the CIBC/NSL 1st open gingerbread decorating competition 2006

dearest, darling bruce...

please find attached a picture of our world beating and slightly disturbing entry to the gingerbread house contest. as you can see, while it perhaps lacks something in aesthetic value, all of the scriptural elements are there: the baby GIGANTIC Jesus swaddled in joseph's coat of many colours (clever use of metaphor there, i think), the wise man with a cracker on his head to keep the birds away, the matzo manger, camels and buffalo laying down in the hay, exhausted after laying those enormous, boulder-turds you see behind yon nude wise men. notice the miniature bottle of liquer-filled chocolate, brought as a present to the baby Jesus because the gift-shop was out of myrrh, lying next to the passed-out gingerbread shepherd who is actually simply overcome by the miracle he is witnessing. you see love, this is the kind of spiritual understanding that comes with an advanced degree in theology!

but i would, however, like to draw your attention to the amazing butterscotch-chip/chocolate-mint-stick/vanilla icing retaining wall in the foreground. i know your are just floored at how a simple ministry student like me could create such an architectural masterpiece out of sugar alone. makes me dizzy just thinking about it - but of course, without your magnificent inspiration, i really am nothing, which is the only part of this blog that isn't a joke.

What an inspiring scene! What a depiction of wonder! Three wise-ish men, having stepped out of the tardis behind them onto a strange and, well...strange planet, find themselves confronted by a giant baby and his wino guardian. This new learning amazes me. Especially now that gingerbread houses are coming with cladding! But beauty of form aside... far aside actually... it's culinary harmony of flavours that truly sets this work apart - way, way, apart. This is a scene that will appear to retain it's natural form even after consumption of the various elements has begun. Frank Lloyd Wright, Harry Seidler, Jamie Oliver - eat your hearts, and your shorts, out!

bruce
XXXOOO