"Charles Gifford" > wrote in
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> "Robin Cowdrey" > wrote in message
> news:Tpc3c.133499$A12.78065@edtnps84...
>> The reviling of fruitcake by Americans is something I've never been
>> able
> to
>> understand.
>
> Hi Robin! Not all Americans revile fruitcake. It is much enjoyed by
> some of us. Fruit cake is a seasonal item in the U.S. It is eaten
> throughout the season. A proper British Christmas Cake is practically
> unknown here. Royal icing is very rare and marzipan seems to be an
> exotic item. Christmas Cake is a wonderful thing. I've eaten it with
> relish in past Christmases in England and Ireland.
>
> Charlie
>
>
>

Canada was a former colony of Britian, so we are fully aware of a Proper
British Christmas Cake. WE revile them too. I think it has something to do
with the way they taste or possibly their texture.

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Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food
and water.
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FIELDS, W. C.