I wouldn’t cross the street for a slice of fruitcake; but every Christmas, a client from Houston would send a fruitcake to the office, and we would all fight for a piece and consume every crumb. Maybe it was the novelty of food at the office; or maybe Houston has the only good fruitcake chef.
Fruitcakes have been the butt of jokes as long as I can remember. However, I’ve always enjoyed it when I had a chance to have some around the holidays .. especially if the baker went heavy on the rum/brandy in the recipe. I worked at a place where, every Christmas, one guy would bring in several fruitcakes for coworkers in the production area where he worked. As I recall, you could pick up a slice and squeeze it in your hand, and catch drops of rum running out of it. He would bring it out at lunch break, and I can say with certainty that the afternoons were less ‘productive’. Just thinking back … a great memory now that I’m retired.
speaking of fruitcake, there’s this one Michigan family who has had theirs for almost 150 years…https://weartv.com/news/offbeat/141-year-old-fruitcake-is-a-michigan-familys-heirloom?utm_source=wnd&utm_medium=wnd&utm_campaign=syndicated
This is way off the point, but it always bothered me in movies and tv shows that they represent what one sees thru binoculars is overlapping circles, when in fact one sees only one circle. (I can think of a lot of reasons Why they do that, but it still bothers me… like hearing explosions in space, or never closing a door one just opened…)
Some squirrels can be very fussy about what they will accept. In the park where the foreign tourists are fascinated by them, generally only peanuts will do. But down by the river they will eat anything.
It’s traditional in Yorkshire, UK, to eat Christmas fruit cake with a decent sized piece of Wensleydale cheese. It sounds bizarre, but the cheese is a lovely contrast to the sweetness of the cake.
codycab almost 5 years ago
For something with the word “cake” in it, it sure isn’t well loved, is it?
Templo S.U.D. almost 5 years ago
and to whom will the squirrels gift the fruitcake if the Arbuckle household won’t take it? the rabbits perhaps?
Sonic the Hedgehog. almost 5 years ago
??
WhatsTheJoke almost 5 years ago
The squirrels will pass it to the dogs. The dogs will bury it. Problem solved!
BJ40 almost 5 years ago
Regifting, or regurgitating ?
Watcher almost 5 years ago
It will come back to you Jon.
almost 5 years ago
Can’t say I blame them.
hariseldon59 almost 5 years ago
Johnny Carson once joked that there is only one fruitcake in the entire world and people keep regifting it.
wjones almost 5 years ago
Fruitcakes make great regifts.
jpayne4040 almost 5 years ago
The squirrels will just give it back to Odie!
Geophyzz almost 5 years ago
I wouldn’t cross the street for a slice of fruitcake; but every Christmas, a client from Houston would send a fruitcake to the office, and we would all fight for a piece and consume every crumb. Maybe it was the novelty of food at the office; or maybe Houston has the only good fruitcake chef.
mrcooncat almost 5 years ago
Fruitcakes have been the butt of jokes as long as I can remember. However, I’ve always enjoyed it when I had a chance to have some around the holidays .. especially if the baker went heavy on the rum/brandy in the recipe. I worked at a place where, every Christmas, one guy would bring in several fruitcakes for coworkers in the production area where he worked. As I recall, you could pick up a slice and squeeze it in your hand, and catch drops of rum running out of it. He would bring it out at lunch break, and I can say with certainty that the afternoons were less ‘productive’. Just thinking back … a great memory now that I’m retired.
jagedlo almost 5 years ago
speaking of fruitcake, there’s this one Michigan family who has had theirs for almost 150 years…https://weartv.com/news/offbeat/141-year-old-fruitcake-is-a-michigan-familys-heirloom?utm_source=wnd&utm_medium=wnd&utm_campaign=syndicated
chris_o42 almost 5 years ago
Contrary to popular opinion, I really like fruitcake. Of course, there are those who think I AM one!
rondm66 almost 5 years ago
Fruitcake is as popular as ever.
Clarence almost 5 years ago
Why
IshkaBibel1 almost 5 years ago
https://ishkabibel.weebly.com/the-fruitcake-that-would-not-die.html
NathanSwan almost 5 years ago
those squirrels are gonna put acorns in the cake. Change my mind
darcyandsimon almost 5 years ago
They’re squirrels. They’ll eat it if there are nuts in it…p.s. i LOVE fruitcake. Not ALL fruitcake, but many of them.
KEA almost 5 years ago
This is way off the point, but it always bothered me in movies and tv shows that they represent what one sees thru binoculars is overlapping circles, when in fact one sees only one circle. (I can think of a lot of reasons Why they do that, but it still bothers me… like hearing explosions in space, or never closing a door one just opened…)
Dean almost 5 years ago
Some squirrels can be very fussy about what they will accept. In the park where the foreign tourists are fascinated by them, generally only peanuts will do. But down by the river they will eat anything.
Mediatech almost 5 years ago
Give it to the army, if that won’t stop a tank, nothing will.
guy42 almost 5 years ago
Fruitcake is a waste of good rum, and all rum is a waste of good sugar.
jmworacle almost 5 years ago
And ye shall face the wrath of P.E.T.A &/or the A.S.P.C.A.
Phanakapan almost 5 years ago
It’s traditional in Yorkshire, UK, to eat Christmas fruit cake with a decent sized piece of Wensleydale cheese. It sounds bizarre, but the cheese is a lovely contrast to the sweetness of the cake.
BJ40 almost 5 years ago
It looks like Jim Davis is regifting his comics, because it feels like I’ve seen this one before.
Bland'O almost 5 years ago
The gift that keeps on giving.