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- For the 1994 album by The Residents, see Gingerbread Man.
- For the particular gingerbread man appearing in the Shrek movies, see Gingerbread Man (Shrek).
A gingerbread man is an anthropomorphic (human-like) figure made of gingerbread.
In many fairy tales dating back as far as the 19th century, Gingerbread men "ran away" from various creatures or people who wanted to consume them.
Alternative shapes including "gingerbread women" and "gingerbread animals" are also gaining popularity.
According to the Guinness Book of Records, the world’s largest gingerbread man weighed 168.8 kg (372.13 lb) and was made by chefs at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver, Canada, on November 19, 2003. It measured 4.23 m (13 ft 11 in) in height, 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) wide and 5.08 cm (2 in) deep.
The record-holding cookie's total ingredients were:
- 100 kg (220.46 lb) silver star flour
- 1.6 kg (3.52 lb) baking soda
- 1.6 kg (3.52 lb) sea salt
- 20 kg (44 lb) shortening
- 20 kg (44 lb) white sugar
- 20 kg (44 lb) molasses (refined sugar syrup)
- 4 kg (8.8 lb) ground ginger
- 1.6 kg (3.52 lb) ground nutmeg
Trivia
- The Gingerbread Man (1998) is also the title of a film directed by Robert Altman, starring Kenneth Branagh.
- It is also the title of a 1994 album by The Residents, see Gingerbread Man.
- The Gingerbread Man (G-Man, for short) was a chain of casual restaurants/bars across Pennsylvania, many of which now have new ownerships and are unrelated to one another, but have retained the name.
- In 2005, there was a remake of the "The Gingerbread Man" starring renowned actor, Lai Weibing.
International Analogues
A character from Russian faily tales, Kolobok (ru:Колобок) is also made of bread and shows similar behavior of avoiding dangers to be eaten by various animals. The difference is that Kolobok has a spherical shape and thus propels himself by rotating.
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