SC - structural gingerbread
Michael Macchione
Michael.Macchione at widener.edu
Wed Dec 8 13:49:11 PST 1999
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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> 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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