In article >, Steve Wertz
> wrote:

> PLEASE... DON'T.
>
> It's so hard to put on a Happy Face when receiving one of those, and
> it sucks having to throw it away and have a well-meaning gift go to
> waste.
>
> What sucks even more is when the person who gave it to you comes over
> the next day and sees it in the trash can. Try explaining that!
> "Uhh, it must have fell of the counter..." (opening the cabinet under
> the sink on it's way down there).
>
> It's a simple request - bake some cookies instead. Please.

Not a problem. We make them for our family, and for friends we know
will like them. I think storebought ones are inedible. I think most
made with the multi-colored, quivering, gelatinous masses are also
terrible, but a tiny step above storebought. The ones we make do not
resemble either of these, and even people who said they didn't like
fruitcake ate them up and loved them, asked for the recipe, etc. OTOH,
it wouldn't hurt my feelings if someone didn't like it, and if I do give
them as gifts they are small and come with other cookies, breads and
cakes.

Regards,
Ranee (who has a nice apple-pear fruitcake getting soused right now)

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