I’ve come back from a walk and aliens have abducted my family. Stick my head into every room but nope.
So I’m in an empty house filled with Christmas goodies. Gee, I wonder what I should do?
Consider the options, all provided courtesy of my sister’s bake-happy mother-in-law. Chocolate balls (not bad), pineapple fruit cake (prefer traditional), peppermint slice (ew peppermint), lemon slice (so good!), fruit slice (not tried) and a gingerbread house.
I’ve never found decorative food very tasty. My housemate made amazing orchids out of icing for my wedding cake but I’d never eat them. If the primary aim is to look good then taste is coming second: give me the ugly delicious version anyday. So I have admired many gingerbread houses but never with my mouth.
But with no-one around I am free to try as little or as much as I like.
Navigating this stiff plastic wrap is not easy!
Okay, got the protection off. Lots of liquorice stuck on it… avoid that… okay, the walls with musk stick columns… break a bit off… oh, it’s soft, I thought it would be hard and snap but it’s kind of folded and then pulled away.
Okay, so I’ve got a bit with just the gingerbread and a bit with musk stick and icing.
Plain bit first. A bit chewy and dry, not strong ginger but it’s there. Quite biscuity really.
The musk stick on the other bit has also seen better days but the lolly does help give it more interest.
It is entirely possible that these are meant to be eaten by children.
Poor house, you have so much competition! Such as the Ferrero Rocher chocolates right next to you…
Gingerbread House
I’ve come back from a walk and aliens have abducted my family. Stick my head into every room but nope.
So I’m in an empty house filled with Christmas goodies. Gee, I wonder what I should do?
Consider the options, all provided courtesy of my sister’s bake-happy mother-in-law. Chocolate balls (not bad), pineapple fruit cake (prefer traditional), peppermint slice (ew peppermint), lemon slice (so good!), fruit slice (not tried) and a gingerbread house.
I’ve never found decorative food very tasty. My housemate made amazing orchids out of icing for my wedding cake but I’d never eat them. If the primary aim is to look good then taste is coming second: give me the ugly delicious version anyday. So I have admired many gingerbread houses but never with my mouth.
But with no-one around I am free to try as little or as much as I like.
Navigating this stiff plastic wrap is not easy!
Okay, got the protection off. Lots of liquorice stuck on it… avoid that… okay, the walls with musk stick columns… break a bit off… oh, it’s soft, I thought it would be hard and snap but it’s kind of folded and then pulled away.
Okay, so I’ve got a bit with just the gingerbread and a bit with musk stick and icing.
Plain bit first. A bit chewy and dry, not strong ginger but it’s there. Quite biscuity really.
The musk stick on the other bit has also seen better days but the lolly does help give it more interest.
It is entirely possible that these are meant to be eaten by children.
Poor house, you have so much competition! Such as the Ferrero Rocher chocolates right next to you…
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Specifics: homemade gingerbread house