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xiphias ([personal profile] xiphias) wrote2005-12-24 08:24 pm
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Gingerbread house fall down

So, I've been making a gingerbread house. It's nifty, except for the part where it falls over every time I try to glue the roof on. I think I'm about to give up, especially as Lis appears to be of the opinion that, if we DON'T build the house, she can eat it NOW, while, if we DO build it, she doesn't get to eat it until late January or early February.

[identity profile] deerdancer22.livejournal.com 2005-12-25 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I saved a magazine, I can't find now - it might have been Dec. Martha Stewart - that had the best designs for gingerbread houses. It had suggestions like using candy cigarettses for a fence around the yard. I got all excited for next year when Rob will be able to have his kids and I can do a gingerbread house with kids. I should find the magazine by then.

[personal profile] cheshyre 2005-12-27 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
I had the idea to use Tootsie rolls as a logpile (since the house pattern included a chimney).

I wanted to use chocolate NECCO wafers (they sell packages of just the chocolate-flavored ones) as roof tiles, but the CVS didn't have those in stock. Also, the gumdrop-like spearmint leaves make good foliage.