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Graham

On 2017-08-12 2:30 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> "graham" wrote in message news > 2017-08-12 10:48 AM, wrote:
>> On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 15:50:59 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Thinking of fruitcake, I was rummagnig through one of my freezers
>>> and discovered that I had a tub of candied cherries, a tub of
>>> candied orange peel, and a tub candied citron, stowed away from
>>> last year. I don't think I've ever frozen it before. I will
>>> still need some other candied fruit for my cakes, but what do you
>>> thing the chances are that the quality of the candied fruit will
>>> have changed from having been frozen?
>>
>> One can't waste them so if they were mine I would put them in a
>> jar with brandy/rum or your choice and let them steep until
>> October. You could always use the rest of the juice in the cakes.
>> Worth a try anyway.
>>
> When I made them, I always soaked the fruit in brandy and sherry
> overnight. Graham
>
> ==
>
> Same but I always use rum.
>

Remember the radio programme "Any Questions"? One of them was on
defining friendship.
An elderly cousin of mine* wrote in afterwards: "When you visit a real
friend, he opens a new bottle of rum - and throws the cork on the fire!"
Graham
*Actually, he was the F-I-L of the show's producer.