The magnificent history of the maligned and misunderstood fruitcake

[mahatmakanejeeves]

The polarizing dessert that people love to hate became a Christmas mainstay thanks, in part, to the U.S. Postal Service.

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The magnificent history of the maligned and misunderstood fruitcake
The polarizing dessert that people love to hate became a Christmas mainstay thanks, in part, to the U.S. Postal Service.

[Raven]

1. My mother used to make a fabulous fruit cake. She only used raisins and

nuts and none of those awful currants and she doused it in booze, wrapped it in a towel and let it sit in a dark place for about a month. Everybody, including us kids, got a little tipsy on Christmas day.

[underpants]

2. I finally was able to read it. Very interesting

Times Dispatch sucks in ways most operations have never even considered.

[Hoyt]

3. Claxton Fruit Cakes are really good -- after a year or two -- when you have nothing else to eat.

[sl8]

4. I was introduced to Claxton fruitcake a long time, from a Navy shipmate that hailed from Claxton.

He talked it up to all of us and shared some with us. I think he made a few converts that day.