On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 14:50:44 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

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>"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
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>> On Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 8:45:38 AM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
>>> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
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>>> >> 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.
>
>I do hope so. It seems such a waste of effort and good food.

I've made excellent fruit cake using only dried figs. I also really
love a good date nut loaf. My mom used to bake them in saved coffee
cans... cut bottom lid and push out, round slices with cream cheese,
can't stop eating.