On Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 8:45:38 AM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>
> >> It always makes me smile when I read here that people have started making
> >> fruitcakes. Many years ago I was making mine, and an American said to
> >> me,
> >> 'Do you all make these and give them to each other?' )
> >
> > That is funny. Most Americans' experience with fruitcake is this (or
> > something similar):
> >
> > <http://www.amazon.com/Fruit-Cake-Boxed-Claxton-Fruitcake/dp/B000YGMK1W/ref=pd_bxgy_325_img_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=152DFBXMGF7VK BRBWZ6K>
> >
> > Those crummy things are often purchased as gifts for people one doesn't
> > know very well, or as hostess gifts when visiting at the holidays.
>
> Oh dear. I guess that devalues them and now I understand his comment.
>
> > I favor light fruitcake made with dried rather than candied fruit. I
> > haven't made any in more than a decade. Since fruitcake is such a
> > joke around here, I have a hard time getting people to take them,
> > even though they're quite tasty.
>
> But why do posters here make ones to give away if no one really appreciates
> them? I (and friends that I know about) make them for themselves and their
> family

Perhaps the friends and family of the fruitcake makers who post
here are more savvy than my friends and family.

Cindy Hamilton