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Default Fruitcake season

On Thu, 14 Nov 2019 08:49:21 -0000, "Ophelia"
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>"Bruce" wrote in message ...
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>On Wed, 13 Nov 2019 17:06:28 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:
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>>It's been a pretty busy week here but I had a lazy day here. I went out
>>to get the ingredients for light fruitcake. I picked up the glazed
>>green and red cherries and pineapple, golden raisins and prunes at Bulk
>>Barn. I lucked out. They were on sale this week and I happened to be
>>there for seniors discount day. I went to another store for three pounds
>>of butter and found that on sale. I also picked up eggs and sour cream.
>>
>>I have to purge my freezer before I make the cakes because I will need
>>to store them for at least a month while they age. The next miserable
>>day will be fruitcake baking day. Disparage fruit cake all you want, but
>>I love it and I have some friends and family who look forward to being
>>gifted with it.

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>I made 2 fruitcakes last year. For the first time ever, because I
>always thought it was a fuddy-duddy Anglo thing. That may be, but they
>came out quite nice.
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> Uhuh. Turning into a fuddy-duddy Anglo are you ...


lol, you got me there...