On 2017-10-29 6:15 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> My mother loved to bake and the holidays always meant several cakes,
> several pies, half a dozen kinds of cookies, chocolate and maple
> walnut fudges, candied nuts, and I've probably left some things out.
> There were always a lot of people stopping by during the holidays.

My mother always went all out for Christmas. She usually had 15-20
people for Christmas dinner. The primary dessert was carrot pudding ,
flambeed and served with a hot caramel sauce. The there were mince
meat tarts, butter tarts, light and dark fruitcake, Nanaimo bars,
Chinese chews, several types of short cakes, chocolate eclairs, a few
other types of cookies, meringues, ice cream and a fruit platter.