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Blue_true

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10. I believe that I read that a fruitcake was found in an isolated North Pole

Reply to Karadeniz (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 21, 2020, 11:11 PM

Dec 2020

location that the first explorer of the North Pole had encamped at. The tinned fruitcake was apparently left behind (more proof the everyone tries to lose fruitcakes). According to the article, when the tin was opened, the fruitcake was in almost like-baked condition.

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Accounting for inflation a piece of cake bought in 1789 [View all] randr Dec 2020 OP

And doesn't taste any worse than grocery store cake! Karadeniz Dec 2020 #1

It tastes like 231 year old cake randr Dec 2020 #2

Which is EXACTLY what a HEB birthday cake tastes like... Karadeniz Dec 2020 #3

It's probably the same fruitcake . . . hatrack Dec 2020 #26

I believe that I read that a fruitcake was found in an isolated North Pole Blue_true Dec 2020 #10

That sounds familiar.. And puts the lie to Johnny Carson's claim that there's actually only one Karadeniz Dec 2020 #13

I did't hear Carson's lie, but my life experience would have caused me to doubt his Blue_true Dec 2020 #18

Reminiscent of John Wheeler's "One Electron Theory" hunter Dec 2020 #22

Mmmm. There's some real value here Prof. P.E. Name Dec 2020 #4

Throw a Big Mac or a Whopper in with it. nt Blue_true Dec 2020 #11

How much was a piece of cake in 1789? Polybius Dec 2020 #5

That piece of cake originally cost $20.29. Towlie Dec 2020 #27

So Marie Antoinette was a benevolent dictator. Beakybird Dec 2020 #6

If MickyDs sold it back in 1789,... the shelf life would not yet have expired,... magicarpet Dec 2020 #7

Looking at Twitter threads today people seem awfully angry but there will be no Autumn Dec 2020 #8

$600 today is equivalent to $20 in 1789 VMA131Marine Dec 2020 #9

So that piece of cake was a luxury item that likely only the reasonably Blue_true Dec 2020 #14

I've never lost my taste for good old comfort food🙂 MLAA Dec 2020 #17

It kept my family alive when I was a child. Not fancy, but cheap and it Blue_true Dec 2020 #19

I'm still a big fan of Campbell's tomato soup and grilled cheese. MLAA Dec 2020 #28

My favorites: Blue_true Dec 2020 #29

I've made collard greens a time or two lately. MLAA Dec 2020 #32

Is the Vegan Trader Joe's cheesecake light? Blue_true Dec 2020 #33

Yes, light and creamy not the cake like texture of NY cheesecake. MLAA Dec 2020 #34

I have always found NY Cheesecake to be way too dense and heavy. Blue_true Dec 2020 #35

While you are there... MLAA Dec 2020 #36

Thanks for the suggestions. nt Blue_true Dec 2020 #37

I thanked God for Taco Bell randr Dec 2020 #23

Crystal did that for my parent's family. Blue_true Dec 2020 #30

But how much would a slice of JFK's cake cost? Roland99 Dec 2020 #12

I don't get the reference, mind explaining? Thanks. nt Blue_true Dec 2020 #15

Seinfeld episode. And wasn't JFK. I think that was the golf clubs episode Roland99 Dec 2020 #20

Thanks. nt Blue_true Dec 2020 #31

And the price of a guillotine? moondust Dec 2020 #16

Calclulating inflation backwards doesn't really work that way markpkessinger Dec 2020 #21

Right. Had the recipe and the means to bake them existed in 1789, backdating from today's prices... Tom Rinaldo Dec 2020 #24

According to this site, your piece of cake originally cost $20.29. Expensive cake! Towlie Dec 2020 #25