Comments on: Tuesday Questions: The longetivity of gingerbread houses http://greenlagirl.com/2007/12/18/tuesday-questions-the-longetivity-of-gingerbread-houses/ Urban environmental lifestyle blog in Los Angeles Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:27:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/2007/12/18/tuesday-questions-the-longetivity-of-gingerbread-houses/#comment-186400 Siel Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:11:07 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2007/12/18/tuesday-questions-the-longetivity-of-gingerbread-houses/#comment-186400 Okay -- I delayed the project to avoid the whole plastic wrap conundrum. <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/emeraldcity/2007/12/eco-gingerbread.html" rel="nofollow">Now, I'm ready to start!</a> Thanks for the tips, everyone :) Okay — I delayed the project to avoid the whole plastic wrap conundrum. Now, I’m ready to start! Thanks for the tips, everyone :)

]]> By: Lea http://greenlagirl.com/2007/12/18/tuesday-questions-the-longetivity-of-gingerbread-houses/#comment-186049 Lea Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:32:25 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2007/12/18/tuesday-questions-the-longetivity-of-gingerbread-houses/#comment-186049 Did you check out Roz's column about building a gingerbread village on Grist? The pics are cool! http://grist.org/advice/season/2007/11/29/ No shellac required. Did you check out Roz’s column about building a gingerbread village on Grist? The pics are cool!
http://grist.org/advice/season/2007/11/29/
No shellac required.

]]> By: jean http://greenlagirl.com/2007/12/18/tuesday-questions-the-longetivity-of-gingerbread-houses/#comment-185696 jean Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:58:19 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2007/12/18/tuesday-questions-the-longetivity-of-gingerbread-houses/#comment-185696 No idea about the "hows" of sustainable gingerbread house building but will we be seeing in in the bakeforchange Flickr pool? (http://www.bakeforachange.com/) No idea about the “hows” of sustainable gingerbread house building but will we be seeing in in the bakeforchange Flickr pool? (http://www.bakeforachange.com/)

]]> By: avs http://greenlagirl.com/2007/12/18/tuesday-questions-the-longetivity-of-gingerbread-houses/#comment-184424 avs Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:19:56 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2007/12/18/tuesday-questions-the-longetivity-of-gingerbread-houses/#comment-184424 Gingerbread houses keep for ever without any chemicals. Probably you could find them as fossils if dinosaurs could bake. However, you really want to eat in in a couple of weeks' time, otherwise the gingerbread dries up and eating it feels like grinding your teeth at a steel plate. Do not use icing (that soft white sugar mass) as glue, use caramelised sugar instead (melt sugar in a pan). That will keep also for ever, although eating the seams is like eating hard candy. Create icing using egg whites and icing sugar instead of water+icing sugar, and you will get icing that stays in shape and dries thoroughly. Gingerbread houses keep for ever without any chemicals. Probably you could find them as fossils if dinosaurs could bake.

However, you really want to eat in in a couple of weeks’ time, otherwise the gingerbread dries up and eating it feels like grinding your teeth at a steel plate.

Do not use icing (that soft white sugar mass) as glue, use caramelised sugar instead (melt sugar in a pan). That will keep also for ever, although eating the seams is like eating hard candy.

Create icing using egg whites and icing sugar instead of water+icing sugar, and you will get icing that stays in shape and dries thoroughly.

]]> By: Beth Terry http://greenlagirl.com/2007/12/18/tuesday-questions-the-longetivity-of-gingerbread-houses/#comment-184400 Beth Terry Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:22:34 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2007/12/18/tuesday-questions-the-longetivity-of-gingerbread-houses/#comment-184400 Oh please don't wrap it in plastic wrap! Bake it later if you have to. The plastic wrap's not worth it! Just my 2 cents. I knows nothing about gingerbread. Oh please don’t wrap it in plastic wrap! Bake it later if you have to. The plastic wrap’s not worth it!

Just my 2 cents. I knows nothing about gingerbread.

]]> By: ~summer~ http://greenlagirl.com/2007/12/18/tuesday-questions-the-longetivity-of-gingerbread-houses/#comment-184294 ~summer~ Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:31:02 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2007/12/18/tuesday-questions-the-longetivity-of-gingerbread-houses/#comment-184294 Sounds like the main thing is to keep it away from moisture, so cover it w/ plastic wrap or seal inside a big tupperware. <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071210145401AAOggXZ&show=7" rel="nofollow">This answer said one week, and that's cuz the icing stops working as glue. I'm looking forward to your LEED certified creation!</a> Sounds like the main thing is to keep it away from moisture, so cover it w/ plastic wrap or seal inside a big tupperware. This answer said one week, and that’s cuz the icing stops working as glue. I’m looking forward to your LEED certified creation!

]]> By: Elise http://greenlagirl.com/2007/12/18/tuesday-questions-the-longetivity-of-gingerbread-houses/#comment-184215 Elise Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:25:05 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2007/12/18/tuesday-questions-the-longetivity-of-gingerbread-houses/#comment-184215 http://www.re-nest.com/re-nest/prefab-gingerbread-by-michelle-kaufmann-038858 http://www.re-nest.com/re-nest/prefab-gingerbread-by-michelle-kaufmann-038858

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