{"id":895,"date":"2009-12-13T22:12:03","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T06:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/?p=895"},"modified":"2009-12-13T22:12:03","modified_gmt":"2009-12-14T06:12:03","slug":"gingerbread-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/12\/gingerbread-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"Gingerbread Houses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_6905.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_6905-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Hubby and castle\" title=\"Hubby and castle\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-899\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_6905-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_6905.JPG 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had our sort-of annual gingerbread house making party yesterday, and it was a lot of fun.  This year I skipped the nervous breakdown inducing making of 50 billion slabs of gingerbread, and we all used graham crackers.  They work better than 3\/8&#8243; thick slabs of gingerbread anyway, they aren&#8217;t as heavy, although they don&#8217;t taste as good.  I tried calling a local bakery, but they laughed at me.  Someone mentioned they sold slabs at Nobb Hill, so maybe I&#8217;ll try that next year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_6921.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_6921-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"hanging man\" title=\"hanging man\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-897\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_6921-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_6921.JPG 597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, there was plenty of candy and icing and graham crackers, and at least 10 houses constructed.  My best friend and I collaborated on Donaldson Castle, complete with body hanging from the ramparts&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>Today, through Kiva.org, I loaned $50 to a tailor in Ghana.  Join me in <a href=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/12\/alleviate-world-poverty-together\/\">my December drive to give a helping hand to people in poverty<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had our sort-of annual gingerbread house making party yesterday, and it was a lot of fun. This year I skipped the nervous breakdown inducing making of 50 billion slabs of gingerbread, and we all used graham crackers. 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