I haven't made fruitcake in a couple of years, what with my Novembers/Decembers being stressful this year and last. Next year, maybe.
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Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Anne W. - Dec 19, 2010 3:17:11 am PST #12060 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Connie Neil - Dec 19, 2010 3:21:29 am PST #12061 of 30001
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Hubby prefers fruit cake the way his grandfather made it--in a glass mason jar surrounded by flammable clear liquid.
msbelle - Dec 19, 2010 4:19:54 am PST #12062 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
We are lighting the advent candle in church this morning and mac has already picked one fight with me. Let's pray from a smooth lighting and no tantrums or fire mishaps.
Kat - Dec 19, 2010 4:21:52 am PST #12063 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
May the lighting go well!
Theodosia - Dec 19, 2010 4:26:45 am PST #12064 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I just watched an old Life After People episode, and they specifically mentioned that well-made fruitcake will be good for more than 20 years, even as all other human-made structures crumble around them. That's the kind of Xmas miracle I can get behind.
brenda m - Dec 19, 2010 4:46:36 am PST #12065 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I haven't made fruitcake in a couple of years, what with my Novembers/Decembers being stressful this year and last. Next year, maybe.
Well, there's your problem. I was raised to believe you needed at least three months for proper soaking. Though to be fair, fresh ones that are made well are also quite tasty, and who's thinking about making christmas cake when it's still warm out.
Canadian wedding cakes are traditionally fruit cake with this cement like frosting that I have honest to god seen someone pull an electric carving knife from the gift table to cut through. For my mom's college roommate, who was Jamaican, the cake was started at least six months ahead so it could get properly soaked in rum every month leading up to the wedding. Which may explain some of the stories I've heard from that wedding.
Sheryl - Dec 19, 2010 5:25:21 am PST #12066 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Today we will do our weekly supermarket run(though we don't need much, as we're going to Florida on Wed.). We will be wrapping gifts when we get back, as we are meeting friends for dinner tonight. Also, UCONN women's basketball game this afternoon on tv.
Lee - Dec 19, 2010 5:27:20 am PST #12067 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Those things are tender of crumb and moist and flavourful.
Yes, they are, and then they try to kill you, at least for some of us.
Jesse - Dec 19, 2010 5:28:53 am PST #12068 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I hope the lighting went well, msbelle!
I do love fruitcake, and am sad about its bad reputation.
beth b - Dec 19, 2010 5:30:45 am PST #12069 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I am not sad about iits bad reputation, it means more for me