Who likes fruitcake?

[salsabike]

Fruitcake is the garden zucchini of December. No one wants it

Now THERE'S some truth-tellin'. Maybe we fruitcake-haters have refined palates for OTHER subtle flavors but we just...plain...don't...like...fruitcake.

[Aggie_Ama]

My husband calls me a fruitcake. So I guess if you like fruitcake its a compliment? I admittedly have never had fruitcake, my Mammaw makes "Heavenly Hash" for Christmas. It is too funny to hear her think everyone is excited about it, some kind of crazy fruit salad dessert.

[malkin]

When it's good it's very very good...


That reminds me...I bought a Christmas pudding before I went to Mexico.

[Zen]

I could go for a hunka good fruitcake right now.

What is Christmas pudding?

[SlowButSteady]

We're such rednecks. The brick-like fruitcakes we used to get as gifts? You could underpin your trailer with them.

[spazzdog]

I could go for a hunka good fruitcake right now.

What is Christmas pudding?

See Wikipedia link for all things "Christmas pudding"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_pudding

[Zen]

"Christmas pudding is a steamed pudding, heavy with dried fruit and nuts, and usually made with suet"

Suet?

[VeloVT]

I'd say I prefer fruitcake to mincemeat pie.

[Jenerator]

"Christmas pudding is a steamed pudding, heavy with dried fruit and nuts, and usually made with suet"

Suet?

Suet is fat off beef (or maybe also mutton) kidneys. It's a fairly hard, white fat that doesn't really have a lot of taste, just a unique melting point that makes it useful for steamed pudding.

It's one of the secret ingredients in my Mom's family's Carrot Pudding, traditionally served for desert around Christmas time (at least it was, until everybody got worried about eating too much fat and/or any meat products at all). I wouldn't use the stuff sold for bird feed and always used to get mine from the butcher, usually by special order.

Meanwhile, back on topic, I like good fruitcake, but can't be bothered with the store-bought stuff with artificially green & red things.

[redrhodie]

Aw shucks! I finally had real fruitcake today for the first time since I was little, and I was going to vote, but the poll is closed. I liked it. It was made by the mother of one of the kids in my lbs, with no booze, but otherwise very traditional, even baked in a can. Lovely dried fruit and nuts, no florescent colors. I was thinking the ice cream would be good.