Ginger is more valuable than making gingerbread houses

Using ginger in cooking and baking can be traced back to 11th century Europe. Europeans got its ginger from the Middle East and they added sugar to make ginger candy. With the discovery of molasses people started to make gingerbread by adding breadcrumbs and molasses to sugared ginger. Shaped gingerbread has been used as gifts during Easter and Christmas for centuries.

Building gingerbread houses began in Germany after publishing the story of two children left in the woods that came upon a house made of sugar and bread. This began a tradition of decorating gingerbread houses with ornate decorations, candy and icing. Gingerbread houses are particularly popular in the U.S. during Christmas holidays.

Ginger spice is also a useful food preservative. Used in snacks as well as in many dishes to enhance flavor. More fibrous mature fresh ginger roots are used in Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and many South Asian cooking preparations and teas. It is not just a delicacy and a spice in food preparations, it also contain medicinal qualities. According to the American Cancer Society, ginger is considered as a cancer treatment and laboratory animal testing indicates that ginger increase mobility of the gastrointestinal tract and promotes analgesic, sedative, antipyretic and antibacterial properties.