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hedgehog

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18. IIRC, the fairy tales were for adults, not children
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 12:06 PM
Dec 2015

Even at that - being abandoned in the forest is pretty gruesome nomatter how you cut it!

Gingerbread houses - why? [View all] hedgehog Dec 2015 OP
Hmm...you may be overthinking this. MineralMan Dec 2015 #1
Must have been the rich folks - it's really a waste of good gingerbread if you ask me! hedgehog Dec 2015 #2
It's fun to do. And kids love doing it cali Dec 2015 #3
I'm Not Rich RobinA Dec 2015 #4
i should have said the rich folk back in the 17th century - sugar and ginger are hedgehog Dec 2015 #5
That I'll Buy RobinA Dec 2015 #19
I agree - it most likely predates enlightenment Dec 2015 #7
Heh! It's DU:GD where we tend to overthink things and make mountains out of molehills!! madinmaryland Dec 2015 #13
They're European Warpy Dec 2015 #6
Gingerbread houses are part of a tradition of edible table displays at feasts. haele Dec 2015 #8
Ruth Goodman over at the BBC (on You Tube) has a "farm" series going Warpy Dec 2015 #9
I like this example of an edible table display cyberswede Dec 2015 #10
A Choucroute Creche? smirkymonkey Dec 2015 #11
Nice ! Person 2713 Dec 2015 #14
I don't have a historical leg to stand on, Denzil_DC Dec 2015 #15
What's the second one made from? DashOneBravo Dec 2015 #34
Latticed bacon and kabanosy, by the look of it. n/t Denzil_DC Dec 2015 #36
Very clever! DawgHouse Dec 2015 #33
If they didn't want the witch to eat Hansel and Gretel, they shouldn't have made them so plump and Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #12
Hansel and Gretel were not plump. JVS Dec 2015 #28
Ah, well, far be it for me to misrepresent the historical accuracy of yon fairy tale. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #35
Oh, sure, you're an evil atheist -- no wonder you are in favor of baby eatin'! Arugula Latte Dec 2015 #40
I watched a really good documentary the other day on DW (English language German Channel) CBGLuthier Dec 2015 #16
I think that is a Grimm Brothers tale which were always grusome. Rex Dec 2015 #17
IIRC, the fairy tales were for adults, not children hedgehog Dec 2015 #18
ohferkrissakes Stinky The Clown Dec 2015 #20
The witch gave shelter and food to a couple of lost kids and look where it got her.... yellowcanine Dec 2015 #21
So the Gingerbread Man won't be homeless? KamaAina Dec 2015 #22
Some gingerbread houses are art! csziggy Dec 2015 #23
Why? Because they are FUN! eom MohRokTah Dec 2015 #24
I must confess - cookies, rolls, breads and fruitcake I can do hedgehog Dec 2015 #25
Ding ding ding! pnwmom Dec 2015 #31
supposedly DonCoquixote Dec 2015 #26
Oh dear. cwydro Dec 2015 #27
more careless cultural appropriation from Germany MisterP Dec 2015 #29
Because cool. And edible. That's why. n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2015 #30
Gingerbread houses. MORE OF A THREAT THAN CLIMATE CHANGE Katashi_itto Dec 2015 #32
Is ISIS planning on destroying our country through our spiced pastry miniature residences?! Arugula Latte Dec 2015 #41
Gah! Texasgal Dec 2015 #37
But it's more fun to talk to people and get all the opinions, hedgehog Dec 2015 #38
baking process distracts kids from tv for a few secs (from the oven, as it were, lol) librechik Dec 2015 #39
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