You were probably wondering who those Gingerbread People were that were holding up the cookbook to show Grandma Bach's handwritten chocolate cake recipe. These little guys occupy a place of honor on my cookbook and recipe shelves. They are not holiday decorations. They are there all year. My sisters and I have a thing we call "when bad mail happens to good people" which usually means that one of us is sending a prank to another sister. I liked my GLA guys so much that I thought that my sister should also have a set. I boxed them up and sent them off to her with the letter below.
September 30, 2003
From: GLA HQ
To: Baking Diva Barb
From: GLA HQ
To: Baking Diva Barb
Dear Barbara:
Your activities have been monitored closely for the past 3 years. You have gained a worldwide reputation as “The Baking Diva”. Our organization has been exploring the possibilities of placing a cell in the Twin Cities area. With your renowned reputation we feel your apartment is the perfect cover story location for our activities. The advance scouts are arriving in this package. You will recognize them as “your peeps.” Remember that the oven, freezer, and sink are off limits to them and should only be used if your apartment (our cell) is being attacked by counterinsurgents. Do not discuss this correspondence with anyone or the oven, freezer, or sink will not be off limits to you . . . .
Tast E. Cooke
Supreme Commander
Gingerbread People Liberation Army. (GLA)
The Gingerbread Liberation Army may have had an agenda when they headed my way, but when they got here they saw I needed all the help I could get.
ReplyDeleteThey live year round on top of my microwave. My crew is no longer an army. I think of them as the Three Wise People!