Post by Jaga on Jan 4, 2009 14:34:09 GMT -7
yesterday I was in Idaho museum. They had Christmas exhibition. They had a history of gingerbread. The most famous gingerbread place in Poland is Torun. In Polish gingerbread is called PIERNIK, in German LEBENKUCHEN.
Here is how Poles achieved a record:
In December 2001, bakers in Torun, Poland, attempted to beat the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest-ever gingerbread house. It was made in Szczecin, Poland, with 4,000 loaves of brick-shaped gingerbread measuring 11 1/2 feet high. It took a week to create and used 6,000 eggs, a ton of flour, and 550 pounds of shortening. Alas, they lost to an American team in 2006.
easteuropeanfood.about.com/od/crossculturaldesserts/a/gingerhistory.htm
Here is how Poles achieved a record:
In December 2001, bakers in Torun, Poland, attempted to beat the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest-ever gingerbread house. It was made in Szczecin, Poland, with 4,000 loaves of brick-shaped gingerbread measuring 11 1/2 feet high. It took a week to create and used 6,000 eggs, a ton of flour, and 550 pounds of shortening. Alas, they lost to an American team in 2006.
easteuropeanfood.about.com/od/crossculturaldesserts/a/gingerhistory.htm