On 2016-11-12 8:59 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 8:39:05 AM UTC-5, graham wrote:
>
>> I think that must be due to the possibility that they add modified corn
>> syrup
>> or some such ingredient.
>
> Naw, those cheap mail-order fruitcakes tasted like that when I was
> a child, long before HFCS was designated Generally Regarded As Safe
> (1976).
>
Yep. They never were any good. They are the reason that dark fruitcake
is so widely disliked. I was raised on home made and always loved it. I
have had store bought and it was vile. There was one exception that I
found. There used to be an Italian bakery in town and they would make
it at Christmas. It was pretty good. It was very expensive. I was not
soused, and by the time they made and sold it there wasn't much time to
age it with booze.