SC - structural gingerbread

[Michael Macchione]

On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Christi Rigby wrote:

> Kael,
> 
> Is the server down?  I can get to these pages at all.  Get page can not be
> displayed errors.

Uhm.... actually, yes it is... I forgot that they were doing some work on 
it today....  It should be back up already


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
> [mailto:owner-sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG]On Behalf Of Michael Macchione
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 9:21 AM
> To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject: Re: SC - structural gingerbread
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 8 Dec 1999 cclark at vicon.net wrote:
> 
> >
> > Just stick to the honey version and you'll be much closer to period than
> > most of the recipes that have turned up on this thread. I think I'll try
> > this one sometime soon, though I'm going to add a little more ginger and
> > replace some of the cloves with grains of paradise.
> 
> I have made the "period" version of gingerbread on multiple occasions.
> (warmed honey and spices poured over and mixed with bread crumbs) I have
> found that the type of bread you use and how dry it is greatly changes
> the end product.  I once made it with loaves of French bread that were
> dry.... I mean Sahara Desert Dry...  used two-three times the amount of
> honey mixture that was called for... and still had it come out sandy.
> (by the way this sandy stuff mixed with butter made a great crumb crust
> for a ginger/spice flavored cheescake.)
> 
> By using loaves of normal sliced white bread, that were basically dried
> for a while in the oven, the end product is almost a fudge consistency
> which can be used to make structures out of..... I know this because I
> have.   At an event a few years back, I made a castle out of this stuff,
> wrapping it around coffee cans for the towers (and putting different
> desserts in each tower)  It worked out well...
> 
> here are some pics of it....
> 
> http://www2.widener.edu/~mxm0034/castle1.jpg
> http://www2.widener.edu/~mxm0034/castle2.jpg
> http://www2.widener.edu/~mxm0034/castle3.jpg
> 
> 
> Kael
> 
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