{"id":17124,"date":"2017-11-11T15:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T15:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=17124"},"modified":"2017-11-11T15:00:34","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T15:00:34","slug":"enter-the-gingerbread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/enter-the-gingerbread\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make a gingerbread house &#8211; the secret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It is safe to say you are not a baker if you have not made mistakes. And as part of the challenge to become a good baker, I thought I would film myself making an awesome gingerbread house.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The brothers Grimm once wrote a story about two small children who ran away to the woods and found a gingerbread house. The house was beautifully decorated. A giant gingerbread house made with sweeties and candy canes. The two children were in awe of the house and started to eat the gingerbread&#8230; We all know how the story ends. When most of the fairy stories are told to children, they become sucked into a whole different world. It can affect them psychologically for good and bad reasons.<\/p>\n<p>The psychology of fairytales is a fascinating topic. Fairytales are told to introduce children into the real world in a more gentle approach. People have been breaking down fairy stories in their own way for years now:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RCL7BjAPgzg<\/p>\n<p>Hansel and Gretel explains and teaches the love that siblings should have for each other, Hansel teaches problem solving by placing a crumb trail in the woods so they couldn&#8217;t get lost on the way home. This is an important part of the story because this symbolises the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/hubpages.com\/literature\/Symbols-of-Hansel--Gretel\">memory<\/a>, and the need for the brain to remember something important. It can also influence the way they see people, such as the role of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/domestic-intelligence\/200810\/re-thinking-hansel-and-gretel\">step-mother<\/a>. They are seen as horrible and evil because that is what they are in fairytales.<\/p>\n<p>I had a go at creating my own gingerbread (witches excluded).<\/p>\n<p>Well, I not only got the dimensions wrong but I also got the wrong-sized cake board. At least it looked like a fairly pretty open-roof house, and I have added some fancy music to liven up the video. Regardless, I had a lot of fun and I am very tempted to try again&#8230; In fact, I will.<\/p>\n<p>Words: Melina Zachariou | Subbing: Asya Gadzheva<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TKEPJPr1yRI]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is safe to say you are not a baker if you have not made mistakes. And as part of the challenge to become a good baker, I thought I would film myself making an&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[1332,1867,2260,2439,2647,6035,6753,6755],"class_list":["post-17124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","tag-christmas","tag-disaster","tag-fail","tag-food","tag-gingerbread","tag-sweet","tag-voice-of-london","tag-voice-of-london-food"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}