Charles Gifford wrote:
>
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Robin Cowdrey wrote:
> > >
> > > The reviling of fruitcake by Americans is something I've never been able
> to
> > > understand.
> >
> > You'll get into trouble every time by lumping us together. Lots of
> > us Americans like fruitcake.
> >
> > > A week or two before the holiday it would receive
> > > it's crown of golden marzipan paste and a coating of royal icing.
> >
> > It's a quirk of mine that I dislike marzipan and I really don't see
> > the need for royal icing on it. Gilding the lily and all that.
>
> But it cannot be Christmas Cake without marzipan and royal icing. Without
> these elements it would just be a variety of fruitcake.

But isn't that what we are collectively being accused of hating?
Fruitcake? That's what Robin said.

nancy