GIANT 15 FT EDIBLE GINGERBREAD HOUSE

December 3, 2017 9:46 AM

"Santa going down the chimney, catching on fire." Last year, Tate Lovett and his dad built a 4 foot high gingerbread house. This year they went to 15 feet and made the news.

Tate's website (warning: autoplay, would recommend just watching videos above).

posted by jenfullmoon (13 comments total)

Why is it that I find these young male YouTubers so annoying? Should I be giving them a chance?
posted by k8t at 10:11 AM on December 3, 2017 [1 favorite]

So wait... they built a house and then glued gingerbread to it? Seems like cheating. The gingerbread should be structural for it to count.
posted by Admiral Viceroy at 10:15 AM on December 3, 2017 [20 favorites]

I REALLY wanted to watch that, but couldn't. It started with the opening credits have "Starring: by..." and went on the terribly incongruous, jarring, and unlistenable music choices. I didn't even make it past Lowe's.
posted by Samizdata at 10:36 AM on December 3, 2017 [6 favorites]

Gingerbros
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 11:06 AM on December 3, 2017 [2 favorites]

Wood is not edible.

Also the gingerbread should have been shingles, not bricks.
posted by aubilenon at 11:51 AM on December 3, 2017 [2 favorites]

This is one of those things where I appreciate the idea and the enthusiasm but the presentation and the videos are off-putting to me. It feels so very forced and as if I'm being sold something. I do love massive ginger-bread houses though.
posted by Fizz at 12:02 PM on December 3, 2017 [2 favorites]

I wonder if the dad actually likes Stranger Things or if the son made him wear that sweatshirt to appear cooler.
posted by k8t at 12:45 PM on December 3, 2017

Does anyone else find it strange that these YouTubers have mobs of fans and sell sweatshirts with their names on it?
I realize that this isn't terribly different from traditional teen celebrity, but it feels ickier to me.
posted by k8t at 12:48 PM on December 3, 2017 [2 favorites]

At least it wasn't a "cake" made out of Rice Krispies.
posted by raccoon409 at 1:26 PM on December 3, 2017

k8t: "I wonder if the dad actually likes Stranger Things or if the son made him wear that sweatshirt to appear cooler."

Look into your heart. You know the answer.
posted by Samizdata at 2:29 PM on December 3, 2017 [2 favorites]

Nope, fail. If it’s not entirely edible, it’s not a gingerbread house. As soon as I saw them buying wood, I noped out. Disappointed!
posted by FireFountain at 5:27 PM on December 3, 2017 [3 favorites]

Phooey. Gingerbread cladding does not a gingerbread house make. All edible or GTFO.
posted by kinnakeet at 6:28 PM on December 3, 2017 [5 favorites]

I was hoping they were building a wood form so they could pour liquid gingerbread slurry and somehow cure it.

Also, I don't recommend watching this after watching a bunch of episodes of Every Frame a Painting.
posted by weed donkey at 10:43 PM on December 3, 2017