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Brother Buzz

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15. I love fruitcake
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 09:41 PM
Oct 2018

And I actually consider myself a connoisseur of them. Some are alright, some good, some are really bad, and some are exceptional. I suspect one really, really bad one gave the wonderful fruitcake a bum reputation.

The jury is still out on Army C ration fruitcake; one baker was so-so, one was really good. That date might have made a difference because there was they were canned twelve years apart.



Century-Old Fruit Cake Found in Antarctic Hut [View all] left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 OP
Beats the 72-year-old fruit cake found in a large home in Washington, DC RHMerriman Oct 2018 #1
And probably smells better. left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 #2
We should ask Melania... RHMerriman Oct 2018 #5
DUZY!!!!!!!!!! Takket Oct 2018 #23
Good one! JDC Oct 2018 #31
LOL! That is awesome! No one EVER ate those things! Squinch Oct 2018 #3
Inflatable fruitcake or Trump? RHMerriman Oct 2018 #6
Fruitcake. I would never have an image of that turd in my house. Squinch Oct 2018 #8
But just think ... you could inflate it, and then RHMerriman Oct 2018 #11
I like how you think. Welcome to DU! Squinch Oct 2018 #14
I love fruitcake Brother Buzz Oct 2018 #15
My BIL loves those things. What do you consider your favorite or one of the best you've tasted? nt woodsprite Oct 2018 #17
The ones my grandmother made were the best Brother Buzz Oct 2018 #20
Then you'd love the Caribbean at Christmas malaise Oct 2018 #45
I'm game, sign me up! Brother Buzz Oct 2018 #46
You are one of the few, the proud! I love plum pudding, so I can't judge. Squinch Oct 2018 #19
Carrot pudding was the thing in our family - To die for! Brother Buzz Oct 2018 #24
It has no plums and it isn't pudding. Go figure. Squinch Oct 2018 #25
I looked around, and it looks like my carrot pudding is simply a variation of plum pudding Brother Buzz Oct 2018 #28
I was thinking that might be the case. 2naSalit Oct 2018 #30
OMG !! C-Rats !! Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #37
I ate plenty of it as a child. Blue_true Oct 2018 #42
hubby and i love fruitcake. here is recipe i'm gonna use this year trueblue2007 Oct 2018 #44
I love fruitcake. I'd eat more if it wasn't so Ilsa Oct 2018 #49
a big giant one. growing up, we always seemed to have part of a loaf size one in Demovictory9 Oct 2018 #4
"only one family member liked fruit cake" left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 #10
:) Perhaps it was made with honey. That honey found Hortensis Oct 2018 #7
"The fruit cake itself looked and smelt (almost) edible," LakeSuperiorView Oct 2018 #9
If it looks and smells almost edible, then it's as good as if it was made yesterday. Kaleva Oct 2018 #35
"Who has ever hear of edible fruit cake ?" Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #38
I had plenty when I was young. Blue_true Oct 2018 #43
I really like fruitcake... jmowreader Oct 2018 #12
Blech! ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #13
alcohol content? Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2018 #16
hey... an opportunity for lapfog_1 Oct 2018 #18
Decisions, decisions...cold raw blubber or fruitcake? They went with the blubber. SaintLouisBlues Oct 2018 #21
LOL krispos42 Oct 2018 #32
oh.... some duzys are coming.......... Takket Oct 2018 #22
Aren't they all that old? California_Republic Oct 2018 #26
! Kali Oct 2018 #27
My sister actually used one as a doorstop. https://www.democraticunderground.com/emoticons/rofl.gif Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #40
I don't think it's done. TwistOneUp Oct 2018 #29
You save them until you are hungry and have nothing else to eat. Hoyt Oct 2018 #33
IS anyone going to actually taste it ? JI7 Oct 2018 #34
Finally, something that outlasts a twinkee! diva77 Oct 2018 #36
Proof! Texasgal Oct 2018 #39
I remember my Mom having plenty of that around the house at Christmas time. Blue_true Oct 2018 #41
Yet one more reason to never eat fruitcake: you never know how old it is. Downton Abbey Lives!!! lindysalsagal Oct 2018 #47
Fruitcake are like cockroaches ; octoberlib Oct 2018 #48
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