You want an apology? Forget it! I'm not apologizing! I like

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Fruit Cake! There, I said it!

[yorkster]

1. Same here

Especially in the a.m. mit Kaffe.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

5. 🤗

[dchill]

2. "You are what you eat."

It is said.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. 🤪

[dchill]

9. Must be something I et!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

15. Old joke! 🤣

[dchill]

19. Oh - it's ancient!

[Phoenix61]

3. I'm making 18 fruit cakes this year.

I’ve got orders for 13 of them. I use dried pineapple, papaya, apricots, dates, and raisins instead of candied fruit and soak them in Capt Morgan’s Spiced Rum for a month.
Can’t beat a nice big slice and a glass of homemade eggnog.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

8. 😋

[yorkster]

12. Oooh rummy fruit. Sounds delish. n/t

[Bayard]

24. Now that sounds good

Except for the raisins.

[EYESORE 9001]

4. I like it too

but I do have standards. If it’s dry or hard or full of nothing but candied citrus rind, I’ll probably pass on it. Depends on how hungry I am.
😋

[Floyd R. Turbo]

11. Our favorite is from Assumption Abbey!😋

[sl8]

7. There's very little difference between "I like" and "I'm like".

I'm speaking of how it's written, of course.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

13. Hey! 😁

[Silent Type]

10. Always appreciate a fruit cake at Christmas. Don't really like them, but I know they'll be just as good a year or two

down the road when nothing else is in the house.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

14. 🤗

[nevergiveup]

16. I grew up in west central Illinois in the 1950's.

We had a small family owned hardware store and at Christmas we sold Christmas trees, decorations, toys, and yes, fruitcakes. They always came in a round red tin. I loved the smell of the cakes but when it came to the taste it was a different story. My dad would always smile and say something to the effect that fruitcakes are a last resort present you buy for someone you don't know and will probably never see again.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

20. 😁

[marble falls]

31. Those red tin fruit cakes were great!

[tblue37]

17. So do I.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

21. 🤗

[GreenWave]

18. Can't afford them so I make spice cake and eat fruit on the side.

That was lonely guy meal tip #1

[Floyd R. Turbo]

22. 😢

[Backseat Driver]

23. I like fruitcake; grew up munching on those little $2 holiday Claxton brand loaves.

then even tried making a few wrapped in cheesecloth and soaked in brandy. Recall making one once upon a time: a dark-colored cake w/dried apricots and cherries w/citron and nuts. I set to soaking as above until the Thanksgiving.feast I once hosted. Many family now departed so now my SIL does his family version of brined and brandied bird and stuffing -- and it's DELICIOUS! Alas, no fruitcakes of any kind in years; no one else would touch so it doesn't ever get bought or baked.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

47. 🤗

[Permanut]

25. Dave Barry once said..

that fruitcakes make the ideal gift because the Postal Service hasn't found a way to damage them.

Nevertheless, I like fruitcake; I'm with Mr. Turbo on this one

[wnylib]

45. I like it too, as long as it's not dry.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

48. 😋

[underpants]

26. You are what you eat.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

49. 🤪

[MiHale]

27. My wife's aunt made the best fruitcake....

When you opened it, peeled back the cheesecloth the aroma that climbed into your soul through your nostrils quite literally made your shoulders slump slightly as you took in that first and glorious breath anticipating the taste of her wares.

Unfortunately the recipe and technique followed her into eternity.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

50. 😢

[lastlib]

67. (that almost sounds pornographic......)

- - -

[rsdsharp]

28. My mom started hers in mid October, and wrapped them in rum soaked towels.

They were great, even though she used the neon candied fruit. Alton Brown’s recipe uses dried fruits soaked in rum overnight. The finished cakes are spritzed with brandy periodically. Yum!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

51. 😋

[marble falls]

29. Love fruit cake.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

55. 🤗

[getagrip_already]

30. I thought it was just me..... haven't had it in years because I'm all alone on this...

And I can't buy, or make, an entire fruit cake for myself.

I might make a german stollen for tday though. A lot of work, but hey, I'm worth it.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

56. 😁

[edbermac]

32. Ugh.

I wouldn’t even serve that to the prisoners at Gitmo.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

57. 😬

[JoseBalow]

33. Does STOLLEN qualify as fruit cake?

Because that shit is delicious!

Stollen is a fruit bread of nuts, spices, and dried or candied fruit, coated with powdered sugar or icing sugar and often containing marzipan. It is a traditional German Christmas bread.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stollen

[Permanut]

34. Stollen is what happened to the 2020 election..

according to Mango Mussolini.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

59. 🤗

[Sogo]

35. According to Johnny Carson,

there's only one fruitcake in the world, and it gets re-gifted from person to person, year after year....

[TexasBushwhacker]

36. Yeah, he said it gets coated

with another coat of shellac and passed onto the next person.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

60. 😬

[TexasBushwhacker]

37. Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana TX

Has been making their trademarked fruit cakes for 125 years!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

61. 😋

[k0rs]

38. Excess Fruitcake?

You need to get rid of that fruitcake? If you're close enough, there's always the Great Manitou Fruitcake Toss.

https://manitousprings.org/events/fruitcake-toss/

[Floyd R. Turbo]

62. 😬

[Tikki]

39. So does the Mr...

The one time I tried it, it made my teeth hurt.

Tikki

[Floyd R. Turbo]

63. 😬

[lastlib]

40. I like 'em too! They make great boat anchors for my canoe......

...or door-stops

[Floyd R. Turbo]

64. 🤪

[NoRethugFriends]

41. Stop calling yourself names!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

65. 😵‍💫

[HAB911]

42. Soaked in Rum or Bourbon!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

66. 🤗

[ggma]

43. Fond winter memory...

Me and my grandmother, watching TV late at night, eating a slice; enjoying ourselves because no one else liked it so no one was jealous of us thank you

gg

[Floyd R. Turbo]

68. 🤗

[electric_blue68]

44. "Gasp!" ...

Everybody makes mistakes 👍

😉 j/k enjoy

[Floyd R. Turbo]

69. 😁

[OldBaldy1701E]

46. Oh, me too Mr. Turbo!

One of my bands used to play around Claxton, GA, the Fruit Cake Capitol of the World! (Their title, not mine.) I gave them to everyone and then would reap the rewards as I would visit them and they would want me to have some! Yum!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

70. 😋

[brewens]

52. Give me your address. I have a whole closet full I'll send you. They should still be good.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

71. 😬

[Wonder Why]

53. That's because only Trump supporters hate fruitcake.

Take that, you anti-fruitcake bigots!!!!!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

72. 😁

[LudwigPastorius]

54. I won't believe you actually like fruitcake until you publicly disclose your mailing address.

No?

What's the matter? You afraid of being on the receiving end of a couple thousand metric tons of previously gifted fruitcake?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

73. 😵‍💫

[Paladin]

58. OK, I'll admit it: I'll eat fruit cake.

One slice a year, during the holidays. That's all I need.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

74. 🤗