How do you feel about........

minks · Post by **minks** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 12:03 pm

Clipper wrote: Fruitcakes!! Yeah. them heavy,nasty,goober-looking globs of various colored crap that last forever and have been used as instruments of torture the world over!!

ps: Did I mention that I dislike them.... unless I'm using em to restore the foundation of my barn?:D

love em

brandy soaked and all

LilacDragon · Post by **LilacDragon** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 12:08 pm

Ok - there are a couple of requirements for the Christmas holiday in this house. You must go through a couple of pounds of mixed nuts (in the shell), there is the ever popular sausage stick and block cheese and yes - a fruitcake. Ok, so in all honesty - I am the only one that eats the fruitcake. But - the kids are the only ones that drink the egg nog - alcohol free, of course.

SOJOURNER · Post by **SOJOURNER** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 12:11 pm

I never could understand why anyone would want to eat such a sickeningly sweet, heavy, fruit packed concoction, let alone give it as a gift.

You throw it outside and even the scavengers won't touch it.

AND, it never seems to deteriorate. Like this is something I want to ingest?!

Answer: I do not care for them.

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 12:27 pm

Xmas cake with plenty of marzipan and coated in Royal icing is obligatory in Britain.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 1:45 pm

Well, thank goodness I don't have any fruitcakes this year, wild and wacky students are fruitcakes enough 2 days before vacation.

ELF · Post by **ELF** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:24 pm

I use fruitcakes to prop the sleigh up on to dry off after Santa's trips...................

Elves Rule, Grinches Drool!

minks · Post by **minks** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:24 pm

Clipper wrote: Every year I get at least 3 of them durn bricks from friends who I know are "Liberal".....I don't think they are trying to tell me anything political....they just don't have much imagination...LOL!!:D

Send em to canada, we can always use em as weights in the trunk of our cars to aid in driving on our slippery streets ahahahahahaha

minks · Post by **minks** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 4:07 pm

SnoozeControl wrote: A bit of history:

Fruitcake has been a part of festive celebrations for a very long time. It's been popular in Europe since Roman times, when cooks mixed raisins, pine nuts and pomegranate seeds into barley mash. In the Middle Ages, honey, dried fruits and spices were added to bread dough for special occasions. At one time, fruitcake was considered semi-sacred, with laws in place in Europe until the end of the 18th century that restricted its making to celebrations such as Christmas, Easter, weddings, and the like.

It's impossible to age a fruitcake too long, say those in the know. If stored in an airtight container and basted occasionally with liquor, it'll keep indefinitely.

fruitcake for the fruitcake's

nvalleyvee · Post by **nvalleyvee** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 5:01 pm

I hate fruitcake.......YUCKY YUCKY YUCKY.

Shweet tatersalad · Post by **Shweet tatersalad** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 5:35 pm

mmmmmmmmmmmmm....makes a good door stop.

nvalleyvee · Post by **nvalleyvee** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:23 pm

Clipper wrote: minks you live in Canada? NOW I know who to blame for all this COLD Winter crap......

And ya want me to pay postage to ship em to you as well? Bwwwwwwaaaaaahhhhhhaaaaa!!!!!

You'd have to get those flat rate boxes or you'd go broke!!!:wah: