X-mas 2011

[FN Phat]

It's part of my moonshine still.

Been watching Moonshiners, eh?

[hostile]

When we lived in Pittsburgh there was a Jewish bakery on Murray Avenue, about a 5 minute walk from where we lived. They made an incredible chocolate babka and we would make the trip often, arriving early enough before they would sell out for the week. Since returning back to SLC I haven't found anyone local that makes something comparable so I have started making my own and have incorporated it into our Christmas tradition (I realize the contradiction in celebrating Christmas with a traditional Jewish dessert bread, but it tastes so good that I don't care). I have found a recipe on-line from Martha Stewart that I have modified (http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/09/mmm-bab-bee-bab-ka/). If you aren't getting enough calories from eggnog, this will certainly make up the deficit. It is somewhat time intensive, but my wife and kids love it; the neighbors love it. Here is this years first batch.

rolling out the dough/placing the filling


twisting the babka


finished product

[filsdepac]

That's looks delicious, Hostile, but I'm even more impressed by the industrial size dishwashing faucet thing and the nice fridge.

[NorthwestUteFan]

Those look fantastic, Hoss. I love your workable kitchen, too. Plenty of room to move about and prepare the food.

Lebowski, we use the same buckets to hold flour (2 ea), rice (2 kinds), and sugar in my pantry. They are great, and the screw-on lid keeps everything clean and airtight and cuts down on dust when we need to scoop the flour.

[kccougar]

Those look fantastic, Hoss. I love your workable kitchen, too. Plenty of room to move about and prepare the food.

Lebowski, we use the same buckets to hold flour (2 ea), rice (2 kinds), and sugar in my pantry. They are great, and the screw-on lid keeps everything clean and airtight and cuts down on dust when we need to scoop the flour.

We also use them for flour, rice, and sugar - the gal version.

[NorthwestUteFan]

Yup. They completely hold a 20# bag of flour or a few big bags of rice. Simple, convenient, clean, useful, and functional. Also ugly as sin.

Perhaps those are the attributes that engineers find most appealing.

[Joe Public]

Twas the night before Christmas, and yet at my house
I was visiting CUF with my keyboard and mouse.
I typed every word of my post with great care,
In hopes that a thread response soon would be there.

ER Cougar checked patients in each ER bed,
While visions of breasts danced in Goatnapper's head.
While Faith was outside, Robin F grabbed his stash,
And taught Little Robin some things about hash.

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
It was Drunk Tank! JL! CJF! (with a Traeger)
And Non Seq and Flystripper drinking some Jäger.

FN Phat, filsdepac, Surfah, to name a few
Heard the "Call," ate Doritos, and drank them some Dew.

In their own little section, their numbers minute,
Stood the few that do cheer and do root for the Ute.
DrumNFeather, Il Pad, BoylenOver, OrangeUte,
mpfunk, DU Ute and his wife who is cute.
LA Ute, MRD, and the others did roll,
And, with smiles on their faces, left to watch the Sun Bowl.

RC Vikings, bluegoose, Big Piney and PAC
Unloaded their bikes from a large THULE rack.
They joined mtnbiker to ride a few loops;
SJS, Surfah, K-Dog talked BYU hoops.

I looked out the window above my oak dresser,
and there, in the yard, stood more than one professor.
Pellegrino, pelagius, Solon and wuap
they were grading their finals, unable to stop.

UtahDan was content with a good Mormon story,
and SuperG helped others find weight-loss glory.
DonutHole made many risqué allusions,
doctorcoug and hostile checked people's contusions.

SeattleUte, tooblue (just kidding!) and woot
said the official story of Christmas is moot.
TKD warned that he might just shoot old St. Nick
if he saw him come out of that chimney too quick.

byu71 sold some stocks and played golf.
Triple D watched the new Muppets movie with Rowlf.
Flattop and devildog each held their ground,
and Babs was seemingly nowhere to be found.

Art wasn't there; he was at a church meeting,
but he send with another his holiday greeting.
Tim, ox, and Viking travelled the world,
but e'en in absentia their voices were heard.

The jokes - how delightful! The comments - how varied!
(Though some of the threads do deserve to be buried.)
Although posts come in different degrees of decorum,
there's much to enjoy on this CougarUteForum.

So enjoy all your standing rib roasts - choice or prime,
I wish you and loved ones a wonderful time.
And let me say now, lest my laptop reboots,
"Merry Christmas to all, both to Cougars and Utes!"

[Donuthole]

Twas the night before Christmas, and yet at my house
I was visiting CUF with my keyboard and mouse.
I typed every word of my post with great care,
In hopes that a thread response soon would be there.

ER Cougar checked patients in each ER bed,
While visions of breasts danced in Goatnapper's head.
While Faith was outside, Robin F grabbed his stash,
And taught Little Robin some things about hash.

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
It was Drunk Tank! JL! CJF! (with a Traeger)
And Non Seq and Flystripper drinking some Jäger.

FN Phat, filsdepac, Surfah, to name a few
Heard the "Call," ate Doritos, and drank them some Dew.

In their own little section, their numbers minute,
Stood the few that do cheer and do root for the Ute.
DrumNFeather, Il Pad, BoylenOver, OrangeUte,
mpfunk, DU Ute and his wife who is cute.
LA Ute, MRD, and the others did roll,
And, with smiles on their faces, left to watch the Sun Bowl.

RC Vikings, bluegoose, Big Piney and PAC
Unloaded their bikes from a large THULE rack.
They joined mtnbiker to ride a few loops;
SJS, Surfah, K-Dog talked BYU hoops.

I looked out the window above my oak dresser,
and there, in the yard, stood more than one professor.
Pellegrino, pelagius, Solon and wuap
they were grading their finals, unable to stop.

UtahDan was content with a good Mormon story,
and SuperG helped others find weight-loss glory.
DonutHole made many risqué allusions,
doctorcoug and hostile checked people's contusions.

SeattleUte, tooblue (just kidding!) and woot
said the official story of Christmas is moot.
TKD warned that he might just shoot old St. Nick
if he saw him come out of that chimney too quick.

byu71 sold some stocks and played golf.
Triple D watched the new Muppets movie with Rowlf.
Flattop and devildog each held their ground,
and Babs was seemingly nowhere to be found.

Art wasn't there; he was at a church meeting,
but he send with another his holiday greeting.
Tim, ox, and Viking travelled the world,
but e'en in absentia their voices were heard.

The jokes - how delightful! The comments - how varied!
(Though some of the threads do deserve to be buried.)
Although posts come in different degrees of decorum,
there's much to enjoy on this CougarUteForum.

So enjoy all your standing rib roasts - choice or prime,
I wish you and loved ones a wonderful time.
And let me say now, lest my laptop reboots,
"Merry Christmas to all, both to Cougars and Utes!"

Nice work, JP. Very clever.

[Pelado]

Bravo.

[New Mexican Disaster]

Holy cow, that was awesome and a lot of work.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Wow.

[bluegoose]

"Outstanding, Joe P!" said Bluegoose with a shout.
The best CUFfed up poem, with nary a doubt.

[hostile]

[Shaka]

That poem rocks the intermountain west!

[The_Tick]

No doubt. Do we hand him the cuffy now?