Gingerbread Cookies

Cooking in the 18th century was quite different than today. Enjoy this video of a precious cook that enjoys gingerbread cookies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1Z2qwyHcPo&feature=edu&list=PL567A0227C741A096

Doesn't this make you want to go to the kitchen on this windy fall day to bake some cookies to enjoy with a cup of tea? My grandmother taught me to dip my gingerbread cookies into the hot tea; it softens the hard cookies, and they melt in your mouth. Yes, I believe I will have two!