Meaning that the fruit be new stock that has not been around a long time
and really dried up.
Meaning currants, sultanas and raisins that are nice and shiny not all
hard as a bullet and really miserable.



"Eric Jorgensen" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:19:08 -0500
> "qahtan" > wrote:
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>> PPS if your fruit is nice and fresh you really don't need to macerate.
>> And continue like gg grandma says. :-)
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> If your fruit is nice & fresh you have funny ideas about fruitcake,
> having been traditionally made with dried fruits.