tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34355020.post8379641655973673108..comments2024-03-21T07:39:48.072-04:00Comments on Party of 3: It's all about the fruitcakealisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483907412532940799noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34355020.post-72343023168065655512009-12-04T17:49:54.944-05:002009-12-04T17:49:54.944-05:00I am now cravng fruitcake. To me, fruitcake IS Chr...I am now cravng fruitcake. To me, fruitcake IS Christmas. Can't have one without the other. Love some with marzipan on if poss. but if not, I'll eat it anyway. <br />off to the shops<br />:-)Clippy Mathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15922234265229327474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34355020.post-20232038240772210662009-12-04T16:14:55.751-05:002009-12-04T16:14:55.751-05:00Sarah - yes, the mini loaf tin is a genius idea.
...Sarah - yes, the mini loaf tin is a genius idea.<br /><br />Natalie - If Jo and I leave you any, we'll drop it off in your office. Please have some sherry or port waiting. :-)<br /><br />Meanie -- you're welcome! Warm and fuzzy is a good thing to feel at this time of year.<br /><br />Loth - I wrote you a response, but it's much too long, so I'm posting it to your FB instead.alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483907412532940799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34355020.post-26967193841974395552009-12-04T13:50:23.172-05:002009-12-04T13:50:23.172-05:00I like fruitcake too, as long as it is boozy and n...I like fruitcake too, as long as it is boozy and not too dark. My guilty pleasure at Christmas though is brussels sprouts. I love sprouts, the rest of my family hate them and Christmas is the only time I am allowed to have them. It's the LAW. You have to have sprouts at Christmas.Lothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949068764211292370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34355020.post-30220984803721161592009-12-04T13:29:29.947-05:002009-12-04T13:29:29.947-05:00you just made me feel warm and fuzzy. thanks!you just made me feel warm and fuzzy. thanks!Meaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186177540002367024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34355020.post-9387753815870767182009-12-04T11:31:18.397-05:002009-12-04T11:31:18.397-05:00Ahem...Jo, if you're listening...I may not be ...Ahem...Jo, if you're listening...I may not be invited to the DITA meeting, but feel free to drop off some well-imbibed fruitcake in my office on the way in! I make wonderful inebriated fruitcake too, by the way, but so far this year I haven't had the inspiration. But I promise that when I make more, I will share.Natalienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34355020.post-86722933613038130222009-12-04T10:37:45.331-05:002009-12-04T10:37:45.331-05:00I love fruitcake and have an amazing recipe from m...I love fruitcake and have an amazing recipe from my Grandma. I make it in mini loaf pans too because a little goes a long way when I give it away.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05469685667336879994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34355020.post-81448435993602925702009-12-04T10:33:23.815-05:002009-12-04T10:33:23.815-05:00Jo - if no one else likes it, then we can feast! ...Jo - if no one else likes it, then we can feast! <br /><br />Jen - I've never eaten fruitcake south of the border, but you can buy quite nice ones here in the grocery store, though they don't compare to really good home-made ones.<br /><br />Big Brother - It's SO NICE to meet another addict, er, fruitcake lover. I'm secretly kind of glad that people like us are so rare, there's more for us!!<br /><br />Lynn - We ARE soul sisters! We really must meet sometime. And eat fruitcake. I was so sad to miss Blog Out Loud and a chance to meet you in person.<br /><br />Biblio - Yeah, I'm trying to do the wrap as you go thing this year. I really am. Wish me luck.<br /><br />UK Jen - You CAN get good fruitcake in Canada. We are a well behaved Commonwealth country with good, or at least acceptable, fruitcake avaiable in grocery stores. You might be confusing us with our neighbours to the south where US Jen says the fruitcake is inedible.<br /><br />Jazz - I'll bet your mom wishes your brother was more like you so she'd have more fruitcake to eat herself.alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483907412532940799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34355020.post-63004942996354849802009-12-04T09:14:58.320-05:002009-12-04T09:14:58.320-05:00BB there is my big brother. BB loves fruitcake, as...BB there is my big brother. BB loves fruitcake, as do my mom and my sister. I'm the only one in the family who hates the stuff.Jazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14644896022880634803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34355020.post-61025050178840743352009-12-04T03:14:16.870-05:002009-12-04T03:14:16.870-05:00And I always thought Canada was a civilised countr...And I always thought Canada was a civilised country! I can't believe good fruitcake isn't available on every street corner...well at least in every supermarket!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13739729422526468003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34355020.post-33923375572552986742009-12-03T23:19:16.874-05:002009-12-03T23:19:16.874-05:00Hmm. I tend to like my fruit and my cake separate...Hmm. I tend to like my fruit and my cake separately. Sweet marzipan icing sounds like something I could get behind, though. And I've been rocking the wrapping-til-3-a.m.-Christmas Eve thing too, until this year -- I've wrapped every godddamned present the goddamned same day I buy it, with stupid rain falling instead of the stupid snow that isn't falling. Merry damned December. (Sorry. I just got my daughter's ears pierced for the second time, and I have a stupid rainy-November headache).Bibliomamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11825424183978181238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34355020.post-62902528277395482752009-12-03T21:32:56.810-05:002009-12-03T21:32:56.810-05:00My mom used to make a light and a dark fruitcake e...My mom used to make a light and a dark fruitcake every year, but I was the only one who ever ate them so she gave it up. I miss them, though -- especially that dark one. Mmmm.<br /><br />We watch Die Hard every year on Christmas Eve! We're soul sisters :).Lynnhttp://diaryofaturtlehead.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34355020.post-16467386968403307982009-12-03T19:43:52.543-05:002009-12-03T19:43:52.543-05:00Hi I'm BB and I'M a also a fruitcake... so...Hi I'm BB and I'M a also a fruitcake... sounds like an AA meeting. Once I get started I just have to have one more slice, just one more teeny slice.Big Brotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08309464919532916689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34355020.post-62979863295087412702009-12-03T17:52:03.564-05:002009-12-03T17:52:03.564-05:00You must have a different kind of fruitcake up the...You must have a different kind of fruitcake up there in the Great White (Wet?) North. Down here, the stuff is inedible, whether it's homemade or store bought, cheap or expensive.<br /><br />We used to watch "Die Hard" every Christmas Eve. Then we had the girls and now there's never enough time.Jen on the Edgehttp://www.jenontheedge.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34355020.post-90000640064215122182009-12-03T17:35:59.920-05:002009-12-03T17:35:59.920-05:00I was thinking the same thing. If everyone's n...I was thinking the same thing. If everyone's not feeling too roly poly after Christmas, a bit of fruitcake might liven up our meeting! Of course, if no one else likes it....Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328433207044045756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34355020.post-85598550690427874182009-12-03T17:17:58.997-05:002009-12-03T17:17:58.997-05:00Jo - I will eat dark fruitcake too, especially one...Jo - I will eat dark fruitcake too, especially one that's been fed brandy. If there are any leftovers, maybe a piece could find its way into your luggage next time you come up for the DITA mapping meeting? Maybe?<br /><br />Badness - that's too bad. But, more for meeee!!!! (Sorry, was that rude?)alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483907412532940799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34355020.post-39231480789196465632009-12-03T17:07:53.125-05:002009-12-03T17:07:53.125-05:00I can't do fruitcake. Or Christmas pudding. ...I can't do fruitcake. Or Christmas pudding. I wish I liked it....Badness Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05660823596302637985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34355020.post-5367600106893908952009-12-03T16:53:14.866-05:002009-12-03T16:53:14.866-05:00I make a wonderful dark fruitcake -- at least, I t...I make a wonderful dark fruitcake -- at least, I think it's wonderful. It's quite addictive (of course, perhaps it's not the cake but the Port, which is my drink of choice with the cake)!<br />This year I made my cakes at the end of September, and they've been carefully fed brandy every couple of weeks since then. Should be "lightable" by Christmas!Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328433207044045756noreply@blogger.com