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Gingerbread houses...?

 
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Dutchtouch



Joined: 19 Apr 2010
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:22 pm    Post subject: Gingerbread houses...? Reply with quote

Am I being overly hopeful or does anyone know if I can find one of these around Seoul? I don't live too close to a Homeplus or Emart so I can't just pop in to check. I'm specifically looking for the kind that you can make yourself so I can make it with my girlfriend.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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le-paul



Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

if you have a small oven/grill, it shouldnt be too difficult to make gingerbread.
You can buy all the ingredients in korea.
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Dutchtouch



Joined: 19 Apr 2010
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sad Unfortunately I live in an Asian sized shoe box and don't even have a gas-range let alone a stove so cooking anything like that is out of the question.ㅠㅠ
Thanks for the tip though^^
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le-paul



Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 6:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

last year, I went to my friends apartment and borrowed their cooker for a few hours while I made my stuff.

Cant you try that?
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NYC_Gal 2.0



Joined: 10 Dec 2010

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 6:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There's a french bakery downstairs at my Shinsegae (in Incheon, but probably at the Seoul ones). I saw them, though didn't inquire as to the prices.
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Dutchtouch



Joined: 19 Apr 2010
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 7:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cheers, thanks for the help^^ I guess I'll go searching around some bakeries and try to get out to Shinsegae if I can.
Merry Christmas!
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Dazed and Confused



Joined: 10 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've heard of making Christmas houses out of wafer cookies and cream cheese frosting. Never tried it myself though.
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Scamps



Joined: 01 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've never made a gingerbread house but always wanted to.. There is a German bakery in the Itaewon are, closer to Hangangjin Station called Wein. Maybe they have them. Or, you could go online to some site like Ebay, Amazon, etc and buy a kit.
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poppydaisy



Joined: 02 Mar 2008
Location: Bundang, Korea

PostPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:39 pm    Post subject: ginger bread house Reply with quote

i'm making some out of graham crackers minus the graham crackers since they don't sell them here. it's going to be an experiment with my kids at school.
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conrad2



Joined: 05 Nov 2009

PostPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 11:58 pm    Post subject: Re: ginger bread house Reply with quote

poppydaisy wrote:
i'm making some out of graham crackers minus the graham crackers since they don't sell them here. it's going to be an experiment with my kids at school.


You can buy graham crackers at namdaemun market.
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Troglodyte



Joined: 06 Dec 2009

PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 4:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You don't need to cook the dough to make gingerbread. I've seen recipes for making it out of bread. You break up the bread and mix it with a liquid containing the other ingredients. While it's still hot, it's like dough. When it cools off and dries out, it tastes very much like regular gingerbread. I haven't done it for years, but it's very easy. I've done it with kids before. I'm sure you can find the instructions online.
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okiedokie



Joined: 04 Dec 2009
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I havent seen any you can make yourself. However, I have seen several very pretty ones for sale in the department stores (shinsagae, hyundai)
There's also a bakery chain (I think its called Goom Teo, possibly with Bang in there) selling them. Theres a branch next to homeplus at nonhyeon station on line 7.
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