"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
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> On Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 8:45:38 AM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>
>> >> It always makes me smile when I read here that people have started
>> >> making
>> >> fruitcakes. Many years ago I was making mine, and an American said to
>> >> me,
>> >> 'Do you all make these and give them to each other?' )
>> >
>> > That is funny. Most Americans' experience with fruitcake is this (or
>> > something similar):
>> >
>> > <http://www.amazon.com/Fruit-Cake-Boxed-Claxton-Fruitcake/dp/B000YGMK1W/ref=pd_bxgy_325_img_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=152DFBXMGF7VK BRBWZ6K>
>> >
>> > Those crummy things are often purchased as gifts for people one doesn't
>> > know very well, or as hostess gifts when visiting at the holidays.
>>
>> Oh dear. I guess that devalues them and now I understand his comment.
>>
>> > I favor light fruitcake made with dried rather than candied fruit. I
>> > haven't made any in more than a decade. Since fruitcake is such a
>> > joke around here, I have a hard time getting people to take them,
>> > even though they're quite tasty.
>>
>> But why do posters here make ones to give away if no one really
>> appreciates
>> them? I (and friends that I know about) make them for themselves and
>> their
>> family
>
> Perhaps the friends and family of the fruitcake makers who post
> here are more savvy than my friends and family.

I do hope so. It seems such a waste of effort and good food.

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