Besides sox & underwear...

[Joe Valencic]

...what did Santa bring you? I must have been a good boy because I got "The Bread Baker's Apprentice", "Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day" and a Cuisinart 3 cup mini food processor. What else would you expect for Doughy Joey... a Helios? Surely not tying materials, since I have enough for 2 lifetimes already. I'm not much on catching fish, but for sure we'll at least have some bread for shore lunch. LOL

Our favorite gift was our eldest DD's engagement announcement. We have loved the guy from the first day she brought him around. Yep, Mama is a real happy camper (me too) because now she can start planning a wedding. There goes my retirement fund. I think I'll let someone else make the bread for this one.

[sagefisher]

Joe,

Not a gift that I received, but rather one that my wife and I are giving each month of 2009, one of the clubs I belong to, the Alpine Fly Fishers, has their fund raiser meeting around Christmas, their only source of income for the year. My wife had a great idea of offering a monthy dessert for one lucky raffle winner. Turns out the club president won that raffle item. The tickets being sold for it were $5 tickets and the bucket for those tickets was fairly full, it brought in a lot of money. Guess we will be offering this raffle item at each yearly fund raiser.

Larry ---sagefisher---

Here are the choices my wife is offering, one item per month:


CAKES

Apple Cheesecake with Carmel Pecan Sauce
Apricot Brandy Cake (pound cake consistency)
Carrot Cake
Chocolate Pound Cake (with or without Chocolate Chips)
German Chocolate Cake
Hummingbird Cake (Crushed pineapple, bananas, nuts with cream cheese frosting)
New York Cheese Cake With Raspberry Sauce
Oatmeal Cake

COOKIES

DROP
Apricot Blossoms (coconut, nuts, dried apricot and cranberries)
Chocolate Chip (with or without nuts)
Montana Munchies (nuts, coconut,rice cereal,raisins,choc chips)
Oatmeal Raisin (with or without nuts)
Peanut Butter (with or without Salted Nuts)
Russian Tea Cakes (shortbread balls rolled in powdered sugar)

BAR

Brandied Apricot/Cranberry Bars (flour brown sugar crust)
Brownies (frosted or unfrosted)
Rustic Nut Bars (nuts & honey topping on shortbread crust)
Walnut Bars with Cream Cheese Icing (Walnuts &Coconut on shortbread crust)

BISCOTTI

Almond (ground almonds and almond extract)
Cranberry/White Chocolate
Double Chocolate (cocoa base with chocolate chips)

PIE

Apple
Apple Crisp
French Coconut (this is not a cream pie)
Sour Cream Lemon

SWEET BREAD

Banana
Lemon Poppy Seed
Pumpkin
Walnut

[ausable_ny]

An Orvis Zero-G, 8'-6", 5wt, 2 piece along with a Battenkill mid-arbor reel spooled with WF5-F Wonderline..from my daughter. I guess she pays attention after all

[flyfishfairwx]

Wow Fly Fishing Santa//Mother Fairweather was good to this old man...

I got from my wonderful wife... the New Korkers Guide wading boots..
and a new storage cabinet for my fly tying gear..and of course new fly tying materials....

[gbflytyer]

i received a life is crap calender, oh and underwear.
family is well that is all i can ask for

[jimsnarocks]

A 2009 California fishing license. Life is good. Jim

[Joe Valencic]

WOW, Larry. That's a great idea. I hope you don't mind, but I'm going to steal the idea to share with the three non-profit groups I work with, as potential silent auction items for their fundraisers.

The pastor of our church donates a dinner purchased and prepared by him in someone's home for 8 people. He does this a couple times each year. Just recently he did a class on Appetizers in someone's home for 10 people, along with the hostess who is quite a good cook herself.

Lots of great ideas to help out worthwhile organizations. Keep up the good work. It always comes back to you.

Joe

Joe,

Not a gift that I received, but rather one that my wife and I are giving each month of 2009, one of the clubs I belong to, the Alpine Fly Fishers, has their fund raiser meeting around Christmas, their only source of income for the year. My wife had a great idea of offering a monthy dessert for one lucky raffle winner. Turns out the club president won that raffle item. The tickets being sold for it were $5 tickets and the bucket for those tickets was fairly full, it brought in a lot of money. Guess we will be offering this raffle item at each yearly fund raiser.

Larry ---sagefisher---

Here are the choices my wife is offering, one item per month:


CAKES

Apple Cheesecake with Carmel Pecan Sauce
Apricot Brandy Cake (pound cake consistency)
Carrot Cake
Chocolate Pound Cake (with or without Chocolate Chips)
German Chocolate Cake
Hummingbird Cake (Crushed pineapple, bananas, nuts with cream cheese frosting)
New York Cheese Cake With Raspberry Sauce
Oatmeal Cake

COOKIES

DROP
Apricot Blossoms (coconut, nuts, dried apricot and cranberries)
Chocolate Chip (with or without nuts)
Montana Munchies (nuts, coconut,rice cereal,raisins,choc chips)
Oatmeal Raisin (with or without nuts)
Peanut Butter (with or without Salted Nuts)
Russian Tea Cakes (shortbread balls rolled in powdered sugar)

BAR

Brandied Apricot/Cranberry Bars (flour brown sugar crust)
Brownies (frosted or unfrosted)
Rustic Nut Bars (nuts & honey topping on shortbread crust)
Walnut Bars with Cream Cheese Icing (Walnuts &Coconut on shortbread crust)

BISCOTTI

Almond (ground almonds and almond extract)
Cranberry/White Chocolate
Double Chocolate (cocoa base with chocolate chips)

PIE

Apple
Apple Crisp
French Coconut (this is not a cream pie)
Sour Cream Lemon

SWEET BREAD

Banana
Lemon Poppy Seed
Pumpkin
Walnut

[Betty Hiner]

You get more than underwear and sox for Christmas? Who do I need to talk to about this?

[shorthaul]

I got some bread making stuff and some of Joe's sourdough starter and a coffee roaster---I'll be sending some pm's out pretty soon. Oh yeah and a hat.

[jimsnarocks]

You get more than underwear and sox for Christmas? Who do I need to talk to about this?

DUH! You talk to Santa Claus. But you have to catch him early. Happy new year Betty, Jimsnarocks