Gingerbread House

“it has been over twenty years since I made a gingerbread house. A friend is coming to stay with us for a few days and she has an 8 year old. so I thought this would be fun to do for the entire family.

when was the last time you made one?”

“I've never made one. :-(

I did help my nephew build a gingerbread train a few years ago.
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“Hmmm, about 6 years ago. The fun part is buying as many kinds of cool-looking candy as you can find, for all the different parts of the house. Making stained glass windows for the house is fun too. It involves piping out the window form in dough and filling the panel areas with crushed life savers, then baking it.”

“wow that sounds pretty hard. i think i will keep it simple for now like buying a kit”

“Last year I did two. One with the kindergarten class and one in FL, after Christmas.

Treebait those stained glass windows sound cool!

I love the gingerbread house competitions on Food Network. Those people get nutsy and make stunning houses.”

“My daughter did one last year. It was a lot of fun.”

“I add Gingerbread House to the list of things to steal!”

“We have an annual competition at a relative's house. We spend a few hours on them and completely destroy the kitchen. Then, we typically bring in an outsider (a neighbor) to judge the houses. It is amazing how completely different the houses can be with everyone bringing their own candy, etc.”

“about 7 years ago...”

“We've been doing them every year, except I guess we aren't this year... :(

My mom bakes the gingerbread parts and we glue it together with this hot sugar mixture that burns the hell out of you if you accidentally drip some on you...I think I have scars...”

“I don't have the attention span to make one. I am "domestically challenged" when it comes to these things. But I think gingerbread houses are very cool. Good luck Mapes.”

“LOL well I chickened out big time. I bought the pre made ones :(

but on the up side, we will be making sugar cookies in the shapes of...x-mas tree and a mitten and a dog bone

not bad for a jew ah?

laughing all the way!”

“LOL @ twiggy”

“I case anyone is interested there will be a gingerbread house competition on the Food channel tonight at 11 PM. I watched one last year and the work they do on them is incredible.”

“well one month later, we got together and made one. it was so much fun. it felt great to have the family all together. it did make me miss it when they were little. but now adays, everyone is off doing there own thing. anyway, it was a blast and we plan on making another one for july 4th :)




http://good-times.webshots.com/album/562066467LNNtxz”

“hey put that troll down and stop poking him and look at my pics darnit!!”

“That came out really cool! Nice work.”

“mapleleaf just can not let it go. Talk about an obsession. Is there any doubt in anybody's mind that she's completely obsessed with me? Maybe because she knows she can't have me ...”

“thank you richB.
I can not wait to make another one. July 4th would be cool with the red, white and blue candies! any thing that will bring family together is a great thing”

“Nice job mapes!!! We did a kit this year cause...well I'm lazy...and the last time I tried to make ginger bread my mixer blew up!
this was ours...we took the desert approach to landscaping :D
”

“hey that came out pretty good. ours is too funny.

next one will have fire works shooting out the chimney”

“one night there was a gumdrop on the table ...silly me..I thought it had just fallen off so I popped it in my mouth and instantly spit it out as it was all squishy. apparently kk had been pullin them off and lickin the sugar off..unbeknownst to me...gross! valuable lesson for me~!”

“I watched the Gingerbread house competition on the Food Channel and someone made windows that looked like stained glass from liquid sugar with food coloring in it poured into molds. It gave the house a nice touch.”

“you can do it with lifesavers too. cut out a window crush up life savers and supposedly pop it in the oven for a few minutes. once again....i was lazy..”

“haha richb i saw that one to but i think mine came out better.”

“I hope you applied for building permits for those. ;-)”

“There was a gingerbread house competition on Bobby Flay's throwdown show also. One lady made the Empire State building.”

“permits? for what?

I am still surprised that it has not been touched yet. still sitting on table looking yummy. i am thinking the life span will last maybe another 24 hours then

YAM!!!

all gone”

“Bad realestate market.”

“hey man, my land is worth a lot.”

“Can you melt down some black licorice for the shingles?”

“Crimp some fruit roll ups together and you could have a standing seam roof.”

“ohhhh NOW that Christmas is over...EVERYBODY is a fuuuuureakin expert ;)”

“and zac when was the last time you made one hmmmm?
tilt, i was blown away when i found the candy wafers. I have not seen these since i was little.”

“hahaha true that GNM

why do we have to wait for Christmas to arrive in order for us to be able to make a house?

I am protesting!”

“and zac when was the last time you made one hmmmm?
mapleleaf
1:14:57 PM
1/09/08

I'm an architect. We don't actually build anything, just tell others how to build.”

“hahaha I so forgot about that!”

“It's time to begin planning for a Valentine's Day-themed house!

But I'm thinking instead of the standard candy hearts stuck on the outside.....

......

One could use these new ones from the folks at Despair, Inc!



(Bittersweets)

”

“haha tilt.”

“I missed this the first time.....

"Available in six different flavors, including: Banana Chalk, Grape Dust, Nappy-Citric, You-Call-This-Lime?, Pink Sand and Fossilized Antacid."

”

“Fossilized Antacid?

haha gross”

“..... just like a Maalox from 1983 ----”

“Awww that's a cute idea, Maple!!

Ha, those "flavors" are hilarious. And so true! I can't believe people eat those hearts. And are those Necco wafers or however you spell them on your house, Maple? I can't even believe those exist, they're wretched.”