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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:26 PM
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Does anyone actually LIKE fruitcake?
I pick the dried cherries and nuts out.

Otherwise, I can't stand it.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:28 PM
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1. Maybe it's just the ones my Granny makes,...
... but I love fruitcake! *drool* :)
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:28 PM
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2. I used to answer "blech" when it came to fruit cake.
But then, a friend got a holiday job at Harry and David (the main joint in Oregon). He sent me a basket of goodies containing a REALLY moist piece of fruit cake. Of course, the moistness had something to do with the brandy *hic* but it was yummy!
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GregW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:28 PM
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3. I love it!
It's traditional Xmas food Down Unda and doesn't have the same bad name as in the States.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:28 PM
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4. I liked it until I tried it
The name seemed appealing, but I didnt like it at all.
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silverlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:28 PM
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5. I love it...
but only from the Collin's Street Bakery in Corsicana, Texas. Take one of their's, soak it overnight in Rum, and it's incredible.
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realFedUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:31 PM
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8. I agree...only from Collin's St. Bakery
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asjr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:55 PM
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17. Oh my yes
Collins St is one of the best. The closest thing I have come to that is a little Amish bakery in our area. They make everything from scratch and their Cowboy Cookies are to die for. Their fruitcake is delicious.
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Piperay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 07:19 PM
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25. Collin's Street is
the only kind I can tolerate, theirs is actually good :9 any others though. :puke:
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:29 PM
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6. As the risk of doing irreperable harm to my reputation...
If it's actually good fruitcake, yes. Please don't pelt me with the hard-as-a-rock ones that have been passed around for years. :-)
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:30 PM
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7. Love it!
Can't have it this year, however, because of my stupid braces!
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:31 PM
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9. I know I don't. Never did.
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rbnyc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:32 PM
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10. I love it.
Looks like most people either hate it or love it. And lucky for me, more people hate it, and I end up with about 5 of them every year.
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DinahMoeHum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:37 PM
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11. Only the kind I make for myself. . .with rum and brandy. . .
Coruba Jamaican rum and Christian Bros. brandy, that is.


:9
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:38 PM
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12. SEND ME YOUR FRUITCAKE!!!!!
I found two purposes:

1: I built my garage out of old fruitcakes!

2. It really hurts when I hit a freeper in the head with one!

:evilgrin:
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Tinoire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:50 PM
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13. Only the one I make. Takes 6 months. Will curl your toes from joy
Old Creole recipe I am sworn to never give out because I wheedled and grovelled to get it from someone who had sworn she would never give it out (my own aunt can you believe?).

Otherwise I almost always hate it.
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Xithras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:53 PM
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14. Homemade, yes. Storebought, no.
Heavy on the rum :)
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:53 PM
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15. I love it. Especially the A&P (Jane Parker) brand!
n/t
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TNDemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:54 PM
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16. There is only one fruitcake in the entire world.
It just keeps getting regifted to people.
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DifferentStrokes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:58 PM
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18. It doesn't like me
Doesn't stay long. :-(
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:58 PM
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19. I keep trying to picture making one
that must be some chunky batter.

I have found that fruitcakes are usually consumed when in altered states

Next morning you always wonder if anyone helped you with it:puke:
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grannylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:13 PM
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20. No, fruitcake is ishy.
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corarose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:15 PM
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21. If it's not dried out I like it
You can make a good one by using two boxes of date & nut bread mix and adding the dried fruit, nuts and rum in.
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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:18 PM
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22. no, but I like cheesecake
GIMME SOME! :-)
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Race4Peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 08:15 PM
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34. chese cake and red velvet cake
:9
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Nay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 07:06 PM
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23. I love it. I realize I am in the minority.
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MaryBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 07:08 PM
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24. Especially soused regularly with brandy!
Yum!
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 07:28 PM
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27.  I do like it. grandmother used to make it
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nostamj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 07:26 PM
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26. good, fresh, moist, NOT stale fruitcake???

warm???
with a smear of cream cheese??? with a hot cup of good coffee???

sure!

that leaden stuff that's been forwarded as a 'gift' for more than a decade???

no
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 07:31 PM
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28. It depends -
If it has those horrible candied fruits in it, No. But, if it is just dried fruit, nuts, and a lot of booze, they can be okay.
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 07:32 PM
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29. yep!
Homemade, and soaked in red wine. :-)
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 08:04 PM
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30. you're all a bunch of drunks
:D
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 08:13 PM
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32. *hic*
Um, yessum! :beer:
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 08:14 PM
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33. LOL!!
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 08:04 PM
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31. My husband does.
Beats me.
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Race4Peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 08:25 PM
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35. never ate any...
but my mom says they're's only 6 fruitcakes in the world and everyone just keeps on mailing 'em to each other. I think that bush should get them all this holiday season!
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Overkil Donating Member (134 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 08:29 PM
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36. nope
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