Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

Noodle Pudding

Everybody’s noodle pudding’s
Baked a different way.
If you lined them up, you’d find
A real diverse display.

Mine, which is delicious,
Has two different kinds of fruit – 
Orange slices from the can
And pineapple, to boot;

Sour cream, vanilla, butter,
Eggs and cottage cheese.
It disappears so fast, there’s not
A piece left I can freeze.

My friend makes hers with cream cheese,
Also pineapple and milk!
She bakes it half as long as mine
And says it’s smooth as silk.

Some recipes have raisins
And use cinnamon for spicing.
That combination, to my palate,
Isn’t that enticing.

In spite of the ingredients
That they’re concocted of,
All kugels* taste delectable
If they are made with love.

Yet every cook who makes one
Would be proud to take a test
Just to prove what she knows in her heart – 
Her noodle pudding’s best!

*Yiddish for noodle puddings or other baked dishes

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Jeremy Martin April 22, 2013 at 11:31 PM This poem is delicious and just so full of life, it reminds me of home and family, to echo the comment under me. I may have told you this before, but you have such a warm and special way of writing. Much respect, Jeremy

Zach Nathan October 23, 2012 at 9:22 AM I just adore this poem. It reminds me of my mom and I baking for Thanksgiving. I myself am a baker and a cook, so this was a delectable and enticing poem Very nice.

Robert Johnson September 29, 2012 at 9:27 PM Different tastes for different tongues, that's how the food gets done. But if there is a contest. There's no accounting for whose won. Like Aunt Bee, you will never see your loved ones ever tell. If your pickles burn like kerosene and really taste like ****.

Linda-Marie Sweetheart September 28, 2012 at 9:10 PM ALL SOUND SO YUMMY FOR THE TUMMY ILENE BUT I IMAGINE THE WAISTLINE SUFFERS LUV ..HAHA.. A TREAT SO DELIGHTFULLY CONSTRUCTED IN THIS APPETIZING COMPOSITION ..LUV..