Dutch Gingerbread and Tea

There isn't anything like fresh Caribbean ginger bread and an island tea.

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Gingerbread originated in Europe and was made with preserved ginger for a sweet and different taste.
"In Medieval England gingerbread meant simply "preserved ginger" and was an adaptation of the Old French gingebras, derived from the Latin name of the spice, Zingebar. It was only in the fifteenth century that the term came to be applied to a kind of cake made with treacle, an uncrystalized syrup drained from raw sugar during the refining process, and flavored with ginger. Ginger was also discovered to have a preservative effect when added to pastries and bread, and this probably led to the development of recipes for ginger cakes, cookies, and flavored breads"

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