[Sca-cooks] Gingerbread Playhouse

[David Friedman]

>Greetings!  Neiman Marcus's Christmas catalog has a full-size, 
>edible gingerbread playhouse for only $15,000.  See 
>http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/sitelets/christmasbook/fantasy.jhtml?cid=CBF11_O4838
>
>It's 6.5 feet high and has 381 lbs. of gingerbread, plus 517 lbs of 
>royal icing.  Think what we could do in the SCA if we were really 
>inspired...!

The local group has an event called "Juvenalia." For my sins, I 
suggested having, as one feature, a "play with your food" contest. 
Contestants provide a period food that can be used as modeling clay 
or the like, kids use it to make things. I plan to enter gingerbrede, 
as the obvious candidate.
-- 
David/Cariadoc
www.daviddfriedman.com