For the past four months, boston.com has had in it's "most e-mailed" story list a story about prize winning noodle kugel on almost a daily basis. In fact, the story has occupied the number one or two slot for many of those days. Now, as the name of this blog suggests, I'm always up for some delicious kugel and it did not shock me when the story first appeared in this "most e-mailed" section. Kugel, for those who do not know, is a Jewish food that is sometimes referred to as "noodle pudding," but basically it's egg noodles mixed with things that are both delicious and awful for the human body and then topped off with something sugary and crunchy (my mom uses cinnamon toast crunch). In short, it is something I look forward to at most Jewish holidays and often hoard.
My friend/office-mate Tami and I first remarked about the kugel story back in September when it appeared, laughing about how a story about kugel could make it into the top 5 e-mailed story list at all, but our laughter soon turned to amazement at its staying power. The story was beating out some pretty major news stories: The 2008 campaign trail complete with Sarah Palin's antics, Barack Obama's election to the 44th presidency, the announcement that the U.S. has been in a recession since December 2007 (unbelievable!). Still the little-kugel-that-could train rolled on, and every time that Tami and I thought it had been voted off the most e-mailed list, it would make a surprising comeback. People started to comment on the story, asking The Boston Globe to investigate the kugel craze sweeping Boston.
Well, after nearly four months of this, Tami finally got fed up earlier this week and e-mailed Boston.com to say "Hey, is there some sort of glitch in your system, or is kugel REALLY that popular?" and low and behold, someone from customer service told her it WAS, in fact, a glitch in their system and they did not know why the story continued to why the kugel couldn't be kept off the list. MYSTERY REVEALED! What a scam! I feel like I've been lied to for so long!
OK, really it doesn't change anything, I know how delicious kugel is, but I did for a few months, think that everyone had gone kugel crazy. I'll have to go back to living in the real world.
My friend/office-mate Tami and I first remarked about the kugel story back in September when it appeared, laughing about how a story about kugel could make it into the top 5 e-mailed story list at all, but our laughter soon turned to amazement at its staying power. The story was beating out some pretty major news stories: The 2008 campaign trail complete with Sarah Palin's antics, Barack Obama's election to the 44th presidency, the announcement that the U.S. has been in a recession since December 2007 (unbelievable!). Still the little-kugel-that-could train rolled on, and every time that Tami and I thought it had been voted off the most e-mailed list, it would make a surprising comeback. People started to comment on the story, asking The Boston Globe to investigate the kugel craze sweeping Boston.
Well, after nearly four months of this, Tami finally got fed up earlier this week and e-mailed Boston.com to say "Hey, is there some sort of glitch in your system, or is kugel REALLY that popular?" and low and behold, someone from customer service told her it WAS, in fact, a glitch in their system and they did not know why the story continued to why the kugel couldn't be kept off the list. MYSTERY REVEALED! What a scam! I feel like I've been lied to for so long!
OK, really it doesn't change anything, I know how delicious kugel is, but I did for a few months, think that everyone had gone kugel crazy. I'll have to go back to living in the real world.
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3 comments:
Sad it's a glitch - I literally IMd Momo about that a few days ago
-Ali
kugel has staying power...in the kishkes...it sticks to your ribs.
mom
A few years ago I met someone who had a klezmer band called "Shawn's Kugel." At about that time, I had a powerful craving for potato kugel, and lacked a recipe. (I had not yet read the famous Michael Wex story about the potato kugel come to life.) I insisted that Shawn must have one. He graciously sent this:
I have not found a recipe for potatoe kugel----but here is one that is
improvised.
1/2 lb cooked med noodles
3 eggs beaten
1 cup of half/half (milk if you want less fat)
3 purple potatoes -for color (you must have these in the East) 3 yukon gold potatoes
1 onion
1 bell pepper
two cloves of pressed garlic
dill
fennel
a few spriggs of cilantro
Dice up potatoes, onions and pepper and saute in garlic and olive oil---add
about 1/2 teaspoon of dill and sprinkle lightly with fennel. Combine all the
above in a casserole dish and break up the cilantro and stir to mix---bake
about 30-40 minutes at 350 And you have a version of potatoe kugel-----
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