Guinness World Records, 2013.
 

Yes. When I was married to my ex-husband we made a huge gingerbread house for a social event with our friends. It took us 4 full days to accomplish it. People ate it! I was so shocked. It was about the size of half of a rectangular table that seats 4. Big to me.

I will never do it again. Too much work. My gingerbread contribution now is gingerbread people. I hang them on the Christmas tree, and I don't care if they are eaten since my kids love them.
 
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Lethe200 said:
The San Francisco Fairmont Hotel has a tradition of making an extra-large, elaborate gingerbread mansion every year. Now it's so large, you can make reservations to have a beautiful sit-down lunch served inside!

Fairmont Hotel Gingerbread Mansion 2021
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O M G! Fantastic! So, that should go into the Guinness Book of World Records as THE largest.!!
 

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