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never had fruitcake  

Well if anyone ever sends you one SD....they make really good door-stops.

I chose "hate it"

I don't even like looking at it. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/c008.gif" border=0]

Love it.

And like Christmas pudding, it's a tradition in my house.

Schad !!!!!  Nice to see you. (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)

  I made Christmas pudding once, but I didn't eat any.  Ptewwwi !!  I didn't like looking at that either. (although I have to admit, it smelled really nice)  I may look into some Christmas Pudding Febreze.

Schadey!!!!!  Hi!

  I agree PC.  Looking at it contaminates my eyes with a bit of dust.  Bad stuff and bad for your health. ;)  

Actually, it's packed with iron. (and probably some lead)

    And rum.  How bad can it be? (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/4.gif)

Where did Schadey go?  Did I miss him by a nano second?

  Why couldn't they make chocolate fruit cake but without the real fruit?  That'll be yummy.  (oh, and with some rum for PC.)

I think Schad was only here for a nano second.

  Yea yea....now you're talkin.  A chocolate fruitcake.....hold the fruit.  They could call it....um....hmm...... chocolate cake !  

if they make really good door steps can I feed them to the birds?  

Only if you have a mean streak.

so a fruit cake would be an insult to the birds?  

[span class="a12"]The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other.
 -Johnny Carson
 
 Funny thing is, my mom makes fruitcake every year.  It's brutally expensive to make (all the candied fruit, dried nuts and booze- and the thick layer of marzipan on top).  Her elderly relatives and some of her cohorts enjoy it.
 
 Fruitcake is a sentimental thing for mom.  They used to buy one from Woodwards every Xmas when she was growing up.  Later, she started making it using Edith Adams' recipe (from the Vancouver Sun).  She soaks the fruit in brandy in Nov, bakes the cakes the Remembrance Day weekend and then soaks the cakes until Xmas in rum.
 [/span]  

My mom used to too Lil Me.  It was quite the event, and a lengthy process.

    SD....I didn't say it would be an insult to the birds.

            I said it would be cruel.(//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)  

Sportsdude wrote:
so a fruit cake would be an insult to the birds?  
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  Depends on the shape.

love fruitcake if not too sweet

A non-sweet fruit cake ?  I think that's an oxymoron.

  I heard that  if you put dirt in them, they're less sweet.....most people can hardly tell the difference between the dirt cakes and the non-dirt cakes.  (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)

I don't so much like the fruit as the marzipan and icing, which is rather strange as the rest of the time I don't have a sweet tooth.

Funny story: Many years ago, the neighbour's dog got into my parents' garage.  The doggie ate everything in sight EXCEPT for the fruitcake.
 
 
   

smart dog, must be female. ;)

[span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 255);"]DOES ANYON3 KNOW HOW MANY KINDS OF FRUIT R IN A FRUIT CAEK?!??!?!!?[/span]  

Nice to see you Gentle Fawn.

  There are sometimes up to a dozen different fruits in a fruit cake, but on average about 8 or 9 (if you count green candied cherries and red candies cherries etc., as 2 different fruits.  You didn't say whether you like fruitcake or not gentle fawn. (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/14.gif)  

I like the light color cake. I always get them for Christmas. What the heck do you guys have against fruit cakes???

  ALL FRUIT CAKE UNITE!!! We will bombard you lot with our raisins and cherries so beware!!