tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post5254498499014300538..comments2024-02-22T04:38:15.816-06:00Comments on Thoughts from a Route 66 Business Owner: FruitcakeLaurelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03664721949113509873noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post-68315880794969281392008-12-17T00:08:00.000-06:002008-12-17T00:08:00.000-06:00If you've never tried Texas Manor fruitcake fr...If you've never tried Texas Manor fruitcake from the Ya-Hoo Baking Company, let this be the year you try it! We used to sell this stuff in band 20-some years ago and it's THE BEST anywhere! I'm getting my order in tomorrow...err..today, as it's 1:05am...for my dad & I (he's easy to please). URL: http://www.yahoocake.com/cgi-bin/yahoo/texas-manor-fruitcake.htmPat Bremerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975307056564912862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post-91568867060289143782008-12-16T19:25:00.000-06:002008-12-16T19:25:00.000-06:00Laurel, you are a Ya-Ya. Part of the same bunch th...Laurel, you are a Ya-Ya. Part of the same bunch that has been known to turn a certain peanut-butter dessert into performance art ... the same bunch that eats chocolate fondue with a spoon instead of a forkful of fruit ... the same bunch that dips chocolate-covered graham crackers in a tub of cheesecake filling instead of bothering with the pretense of a crust ... and you're concerned that eating a bowl of candied fruit might be considered barbaric? Please. <BR/><BR/>If you're worried it's not fancy enough, douse it with brandy and light it on fire. Flambe equals instant class. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post-89185095363228187112008-12-16T18:21:00.000-06:002008-12-16T18:21:00.000-06:00Beth... thank goodness somebody else doesn't hate ...Beth... thank goodness somebody else doesn't hate fruitcake! I feel somewhat vindicated. :-)<BR/><BR/>Trevor... I doubt Jesus had the bad taste to turn down a delicious fruitcake. They could have saved it until the baby Jesus was old enough to eat it, and by then it would have aged to perfection. LOL!<BR/><BR/>Ron.... Indestructablity is just another of fruitcake's charms. :-)Laurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664721949113509873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post-22321895953910428272008-12-16T18:14:00.000-06:002008-12-16T18:14:00.000-06:00"Fruitcakes make ideal gifts because the Postal Se..."Fruitcakes make ideal gifts because the Postal Service has been unable to find a way to damage them." - Dave Barry<BR/><BR/>RonRon McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808923720869622276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post-14631895287453781192008-12-16T15:50:00.000-06:002008-12-16T15:50:00.000-06:00I haven't had fruitcake for years, but I remember ...I haven't had fruitcake for years, but I remember liking it okay when I was a kid. I definitely don't have the cravings for it that you're having, though!<BR/><BR/>I hope the cookie-baking went better!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149068921334726430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post-64764018727438338512008-12-16T12:15:00.000-06:002008-12-16T12:15:00.000-06:00You know, Laurel, that although the New Testament ...You know, Laurel, that although the New Testament ommits it, there was a 4th Wise Man who was rejected because he brought Jesus a fruit cake!Trevor Hiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10216077170526370999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post-39825910210043574482008-12-16T05:51:00.000-06:002008-12-16T05:51:00.000-06:00Babbsela... can you give me the URL for the foam f...Babbsela... can you give me the URL for the foam fruitcake site??Laurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664721949113509873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post-58646175694694671522008-12-16T05:50:00.000-06:002008-12-16T05:50:00.000-06:00Kat.... boiled fruitcake! Very interesting! It ...Kat.... boiled fruitcake! Very interesting! It doesn't have Vegemite in it, does it? :-) Now I'm curious, so I'll be searching the internet for a boiled fruitcake recipe today.Laurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664721949113509873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post-45025999602438948572008-12-16T05:47:00.000-06:002008-12-16T05:47:00.000-06:00Sorry, Emily, but it's the candied fruit that make...Sorry, Emily, but it's the candied fruit that makes it a true fruitcake in my opinion. The cake part and the nuts are just a vehicle for getting the candied fruit into my mouth. If I thought it was not so barbarian, I'd just eat a container of the candied fruit (particularly the citron) and bypass the cake altogether. (On the other hand, I'd love to have a taste of your mom's FC. Maybe she'll change my mind.)Laurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664721949113509873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post-33799970830175255412008-12-16T02:26:00.000-06:002008-12-16T02:26:00.000-06:00how do americans make fruit cake ... lol that isn'...how do americans make fruit cake ... lol that isn't a trick question .. but is it just baked or boiled up first ??<BR/><BR/>I use my grandmothers recipe (she was from the UK) and it is a boiled fruitcake .... it comes out soooooo moist and YUMMO~Kathryn~https://www.blogger.com/profile/05822268907677204977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post-24753004196905402732008-12-15T22:14:00.000-06:002008-12-15T22:14:00.000-06:00So you are the person who eats them! Someone sent ...So you are the person who eats them! <BR/><BR/>Someone sent me a link today to a foam fruitake. IMO, much more edible than the real thing.bbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17721065054558578612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post-49008662996874513072008-12-15T21:30:00.000-06:002008-12-15T21:30:00.000-06:00My mother and I are of the opinion that candied fr...My mother and I are of the opinion that candied fruit is squarely to blame for fruitcake's bad reputation. Mom makes hers with dried fruit, and it's amazing.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of which, she gave me an entire fruitcake last time I was home. If you are very nice to me, some of it might find its way to your house. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com