Tula gingerbread
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Tula gingerbread is a type of printed gingerbread
from the city of Tula
, the most famous kind of Russian gingerbreads.
Usually the Tula gingerbread look like a rectangular tile or a flat figure. Modern Tula gingerbreads usually contain jam or condensed milk
, while in the old times they were made with honey
.
Gingerbreads are known in Tula
since 17th century. The first mention of the Tula gingerbread is in Tula сensus book of 1685.
There is a museum called «Tula gingerbread», opened in Tula in 1996.
Today Tula gingerbreads are made at confectionery factories «Staraya Tula» (Old Tula) and «Yasnaya Polyana» (Yasnaya Polyana
), and also by several small companies.
Gingerbread
Gingerbread is a term used to describe a variety of sweet food products, which can range from a soft, moist loaf cake to something close to a ginger biscuit. What they have in common are the predominant flavors of ginger and a tendency to use honey or molasses rather than just sugar...
from the city of Tula
Tula, Russia
Tula is an industrial city and the administrative center of Tula Oblast, Russia. It is located south of Moscow, on the Upa River. Population: -History:...
, the most famous kind of Russian gingerbreads.
Usually the Tula gingerbread look like a rectangular tile or a flat figure. Modern Tula gingerbreads usually contain jam or condensed milk
Condensed milk
Condensed milk, also known as sweetened condensed milk, is cow's milk from which water has been removed and to which sugar has been added, yielding a very thick, sweet product which when canned can last for years without refrigeration if unopened. The two terms, condensed milk and sweetened...
, while in the old times they were made with honey
Honey
Honey is a sweet food made by bees using nectar from flowers. The variety produced by honey bees is the one most commonly referred to and is the type of honey collected by beekeepers and consumed by humans...
.
Gingerbreads are known in Tula
Tula, Russia
Tula is an industrial city and the administrative center of Tula Oblast, Russia. It is located south of Moscow, on the Upa River. Population: -History:...
since 17th century. The first mention of the Tula gingerbread is in Tula сensus book of 1685.
There is a museum called «Tula gingerbread», opened in Tula in 1996.
Today Tula gingerbreads are made at confectionery factories «Staraya Tula» (Old Tula) and «Yasnaya Polyana» (Yasnaya Polyana
Yasnaya Polyana
Yasnaya Polyana was the home of the writer Leo Tolstoy, where he was born, wrote War and Peace and Anna Karenina, and is buried. Tolstoy called Yasnaya Polyana his "inaccessible literary stronghold". It is located southwest of Tula, Russia and from Moscow.In 1921, the estate formally became his...
), and also by several small companies.