Many households have built a gingerbread house as part of their Christmas decorations. It is usually small enough to fit on a plate on the dining table. But in San Francisco, an ambitious baker / builder has put together one that's more like a modernist skyscraper - a gingerbread monolith.
The towering baked good mysteriously appeared on a promontory in Corona Heights Park in San Francisco on Christmas morning. It appears to be about eight feet tall, its gingerbread plates held together by frosting, with a few gummy bear rivets, according to local news and tweets from passers-by.
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Monoliths are a phenomenon until the end of 2020, although this may be the first dessert theme. Starting with the discovery of a metal monolith that had appeared in the Utah desertand is reminiscent of a similar structure in the 2001 film: A Space Odyssey, shiny monoliths appeared all over the world, from Romania to Great Britain to California.
In a tweet, KQED producer / reporter Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez said The general manager of the city's recreation and park department will remain indefinitely "until the biscuit crumbles."
UPDATE: I asked @RecParkSF General Manager Phil Ginsburg, if his employees would dismantle the gingerbread monolith in Corona Heights Park.
Ginsburg's answer:
"We'll leave it on until the cookie crumbles." Https://t.co/RrJ7VAilWx
- Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez (@FitzTheReporter) December 25, 2020
Apparently, some people couldn't resist the temptation:
The gingerbread monolith is real. so real that I even saw someone lick it and then I said a prayer for her. in this sense, happy monolith! pic.twitter.com/ceyGDbKPVB
- Josh Ackerman (@joshuaackerman) December 25, 2020
Some other yummy observations about the gingerbread monolith:
Gingerbread Monolith on Corona Heights in San Francisco this morning. And it was briefly framed by a rainbow to boot 🌈 ✨
Merry Christmas everyone !!! ❤️🎄💚 pic.twitter.com/9xZHxqo7hh
- Lydia Laurenson @ 💫 (@lydialaurenson) December 25, 2020
