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Baking gingerbread men has become an annual tradition. Not for me. I just eat them....
Gingerbread is not a Greek Christmas tradition. There are plenty of other syrupy, sugar covered sweets
A few years ago powdered ginger was very hard to find and it was expensive. Greeks bakers use more cinnamon and cloves and two other spices mahlepi and mastiha.
Most supermarkets do stock ginger now and even our little grocer has it, powdered or fresh.
Of course when I googled I was not surprised to read
'Recipes for Gingerbread originated from Greece in 2,400 BC'
My daughter Elli and the girls from her office have a gingerbread baking day just before Christmas
Maria and Katerina make an amazing array of gingerbread
This is my little house
If its anything like last year's it's going to be delicious
Sometime I'm going to have to break it up and eat it
I'm not looking forward to that at all. Last year's gingerbread house was delectable and I ate most of it by myself
Once it's broken up I'm going to be gobbling it down
I just adore gingerbread!
ReplyDeleteThat house would be bulldozed and sent down my tummy trail tout de suite.
Lucky you live so far away. It's all mine!
DeleteMy mother's speciality was gingerbread. I have always regretted that I never kept her recipe.
ReplyDeleteFortunately my mother wrote down most of her recipes but still my brothers and I search for a couple she missed and we can never get quite right.
DeleteI enjoy these culinary tastes from my childhood as I grow older.
I am sure those gingerbread men and the house will be delicious.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure too. I really must package up the pieces and give some to otherz
DeleteI haven't eaten a Gingerbread man for years! We always used to have them hanging from the Christmas tree, but that has sadly died out!
ReplyDeleteThat reminded me of baking decorations for our Xmas tree many years ago. Something I did when my children were very young
DeleteI love gingerbread and your gingerbread house is delightful.
ReplyDeleteIt will be hard to break up. Not for a while yet!
Deletewow those ladies are very clever bakers. I would like to enjoy some gingerbread men or ladies with a hot cup of tea or coffee.
ReplyDeleteThe girls/ladies are very clever especially considering it was something new for them. I think they'd only read about gingerbread men. But this is the 3rd or 4th year they've baked houses and more
Deletetreats now and then make a long life worth living. Gingerbread and coffee....
ReplyDeleteExactly my way of thinking!!
DeleteI have NEVER made a gingerbread man or house. I would eat it all too!
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