Oh it wasn’t the village I was asking about using cookie dough - that would end up really weird! It was the gingerbread house mold that I get as well. I see why you thought that and your answer was really tactful!
I think after having fresh ginger, I cannot stand the powdered stuff now. Same with freshly grated nutmeg. That is my favorite spice now, the beautiful pattern the emerges as you grate the nutmeg is so pretty and smells so good. I might have to buy some eggnog....
Ginger, it smells nice. Maybe I need to get used to fresh. My grandma didn't have that on the Illinois prairie. I wonder what would happen if you made gingerbread from scratch and grated your own ginger?
I don't keep it on hand and don't use much. You probably wouldn't want to but you can freeze a piece of it so it will keep longer.
Somehow I see you in one of those off-the-grid earthship homes :-). The style with the banks of windows for solar and a greenhouse is the one that intrigues me the most. I never honed up my susvival skills by actually DOING something about it.