What Did Santa Bring You

[OU812]

I would be changing the name of that starter to Kringle!! I think it got a little Christmas magic sprinkled in by Ole Santa himself!!

Chris Kringle..........I knew it!!! :D

[jiggerjams]

Thant's a classic Chris  ;D ;D

Thanks guys. It was a trek and I was a wreck. I did not want to be the one (it was bothering me) to end the starter trail...and now I won't be.

JJ

[manxman]

Can you post your experience with the Cobb BBQ. Ever since you mention them, I've been wanting to purchase one.

Certainly will Mike, probably take a few weeks to test them out thoroughly but I will get back to you with my impressions.  :)

[Indy Smoker]

Weston Sausage stuffer from Cabelas !!

[TTNuge]

Got a few odds and ends for Archery hunting, mainly tools to help me cut, fletch and build my own arrows. 
From my loving wife she is upgrading my iPhone to a new iPhone 4 since the battery on my current one barely makes it through the day and I depend on it for work. 
Biggest surprise was the Traditions Accellerator 50 cal muzzleloader I got from my parents. 
Between that and the new bow I already had on order we're definitely extending deer season next year.  So I decide to pool some of the money I got and ordered myself a Heater Body Suit today.  It can get awful cold out there considering Archery Season runs until December 31st here in MN.

Thinking of putting in the PTO requests for next fall already.  I can't wait!

[Captainslug]

Well guys I was blessed enough to see all my family and all were in good health. I received some good tangables too. The staples: socks, underwear, shower gel, deodorant, shampoo,  wrenches, nice drinking glasses. The fun: DVD's, PS3 game. The Kitchen: Oven Roaster combo, and an indoor grill.

I have been receiving help from CRG and Mikeradio over the course of the past 10 days. They have been my support group on trying to get the starter that I received to grow. Nothing would work. I am following instruction, there are bubbles but there is no growth. There it is still only as high as the line I marked on the bottle....I don't get it. I even stirred it two days in a row, lid on, lid off....oh well I tried and we put up a good fight. Thanks Sonny and Mike for the support.



I did receive a shocking surprise on Christmas morning though:















After the third stir in three days, I left it on the counter with the lid on overnight and "Yes finally it grew" "It is alive!!"
My goal is to feed Mike (the starter) tonight and make bread tomorrow. May the bread gods be looking down on me.


Bless you all.

JJ

Hey JJ

I received a starter just before Xmas from Mike too.  What I did after I fed it and let it set in the oven overnight was I split the starter into three. Put two in the fridge and put one on the counter.  Well the one on the counter grew like crazy and the two in the fridge did nothing.  In two days I fed the counter one a second time and this time I put one in the fridge and one on the counter.  The other third I made buns with.  Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!  Even my wife said she liked my buns!!!! YAHOOO!

Anyway, the starter I put in the fridge after the second feed is now acting like it should and the one on the counter grew to the top of the jar and almost seemed to blow the lid off in less than 24 hrs.  Anyway, the one in the fridge I will be using in the future and none to be left on the counter anymore. After a few more feeds I'll be freezing a few backups.  I think using the counter/fridge combo works, so in the future if I remove one from the freezer I'll be using this combo technique.

I had help from Sonny and Mike too!  Many thanks to both of you for your help!


The  Capt'n

[grnhs]

We had a great weekend down in Billings (250 mi) at our daughters house. Dinner there with them and d-i-l and Oldest son and his girlfriend. The only one missing was my youngest son who is in Iraq. Already have my request in for next Christmas!

Oh ya, santa brought an 11lb cabelas stuffer.   

[classicrockgriller]

Capt'n, I think we are all learning on this one.

Both you and jigger did good.

Ands THANKS Mike for passing the starter on.

[hal4uk]

Santa's still on the job!!!
Got this today (from my "other mother-in-law" in Memphis)
3 racks of ribs + sauce + rub...

[Caribou]

I got the most wonderful package of baking goodies from Deb yesterday. :)
Three different types of cocoa from King Arthurs and Penzeys.
Cinnamon from Penzeys, lemon and orange extracts and really good quality red food coloring so I can make all the red velvet cake I want!  :D
She even gave Emma some fun stuff.
And gave us some chocolate-covered carmel popcorn that she made :)
What a sweet, generous lady you are Deb! 
:-* :-* :-*
Carolyn

[Caneyscud]

Santa's still on the job!!!
Got this today (from my "other mother-in-law" in Memphis)
3 racks of ribs + sauce + rub...

Congrats Hal.  

Today, the wind is from the right direction and I can smell Corky's hickory smoke when I poke my head out the back door.  Their Brentwood location is 3 blocks away.

[smokeNcanuck]

I made out VEY well this year!!  Got some really great new about the FIL and his cancer battle.(best gift)
Also got some less important this, but still really great.  New Big Easy and a wicked injecting kit, big kick ass generator,
and a new HD camcorder(all from my Mom and Dad, they are the best!!).  Wife came thru BIG TIME, gave me a four night, five day
golf trip to Murtyle Beach.  Three of my other buddies wives did the same...We were all very surprised!!  Everyone safe and sound,
and happy takes the cake however.



Gonna have lots of questions on this BE.  I can't wait to try it!!

[Smokey the Bear.]

I received some clothes and some other things i have been looking for over the months. Plus a 46 inch Sony  3DTV, Just in time for the playoffs and bowl games. :o

[deb415611]

I got the most wonderful package of baking goodies from Deb yesterday. :)
Three different types of cocoa from King Arthurs and Penzeys.
Cinnamon from Penzeys, lemon and orange extracts and really good quality red food coloring so I can make all the red velvet cake I want!  :D
She even gave Emma some fun stuff.
And gave us some chocolate-covered carmel popcorn that she made :)
What a sweet, generous lady you are Deb! 
:-* :-* :-*
Carolyn

I almost missed this, you are very welcome :)   What she didn't tell you is what she sent me.........  I got the best of the deal

first - she wraps like someone else here - was it the Seemores?   I don't think there are any bags left in Idaho ;D



In all those bags I found some cool Idaho sauces & rub



The best stuff ;D  the stuff she made herself


smoked chile verde, dilly beans, spiced honey pickled carrots & roasted chipolte tomatillo salsa


Thank you!

[Caribou]

I shipped the rest of the bags of Idaho to California.  :D
I've only had one jar ever break in shipment in 10+years of shipping jars.
Unfortunately the jar that broke was a one quart pickled beet jar that I sent to my folks.
What a mess!  :o
Carolyn