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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumswith Christmas coming up I will start a series of preference polls
here is the first one:
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egg nog | |
5 (63%) |
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fruitcake | |
3 (38%) |
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Takket
(22,780 posts)Tried for the first time in years recently and was disgusted by it lol. Fruit cake is underrated!!!!!
Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)The very thought of either makes me gag.
True Dough
(21,563 posts)or can it be "spiked" with something?
gopiscrap
(24,283 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)Ambrosia salad.
GoCubsGo
(33,406 posts)If not, and it's rum-soaked (or brandy-soaked) fruitcake, especially if it is made with dried fruits, rather than the candied kind, I'll have that.
gopiscrap
(24,283 posts)as usual there's always a bunch of lawyer types on this site, who find the loopholes...I love it!!!
Phoenix61
(17,861 posts)Baked the weekend before Thanksgiving then lovingly soaked in Captain Morgan's until Christmas.
Siwsan
(27,406 posts)It was something we all looked forward to, as kids.
I don't decorate trees, anymore, or even celebrate Christmas. I do, however, still enjoy a glass or two of Eggnog, with a healthy splash of Bourbon and lots of fresh grated nutmeg.
Fresh_Start
(11,344 posts)since the alcohol renders the eggs safe...you can't exclude the booze.
Freethinker65
(11,172 posts)Fresh_Start
(11,344 posts)I've been giving it as gifts to neighbors for 20 years...and they ask every year when I will be making it.
Freethinker65
(11,172 posts)Fresh_Start
(11,344 posts)I always adjust the booze to our taste buds.
only major difference is joy of cooking whips egg whites at the very end and adds to the nog.
It thickens the nog
Freethinker65
(11,172 posts)yuiyoshida
(43,136 posts)I wouldn't touch a fruitcake with a 10 foot poll, not after hearing that someone keep giving out a fruit cake given to him the previous Christmas and it was still good, and later it came back to him as a gift from other friends who were given the same cake.
or then there is this...
Fruitcake fit for the apocalypse: 106-year-old Antarctic cake is 'almost' edible
http://nationalpost.com/life/food/fruitcake-fit-for-the-apocalypse-106-year-old-antarctic-cake-is-almost-edible
gopiscrap
(24,283 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Sanity Claws
(22,098 posts)If the question is what do you prefer as a doorstop, then the answer is fruitcake.
Freethinker65
(11,172 posts)It reminds me of Christmas as a kid.
I also posted above that I currently have homemade eggnog aging in the back of my fridge. I have never made it before and thought it would be fun to try.
Fresh_Start
(11,344 posts)not a huge fan of fruitcake but her's is amazing.
It might be the month seeping in alcohol or the marzipan and fondant...
uppityperson
(115,902 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,795 posts)The Polack MSgt
(13,485 posts)But even if I could drink it, I would prefer fruit cake.
The commercially made doorstops some people call fruitcake are horrible and don't deserve the name.
Real homemade fruit cake is amazing.
Alton Brown's is close to my Great Aunt's, but she used figs and some molasses without dried blueberries and Rye instead of Brandy.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/free-range-fruitcake-recipe-1926833
ETA - My family used Rye Whiskey for everything from treating sore teeth and fevers to softening a venison shoulder prior to roasting like a pot roast.
YAY Appalachia!
July
(4,777 posts)But I also enjoyed the straight-from-the-supermarket kind that my parents gave us kiddies way back when.
And I've had some pretty good fruitcake occasionally, too.
The NYT recipe uses bourbon and cognac and has a fluffy, almost meringue-like consistency. We "drink" it with a spoon. Delicious.
Takket
(22,780 posts)Doorstops
Construction material
Weapons
Revenge
The list goes on and on
gopiscrap
(24,283 posts)Takket
(22,780 posts)what if there is only 1 fruitcake continually being passed around?
gopiscrap
(24,283 posts)trueblue2007
(18,379 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)mercuryblues
(15,389 posts)Publix makes an amazing eggnog ice cream. I goes great in bananas foster.