A dumb gingerbread house question

[wambam]

No, I never ate it. The icing we used was only technically edible.

[wowhead]

Take a picture and start munching! I've never made one but that's what I would do

[MixedBerryJam]

Dec 16, 2013 16:30:17 GMT -5 pagas said:

No, it sits out all month as decoration. Then it gets tossed.

Or it gets boxed up and kept and pulled out year after year. I made one in 2006 and it lasted until last Christmas. I made a "model" of our house, and we had just replaced the painted shingles with stained shingles and it was gingerbread-colored. I even had our skylight and box windows on it! A couple of the seams had failed over the years but I hot-glued them; when it finally totally collapsed one year while it was in storage, I gave up and tossed it. I still miss it, though, but not enough to make another one!

[janiejones]

Yes. I mean rarely anything but the candy because I hate royal icing, but otherwise it's all game. My mum and her pals make them the weekend before Christmas.

[peachdragon]

I made one this weekend. I don't plan on eating it.

I love the royal icing. Yummy!

[rugbywife]

We eat it. DH, SIL and I make it and then the next day our nephews eat it.

[gretchenindisguise]

We ate ours the same day we made it. It's sad really because it was such a masterpiece.

[Ohhmm(bligo)]

Dec 16, 2013 16:35:41 GMT -5 MixedBerryJam said:

Dec 16, 2013 16:30:17 GMT -5 pagas said:

No, it sits out all month as decoration. Then it gets tossed.

Or it gets boxed up and kept and pulled out year after year. I made one in 2006 and it lasted until last Christmas. I made a "model" of our house, and we had just replaced the painted shingles with stained shingles and it was gingerbread-colored. I even had our skylight and box windows on it! A couple of the seams had failed over the years but I hot-glued them; when it finally totally collapsed one year while it was in storage, I gave up and tossed it. I still miss it, though, but not enough to make another one!

No you didn't.  Gavel.

[lissaholly]

That looks great!

We never ate ours as kids, I don't think the frosting was edible. Daisy is insistent that she gets to eat hers this year ( we leave in less than a week and just made one tonight.) I made it all from scratch with baked graham crackers instead of gingerbread and royal icing, but I still won't eat it, and I am sure Daisy will change her mind.