On 2017-08-12 4:14 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-08-12 5:55 PM, heyjoe wrote:
>> On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 10:08:02 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>> I
>>> only made the light but I have found places where I can get a quality
>>> dark fruitcake, but they are very expensive.
>>
>> Even home made fruit cake (worth eating) is not inexpensive to make!
>>
>> I like moist, dense, loaded with fruit and nuts fruitcake. But I also
>> like corn dogs and tater tots - obviously a food heathen.
>>
>> If you make and like Boston Brown Bread . . . you, too, might be a food
>> heathen.
>
> That's for sure. I started making (light) fruitcakes while my mother was
> still alive and for a while after she died I kept my brothers supplied.
> I soon realized they had little appreciation for the expense I went to
> in order to make them. The oldest brother is notoriously frugal and he
> called me up a couple years ago and asked me if I was going to make him
> some fruitcake. I told him I would do better than that. I would give him
> Mom's recipe. He said that he had the recipe and was going to make it,
> but when he went to the store to get the ingredients they were really
> expensive. Apparently it is too expensive for him to make fruitcake for
> himself, but it is not too expensive for me to make it for him.
>
>
>
Your family has the makings of a sitcom!