Fruitcake?

[turf3]

I grew up about 50 miles from the Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana. Every household had dozens of those tins lying round, usually used for mixed screws and nuts in the garage.

#1 fruitcake: my mother-in-law's - she's passed now - so not available.
#2 - Collin Street.

I've never got the fruitcake jokes; I guess Yankees must not have access to good fruitcake. It's like the grits jokes - if you've had lousy grits, it doesn't mean grits are bad, it just means you had bad grits.

 

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It's like the grits jokes - if you've had lousy grits, it doesn't mean grits are bad, it just means you had bad grits.

Doesn't mean grits are good, either. I've had "good" grits and bad, and to me, they're all bad. Even butter can't fix sawdust and sand.

 

[gln1955]

Doesn't mean grits are good, either. I've had "good" grits and bad, and to me, they're all bad. Even butter can't fix sawdust and sand.

I like cheesy grits. Cheese can fix anything.

 

[Chris_will_do]

How to vote "carrots"?

 

[Wisebass]

mixed screws and nuts

Mixed screws and nuts? In a tin can that says snack me?

You guys must have really good teeth! (or none)


cheers

Wise

 

[Jeff Scott]

...sawdust and sand.

Good band name! What genre of music would it fit?

 

[Wood and Wire]

Good band name! What genre of music would it fit?

Puke Metal

 

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Just finishing my first "brick" of the Claxton Dark. Flavor is good, not so very much different, maybe more raisins and nuts, not sure. Tasty enough, but not enough to pay extra for. IMHO and all that.

 

[FilterFunk]

My grandma showed me how to make this "Hutzelbrot" (German winter sweetbread with dried fruit)

Yep! Yummyyy!!! But only dried fruit (none of that candied stuff) and nuts

Here is what you need:

Water

Pears, figs, plums, raisins (dried fruits).

Hazelnuts and/or almonds

cinnamon, anise, cherry brandy

flour, yeast, sugar, salt

Three days to make them and another three days to let them rest!!!


Gut Ding will Weile haben!



Wise(b)ass

Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' 'bout!

 

[rickster4003]

My mom used to make an 80 proof fruit cake and fruit cocktail.

 

[Wood and Wire]

My mom used to make an 80 proof fruit cake and fruit cocktail.

And you've only just sobered up enough to talk about it.


I imagine setting it alight, like a Christmas pudding, would result in a catastrophic explosion.

 

[T_Bone_TL]

How to vote "carrots"?

You'll need to whip up a batch of cream cheese frosting first!

 

[Jeremy Crockett]

I grew up about 50 miles from the Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana. Every household had dozens of those tins lying round, usually used for mixed screws and nuts in the garage.

#1 fruitcake: my mother-in-law's - she's passed now - so not available.
#2 - Collin Street.

I've never got the fruitcake jokes; I guess Yankees must not have access to good fruitcake. It's like the grits jokes - if you've had lousy grits, it doesn't mean grits are bad, it just means you had bad grits.

Collin Street adverts used to show up pretty regular on my FB feed. I am extremely tempted to give them a try but $37 is a big price to pay for something I may not like. I may just tip over this year.

 

[Fishheadjoe]

The only use for Fruitcake that I can come up with is as a door stopper.
Fishheadjoe

 

[turf3]

The only use for Fruitcake that I can come up with is as a door stopper.
Fishheadjoe

Come down here to central Texas where food (including fruitcake) tastes GOOD.

 

[5StringBlues]

what l tole ya

I like cheesy grits. Cheese can fix anything.

 

[MoireBass]

As mentioned about 12 pages back, I don't like fruitcake, but these folk sell all the ones they can make at $54 (small) and $85 (large), so clearly some people really like them.
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[FilterFunk]

As mentioned about 12 pages back, I don't like fruitcake, but these folk sell all the ones they can make at $54 (small) and $85 (large), so clearly some people really like them.
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"Cherries (processed with corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, water, citric acid, Natural and Artificial Flavor, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate[preservative], FD&C Yellow # 5, FD&C Blue # 1 ,oleoresin turmeric, FD&C Red # 40, sulfur dioxide [preservative]), Pineapple (processed with corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, water, citric acid, Natural and Artificial Flavor, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate added as preservative, FD&C Yellow # 5 FD&C Blue # 1 ,oleoresin turmeric, FD&C Red # 40, sulfur dioxide [preservative])"

^No candied fruit for me.

 

[ElectroVibe]

I heard a description of the cake itself tasting like banana cake or bread. And I think I would just prefer to eat that instead.

 

[FilterFunk]

I heard a description of the cake itself tasting like banana cake or bread. And I think I would just prefer to eat that instead.

I always like the actual "cake" part of fruitcake. That's why I prefer it with just dates and nuts.