Saturday, 10 January 2026

Gingerbread Men

 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




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10 comments:

  1. JayCee10 January 2026 at 09:52

    I just adore gingerbread!
    That house would be bulldozed and sent down my tummy trail tout de suite.

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  2. New World 10 January 2026 at 11:50

    My mother's speciality was gingerbread. I have always regretted that I never kept her recipe.

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    1. local alien11 January 2026 at 00:14

      Fortunately 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.
      I enjoy these culinary tastes from my childhood as I grow older.

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  3. Susan Heather10 January 2026 at 13:14

    I am sure those gingerbread men and the house will be delicious.

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    1. local alien11 January 2026 at 00:15

      I'm sure too. I really must package up the pieces and give some to otherz

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  4. Cro Magnon10 January 2026 at 21:56

    I 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!

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    1. local alien11 January 2026 at 00:17

      That reminded me of baking decorations for our Xmas tree many years ago. Something I did when my children were very young

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  5. jabblog11 January 2026 at 03:20

    I love gingerbread and your gingerbread house is delightful.

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    1. local alien11 January 2026 at 04:42

      It will be hard to break up. Not for a while yet!

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