Surprising Origins of the Gingerbread House

Gozde Karamanoglu
3 min readJan 4, 2022

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A Brief History on Ginger

Today, we are all familiar with the word Ginger — a commonly used spice that is known to treat nausea, other stomach problems and indigestion. But where did ginger come from?

Ginger root was being used in Ancient China and India as a medical treatment, which later was…

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Gozde Karamanoglu

I enjoy writing about personal stories, interesting tidbits and hobbies that are informative, entertaining and just plain funny at times.