5. Mr. Krupp's Krispy Krupcakes

CHAPTER 5 MR. KRUPP'S KRISPY KRUPCAKES The next morning at school, George and Harold strolled into the cafeteria and taped a festive-looking card to the kitchen door.

Soon the lunch ladies arrived. "Oh, look," said Miss Creant, the head lunch lady. "Today is Mr. Krupp's birthday, and he'd like us to make a batch of cupcakes just for him! Isn't that cute?" "I've got an idea," said the cook, Mrs. DePoint. "Why don't we surprise him and make cupcakes for the whole school?!!?" "Good thinking," said Miss Creant. "Let's see now... this recipe serves 10, and we have about 1,000 students and faculty in the school, so...

...we'll need 100 eggs, 150 cups of flour, 200 boxes of baking soda, 7 quarts of green food coloring, 50 sticks of butter, 150 cups of sugar — and, let's see.... Oh yes, 200 bottles of vinegar!"

The lunch ladies scurried about, gathering everything they needed. They dumped the eggs, food coloring, milk, and baking soda into a large vat and began to mix thoroughly. Then somebody poured in the vinegar....