Michael "Dog3" wrote:

> notbob > : in
> rec.food.cooking
>
>> .....you start liking fruit cake!
>>
>> I do.
>>
>> nb
>>
>
> Bleh... never been a fruitcake that I've liked. How old are you nb?
> I'm
> 53. Maybe when I get older I'll acquire a taste for it


There is really, really *bad* fruitcake, and there is really, really *good*
fruitcake. It's like the diff between that crappy canned gloppy cranberry
"sauce" (you could ream out a hole in the middle of that slippery krap and
use it in lieu of a *greatly-used* vagina, lol) and a good ho' - made
cranberry sauce...


--
Best
Greg

Gregory Morrow wrote:
> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>
>> notbob > : in
>> rec.food.cooking
>>
>>> .....you start liking fruit cake!
>>>
>>> I do.
>>>
>>> nb
>>>
>> Bleh... never been a fruitcake that I've liked. How old are you nb?
>> I'm
>> 53. Maybe when I get older I'll acquire a taste for it
>
>
> There is really, really *bad* fruitcake, and there is really, really *good*
> fruitcake. It's like the diff between that crappy canned gloppy cranberry
> "sauce" (you could ream out a hole in the middle of that slippery krap and
> use it in lieu of a *greatly-used* vagina, lol) and a good ho' - made
> cranberry sauce...
>
>

there should really be only one rule with fruit cake.

Never eat one that was gifted to you, unless the gifting one made it.

Who knows how long it has existed, and how many households it has
migrated too.

Bob

Bob Muncie wrote:

>>
>> There is really, really *bad* fruitcake, and there is really, really
>> *good*
>> fruitcake. It's like the diff between that crappy canned gloppy
>> cranberry
>> "sauce" (you could ream out a hole in the middle of that slippery krap
>> and
>> use it in lieu of a *greatly-used* vagina, lol) and a good ho' - made
>> cranberry sauce...
>>
>>
>
> there should really be only one rule with fruit cake.
>
> Never eat one that was gifted to you, unless the gifting one made it.
>
> Who knows how long it has existed, and how many households it has
> migrated too.

I have to say that my mother made terrific fruitcake, both light and
dark. She also used the dark one fore our wedding cakes. I always liked
it, but there were some who didn't. I have tasted several other home
made fruit cakes that were excellent, and our local Italian bakery used
to make one that was pretty good. However, I have tasted some store
bought fruitcakes that were absolutely dreadful. I didn't like them at
all and I can certainly understand why someone would not like it if that
was their only exposure to it.

On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:46:51 GMT, notbob > fired up
random neurons and synapses to opine:

>.....you start liking fruit cake!
>
>I do.

IIRC, Winston Churchill was a big fan of Dundee cake, which is a fruit
cake, but much nicer than the door stop my mother made.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

Dave Smith wrote:
> Bob Muncie wrote:
>
>>>
>>> There is really, really *bad* fruitcake, and there is really, really
>>> *good*
>>> fruitcake. It's like the diff between that crappy canned gloppy
>>> cranberry
>>> "sauce" (you could ream out a hole in the middle of that slippery
>>> krap and
>>> use it in lieu of a *greatly-used* vagina, lol) and a good ho' - made
>>> cranberry sauce...
>>>
>>>
>>
>> there should really be only one rule with fruit cake.
>>
>> Never eat one that was gifted to you, unless the gifting one made it.
>>
>> Who knows how long it has existed, and how many households it has
>> migrated too.
>
> I have to say that my mother made terrific fruitcake, both light and
> dark. She also used the dark one fore our wedding cakes. I always liked
> it, but there were some who didn't. I have tasted several other home
> made fruit cakes that were excellent, and our local Italian bakery used
> to make one that was pretty good. However, I have tasted some store
> bought fruitcakes that were absolutely dreadful. I didn't like them at
> all and I can certainly understand why someone would not like it if that
> was their only exposure to it.

I am beginning to think that is the difference.

--
Jean B.

Bob Muncie wrote:
> there should really be only one rule with fruit cake.
>
> Never eat one that was gifted to you, unless the gifting one made it.
>
> Who knows how long it has existed, and how many households it has
> migrated too.

LOL that brings back a long ago memory. A young American man was visiting
and I offered him a piece of fruitcake with his drink. He looked at me
suspiciously and said... Do you all give them to each other at Christmas? I
hadn't a clue what he meant but I understand now

On Jun 26, 9:52*am, "Ophelia" > wrote:
> Christopher Helms wrote:
> > On Jun 25, 10:46 pm, notbob > wrote:
>
> > ...Everybody thinks it's hotter than hell in your house except you.
>
> Hot flushes, Christpher?


No. Everybody thinks it's hotter than hell in grandma's house. Except
grandma.

> GUEST wrote:
> ......you start liking fruit cake!
>
> I do.
>
> nb

I knew I was getting old when I started liking
mushrooms..... Never ate them for soooo long and now I put them in
everything.

On Jun 29, 9:01*pm,
(Daisypicker5) wrote:
> *> GUEST wrote:
>
> *> ......you start liking fruit cake!
> *>
> *> I do.
> *>
> *> nb
>
> I knew I was getting old when I started liking
> mushrooms..... Never ate them for soooo long and now I put them in
> everything.

You've grown wise, Grasshopper!

maxine in ri

On Thu 25 Jun 2009 08:46:51p, notbob told us...

> .....you start liking fruit cake!
>
> I do.
>
> nb
>

I always did like fruitcake, and remember how good my grandmother's was as a
child.

I knew I was getting older when I stopped caring whether the table was set
properly for our weeknight dinners, and began serving far more casual meals
to guests.

--
Wayne Boatwright
------------------------------------------------------------------------
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it
would be a merrier world. ~J. R. R. Tolkien

On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:56:20 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>I knew I was getting older when I stopped caring whether the table was set
>properly for our weeknight dinners, and began serving far more casual meals
>to guests.

WHAT? Does this mean you don't put forks on the left and knives on
the right? If so, I'm very disappointed.

No kidding.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Mon 29 Jun 2009 09:14:03p, sf told us...

> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:56:20 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>>I knew I was getting older when I stopped caring whether the table was
>>set properly for our weeknight dinners, and began serving far more
>>casual meals to guests.
>
> WHAT? Does this mean you don't put forks on the left and knives on
> the right? If so, I'm very disappointed.

Seriously, when I was growing up (and it carried over into adulthood), we
always had a fairly formal table setting for our weeknight meals with linen
covered tables and napkins, and proper place settings. Weekend dinners
were even moreso. This all changed about eight years ago.

These days I work from 7am to 4 pm and David works from 11am to 7:30pm. We
generally don't eat until nearly 8:30. We usually serve ourselves from the
kitchen, picking up silverware along the way. Sometimes we eat at the
kitchen table and sometimes we head off into our respective TV/computer
rooms to eat. The table is still covered with a linen tablecloth, though.

Entertaining is different, though. The table is set formally with crystal
stemware, good china, and stereling flatware, on either a lace a damask
tablecloth and napkins.

> No kidding.
>



--
Wayne Boatwright
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dyspepsia is the remorse of a guilty stomach. ~A. Kerr

On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:34:21 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>Entertaining is different, though. The table is set formally with crystal
>stemware, good china, and stereling flatware, on either a lace a damask
>tablecloth and napkins.
>
Whew. You had me going there.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Thu 25 Jun 2009 08:46:51p, notbob told us...
>
>> .....you start liking fruit cake!
>>
>> I do.
>>
>> nb
>>
>
> I always did like fruitcake, and remember how good my grandmother's was as a
> child.
>
> I knew I was getting older when I stopped caring whether the table was set
> properly for our weeknight dinners, and began serving far more casual meals
> to guests.
>
I knew I was getting old when I started wanting "more bang for the
buck" or rather nice-tasting food that took little effort (and
didn't rely on awful ingredients). I used to love puttering in
the kitchen.

--
Jean B.

On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:02:21 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Thu 25 Jun 2009 08:46:51p, notbob told us...
>>
>>> .....you start liking fruit cake!
>>>
>>> I do.
>>>
>>> nb
>>>
>>
>> I always did like fruitcake, and remember how good my grandmother's was as a
>> child.
>>
>> I knew I was getting older when I stopped caring whether the table was set
>> properly for our weeknight dinners, and began serving far more casual meals
>> to guests.
>>
>I knew I was getting old when I started wanting "more bang for the
>buck" or rather nice-tasting food that took little effort (and
>didn't rely on awful ingredients). I used to love puttering in
>the kitchen.

That too, but my "getting old" wake up call was when we decided with a
group of close friends that we'd rather just eat out together instead
of hosting dinners because what we really wanted was each other's
company.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

"Jean B." > wrote in
:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Thu 25 Jun 2009 08:46:51p, notbob told us...
>>
>>> .....you start liking fruit cake!
>>>
>>> I do.
>>>
>>> nb
>>>
>>
>> I always did like fruitcake, and remember how good my grandmother's was
>> as a child.
>>
>> I knew I was getting older when I stopped caring whether the table was
>> set properly for our weeknight dinners, and began serving far more
>> casual meals to guests.
>>
> I knew I was getting old when I started wanting "more bang for the
> buck"


LOL!! That's become a favourite saying of a lot of our friends when they
are looking at holidays. They're choosing places that offer "more bang for
your buck".

Which is why our next one looks like being Vietnam.



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"As viscous as motor oil swirled in a swamp, redolent of burnt bell
peppers nested in by incontinent mice and a finish reminiscent of the
dregs of a stale can of Coca-Cola that someone has been using as an
ashtray. Not a bad drink, though."
Excerpt from "The Moose Turd Wine Tasting" by T. A. Nonymous

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:02:21 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>>Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Thu 25 Jun 2009 08:46:51p, notbob told us...
>>>
>>>> .....you start liking fruit cake!
>>>>
>>>> I do.
>>>>
>>>> nb
>>>>
>>>
>>> I always did like fruitcake, and remember how good my grandmother's was
>>> as a
>>> child.
>>>
>>> I knew I was getting older when I stopped caring whether the table was
>>> set
>>> properly for our weeknight dinners, and began serving far more casual
>>> meals
>>> to guests.
>>>
>>I knew I was getting old when I started wanting "more bang for the
>>buck" or rather nice-tasting food that took little effort (and
>>didn't rely on awful ingredients). I used to love puttering in
>>the kitchen.
>
> That too, but my "getting old" wake up call was when we decided with a
> group of close friends that we'd rather just eat out together instead
> of hosting dinners because what we really wanted was each other's
> company.
>
It's nice being flexible.

sf wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:02:21 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Thu 25 Jun 2009 08:46:51p, notbob told us...
>>>
>>>> .....you start liking fruit cake!
>>>>
>>>> I do.
>>>>
>>>> nb
>>>>
>>> I always did like fruitcake, and remember how good my grandmother's was as a
>>> child.
>>>
>>> I knew I was getting older when I stopped caring whether the table was set
>>> properly for our weeknight dinners, and began serving far more casual meals
>>> to guests.
>>>
>> I knew I was getting old when I started wanting "more bang for the
>> buck" or rather nice-tasting food that took little effort (and
>> didn't rely on awful ingredients). I used to love puttering in
>> the kitchen.
>
> That too, but my "getting old" wake up call was when we decided with a
> group of close friends that we'd rather just eat out together instead
> of hosting dinners because what we really wanted was each other's
> company.
>
I can see that.

--
Jean B.

PeterL wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote in
> :
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Thu 25 Jun 2009 08:46:51p, notbob told us...
>>>
>>>> .....you start liking fruit cake!
>>>>
>>>> I do.
>>>>
>>>> nb
>>>>
>>> I always did like fruitcake, and remember how good my grandmother's was
>>> as a child.
>>>
>>> I knew I was getting older when I stopped caring whether the table was
>>> set properly for our weeknight dinners, and began serving far more
>>> casual meals to guests.
>>>
>> I knew I was getting old when I started wanting "more bang for the
>> buck"
>
>
> LOL!! That's become a favourite saying of a lot of our friends when they
> are looking at holidays. They're choosing places that offer "more bang for
> your buck".
>
> Which is why our next one looks like being Vietnam.
>
That would be interesting too. I have a friend from Oz who has
been there.

--
Jean B.

"Jean B." > wrote in
:


>> LOL!! That's become a favourite saying of a lot of our friends when
>> they are looking at holidays. They're choosing places that offer "more
>> bang for your buck".
>>
>> Which is why our next one looks like being Vietnam.
>>
> That would be interesting too. I have a friend from Oz who has
> been there.
>


I have had several friends go there, and it's on their recommendations
that we've decided to forgo Canada (for this year).

We're going to be doing a few cooking schools/classes while we're over
there. They are as 'cheap as chips' to do there!! USD$25 for an all day
course, which includes a trip to the local markets.

We were going to do a cooking class in Singapore just recently, but it was
$65ea for about 5 hours.

So we went to the "School of Hard Knocks" instead :-)

http://www.royalselangor.com/rs2/vie...News&NewsID=34




--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"As viscous as motor oil swirled in a swamp, redolent of burnt bell
peppers nested in by incontinent mice and a finish reminiscent of the
dregs of a stale can of Coca-Cola that someone has been using as an
ashtray. Not a bad drink, though."
Excerpt from "The Moose Turd Wine Tasting" by T. A. Nonymous

"Daisypicker5" > wrote in message
...
>
> > GUEST wrote:
> > ......you start liking fruit cake!
> >
> > I do.
> >
> > nb
>
> I knew I was getting old when I started liking
> mushrooms..... Never ate them for soooo long and now I put them in
> everything.
>
If I ever get so old that I like Caraway Seed Cake then I'll kill myself. I
remember being forced to eat this horrible concoction by elderly aunts.

PDM

"PDM" > wrote:
>>> If I ever get so old that I like Caraway Seed Cake then I'll kill
>>> myself. I
> remember being forced to eat this horrible concoction by elderly aunts.
>
> PDM
>
I've never heard of caraway seed cake, you sure it wasn't poppy seed cake.
I love caraway seeds, post the recipe please.

Found this: http://www.grouprecipes.com/sr/52351...iqueur/recipe/

I love Kummel, I may try this:
http://www.recipe-ideas.co.uk/recipe...%20Liqueur.htm

On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:02:31 +0000 (UTC), PeterL wrote:

> "Jean B." > wrote in
> :
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Thu 25 Jun 2009 08:46:51p, notbob told us...
>>>
>>>> .....you start liking fruit cake!
>>>>
>>>> I do.
>>>>
>>>> nb
>>>>
>>>
>>> I always did like fruitcake, and remember how good my grandmother's was
>>> as a child.
>>>
>>> I knew I was getting older when I stopped caring whether the table was
>>> set properly for our weeknight dinners, and began serving far more
>>> casual meals to guests.
>>>
>> I knew I was getting old when I started wanting "more bang for the
>> buck"
>
> LOL!! That's become a favourite saying of a lot of our friends when they
> are looking at holidays. They're choosing places that offer "more bang for
> your buck".
>
> Which is why our next one looks like being Vietnam.

you mean you weren't there as a killing machine for special ops?

blake