May the lighting go well!
I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
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
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
Jesse - Dec 19, 2010 5:32:06 am PST #12070 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Interesting point.
Kat - Dec 19, 2010 6:15:40 am PST #12071 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I'm not a big fruitcake eater. And I am always shocked when I think the chocolate cake is a fruitcake.
I have cookies in the oven baking and a quiet house. I should read or take a nap.
Liese S. - Dec 19, 2010 6:22:39 am PST #12072 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
My grandmother made a kickass fruitcake, but of course the fruits in question were Hawaiian and the nuts were macadamia nuts.