I have a friend who brews Christmas cakes - well, they taste that way....

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

My mom used to bake christmas bricks (fruit cake) but they were a pain. She had to buy small containers of all the fruits and nuts that go into the cake and us kids weren't exactly big fruit cake eaters. I think the reason they are associated with christmas is because after your treat it with the booze, they need to sit a while before eating for the flavors to blend. In the old days, the lack of refrigeration meant you needed the cold weather to properly age the cakes before eating. Now days the could be prepared any time of the year but by tradition we do it at christmas time.

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If you want the best Fruit Cake made and that simply isn't a horrible brick, this place makes simply delicious cakes, My family for years ordered this companies fruit cakes, nothing artificial here, straight out of Corsicana Texas too... Collin Street Bakery. They come in a box and inside that a Tin w/a resealable lid, see inset of picture.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

My mother buys this every year around Christmas.

Sounds great, but so expensive! I'll just buy the booze and
the cake and put them together myself!

My mom swears by their cakes. Those monks seem to know what they're doing. ;~}

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

My mother buys this every year around Christmas.

Sounds great, but so expensive! I'll just buy the booze and
the cake and put them together myself!

My mom swears by their cakes. Those monks seem to know what they're doing. ;~}

Here's what Collin Street Bakery says of their Fruit Cake, 1896, that's 118 years of fruit cake baking.

world-famous DeLuxe® Fruitcake has been a favorite since 1896 — still baked faithfully to our original recipe.

When you order DeLuxe® Fruitcake, you'll have the confidence of knowing that you selected the very best. Featured on The Chew and The Food Network's Best Thing I Ever Ate. See description below, and read the customer comments below to see what our customers say about our delicious fruitcakes and pecan cakes. Also available sliced!

They have links to the Chew and to the Food Network on the page where I got the above text from.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

My mother buys this every year around Christmas.

Sounds great, but so expensive! I'll just buy the booze and
the cake and put them together myself!

My mom swears by their cakes. Those monks seem to know what they're doing. ;~}

Here's what Collin Street Bakery says of their Fruit Cake, 1896, that's 118 years of fruit cake baking.

world-famous DeLuxe® Fruitcake has been a favorite since 1896 — still baked faithfully to our original recipe.

When you order DeLuxe® Fruitcake, you'll have the confidence of knowing that you selected the very best. Featured on The Chew and The Food Network's Best Thing I Ever Ate. See description below, and read the customer comments below to see what our customers say about our delicious fruitcakes and pecan cakes. Also available sliced!

They have links to the Chew and to the Food Network on the page where I got the above text from.

They're probably very good. We live close to the monastery where the stuff is made, and my mom likes going there, partly also because Thomas Merton lived there.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

We have extra black forest cake, would any one like some?

Me me me!!! Am I too late? Is there any left?

There's a fruitcake that's pretty good. I thought it was Harry and David's, but I just briefly searched their site and can't find it.

My mother used to make fruitcake cookies for Christmas. They were various fruits and nuts like you would use in fruitcake, with just enough batter to hold them together when baked in bite size lumps.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

My mom used to bake christmas bricks (fruit cake) but they were a pain. She had to buy small containers of all the fruits and nuts that go into the cake and us kids weren't exactly big fruit cake eaters. I think the reason they are associated with christmas is because after your treat it with the booze, they need to sit a while before eating for the flavors to blend. In the old days, the lack of refrigeration meant you needed the cold weather to properly age the cakes before eating. Now days the could be prepared any time of the year but by tradition we do it at christmas time.

Don't worry, Dena. Nobody is a big fruitcake eater!

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~Sue~

If you want the best Fruit Cake made and that simply isn't a horrible brick, this place makes simply delicious cakes, My family for years ordered this companies fruit cakes, nothing artificial here, straight out of Corsicana Texas too... Collin Street Bakery. They come in a box and inside that a Tin w/a resealable lid, see inset of picture.

I believe these are world-famous fruitcakes. Or at least
they're nationally famous. I saw a TV thing about them,
or maybe it was on the interwebs.

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~Sue~

If you want the best Fruit Cake made and that simply isn't a horrible brick, this place makes simply delicious cakes, My family for years ordered this companies fruit cakes, nothing artificial here, straight out of Corsicana Texas too... Collin Street Bakery. They come in a box and inside that a Tin w/a resealable lid, see inset of picture.

I believe these are world-famous fruitcakes. Or at least
they're nationally famous. I saw a TV thing about them,
or maybe it was on the interwebs.

Okay, I guess I should have read all the posts before I
wrote this one.

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~Sue~

If you want the best Fruit Cake made and that simply isn't a horrible brick, this place makes simply delicious cakes, My family for years ordered this companies fruit cakes, nothing artificial here, straight out of Corsicana Texas too... Collin Street Bakery. They come in a box and inside that a Tin w/a resealable lid, see inset of picture.

I believe these are world-famous fruitcakes. Or at least
they're nationally famous. I saw a TV thing about them,
or maybe it was on the interwebs.

Okay, I guess I should have read all the posts before I
wrote this one.

Well they are so good, I'd be tempted to eat the whole thing, but that's also the way My family feels about these, except for one Niece, who is a Vegan mostly or tries to be. My aunt before She died in 2006 would have one sent to My Mom and Me, it wouldn't last long. These things are moist and crumbly and well I better stop now before I find My self ordering one, sigh...

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

I imagine HSN's Cooking with David show will probably have a fruitcake to order soon.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Buy calves liver, soak it in Milk for a while. Saute it gently in Butter, Onions and Bacon. Do Not over-cook; just get most of the pink to disappear. It is really good tasting, and so are chicken livers--for these: add Mushrooms, and serve over a plate of rice (Filipino Style).

In the old days of American Indians, the hunter was awarded the organ meats.

Buy calves liver, soak it in Milk for a while. Saute it gently in Butter, Onions and Bacon. Do Not over-cook; just get most of the pink to disappear. It is really good tasting, and so are chicken livers--for these: add Mushrooms, and serve over a plate of rice (Filipino Style).

In the old days of American Indians, the hunter was awarded the organ meats.

Nothing like a dinner of liver, with fruitcake for dessert. :~0 ;~}

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Don't try this Swedish dish at home.
Surströmming!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surstr%C3%B6mming
When opened, the contents release a strong characteristic ammonia-like odor; the dish is ordinarily eaten outdoors. According to a Japanese study, a newly opened can of surströmming has one of the most putrid food smells in the world, even more so than similarly fermented fish dishes such as the Korean Hongeohoe or Japanese Kusaya.
In April 2006, several major airlines (such as Air France and British Airways) banned the fish, citing that the pressurised cans of fish are potentially explosive.

Buy calves liver, soak it in Milk for a while. Saute it gently in Butter, Onions and Bacon. Do Not over-cook; just get most of the pink to disappear. It is really good tasting, and so are chicken livers--for these: add Mushrooms, and serve over a plate of rice (Filipino Style).
In the old days of American Indians, the hunter was awarded the organ meats.

Plura home cooking: "I think we eat too little organ meats in this country."

Calf liver Anglais
200 grams of bacon, or smoked bacon, sliced
1 kg calf liver, sliced
flour for breading
4 tablespoons capers (or lingonberry and craneberry).

Cooking
Fry the bacon and drain them on paper towels so that excess fat is sucked up and the bacon is crispy.
Salt and pepper the liver and turn in flour, fry quickly in butter on both sides, the liver should be pink inside. Let rest.
Beat the frying pan with 2 cups water, add a little soy sauce and cook something together. Add the capers and season with salt and pepper.
Add the liver slices with a few slices of bacon, the sauce with capers over that, serve with boiled potatoes.

The recipe comes from the book "Plura home cooking" by Plura Jonsson.

Buy calves liver, soak it in Milk for a while. Saute it gently in Butter, Onions and Bacon. Do Not over-cook; just get most of the pink to disappear. It is really good tasting, and so are chicken livers--for these: add Mushrooms, and serve over a plate of rice (Filipino Style).

In the old days of American Indians, the hunter was awarded the organ meats.

How long is "a while"?

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~Sue~

Don't try this Swedish dish at home.
Surströmming!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surstr%C3%B6mming
When opened, the contents release a strong characteristic ammonia-like odor; the dish is ordinarily eaten outdoors. According to a Japanese study, a newly opened can of surströmming has one of the most putrid food smells in the world, even more so than similarly fermented fish dishes such as the Korean Hongeohoe or Japanese Kusaya.
In April 2006, several major airlines (such as Air France and British Airways) banned the fish, citing that the pressurised cans of fish are potentially explosive.

Combine with Limburger cheese.

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~Sue~

Don't try this Swedish dish at home.
Surströmming!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surstr%C3%B6mming
When opened, the contents release a strong characteristic ammonia-like odor; the dish is ordinarily eaten outdoors. According to a Japanese study, a newly opened can of surströmming has one of the most putrid food smells in the world, even more so than similarly fermented fish dishes such as the Korean Hongeohoe or Japanese Kusaya.
In April 2006, several major airlines (such as Air France and British Airways) banned the fish, citing that the pressurised cans of fish are potentially explosive.

Combine with Limburger cheese.

And a gas mask maybe. ;)

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Don't try this Swedish dish at home.
Surströmming!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surstr%C3%B6mming
When opened, the contents release a strong characteristic ammonia-like odor; the dish is ordinarily eaten outdoors. According to a Japanese study, a newly opened can of surströmming has one of the most putrid food smells in the world, even more so than similarly fermented fish dishes such as the Korean Hongeohoe or Japanese Kusaya.
In April 2006, several major airlines (such as Air France and British Airways) banned the fish, citing that the pressurised cans of fish are potentially explosive.

Combine with Limburger cheese.

LOL
Limburger cheese as a dessert. Yummie:)
"Ta å släpp lös limburgaren"
Cannot translate this but it means something like 'Release the Limburger'