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senior citizen 12-20-2012 07:11 AM

How many of you can honestly say.....
 
How many of you can honestly say that you have been given a FRUITCAKE as a gift within the past 50 years which still "might still be circulating" as you re gifted it?

I was just reorganizing my garage freezer and saw some "desserts" from quite awhile ago....stuck there in the bottom back bin.

I used to bake fruit cakes and give them away as gifts to neighbors who said they loved them, but who knows? I basted mine with apricot brandy.

I guess either one loves fruitcake or hates fruitcake.

mrfixit 12-20-2012 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by senior citizen (Post 597131)
How many of you can honestly say that you have been given a FRUITCAKE as a gift within the past 50 years which still "might still be circulating" as you re gifted it?

I was just reorganizing my garage freezer and saw some "desserts" from quite awhile ago....stuck there in the bottom back bin.

Not here.....One week before thanksgiving we send the entire
contents of our freezers to the food pantry.

senior citizen 12-20-2012 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by mrfixit (Post 597135)
Not here.....One week before thanksgiving we send the entire
contents of our freezers to the food pantry.

Wonderful and generous idea.......what if it has a touch of freezer burn.
Do they still accept it?

Cantwaittoarrive 12-20-2012 08:24 AM

Not a fruitcake but, we re-gifted a bowl we received for our wedding 33 years ago to my sister when she got married to her second husband last year. We had never opened the box the bowl came in so imagine our suprise when my sister said they LOVED the chocolate candy that came with the bowl we gave them

senior citizen 12-20-2012 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Cantwaittoarrive (Post 597151)
Not a fruitcake but, we re-gifted a bowl we received for our wedding 33 years ago to my sister when she got married to her second husband last year. We had never opened the box the bowl came in so imagine our suprise when my sister said they LOVED the chocolate candy that came with the bowl we gave them

Now, that takes the cake.....or "candy".....that is a really good story and very, very funny.

I'm glad I'm not your sister. Did you ever tell her? Better not.

happyinthevillages 12-20-2012 09:03 AM

candy bowl
 
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Originally Posted by senior citizen (Post 597155)
Now, that takes the cake.....or "candy".....that is a really good story and very, very funny.

I'm glad I'm not your sister. Did you ever tell her? Better not.

I would like to know if you ever told her too. That is hilarious. I guess i better go open some of those old gift boxes i've been storing up. We actually were going to re gift a few. But after your story i am gonna check them first. super funny.

ugotme 12-20-2012 09:14 AM

I do believe that fruitcakes were never meant to be eaten.
There are many uses for them - re-gifting, door stops, paper weights, lifting for exercise, etc.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ????

Jaggy 12-20-2012 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Cantwaittoarrive (Post 597151)
Not a fruitcake but, we re-gifted a bowl we received for our wedding 33 years ago to my sister when she got married to her second husband last year. We had never opened the box the bowl came in so imagine our suprise when my sister said they LOVED the chocolate candy that came with the bowl we gave them

that made me snort out loud.. thanks for the morning laugh !!

manaboutown 12-20-2012 10:43 AM

I love good fruitcake! My mother's father was a baker. My mother made them every year and they did not last long around our house. Now my daughter makes them every year using my mother's recipe.

As for store bought fruitcake, I will pass.

Trish Crocker 12-20-2012 10:47 AM

Actually, I've heard that there is really only one fruitcake in the whole world..it just keeps being re-gifted.

2BNTV 12-20-2012 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by ugotme (Post 597175)
I do believe that fruitcakes were never meant to be eaten.
There are many uses for them - re-gifting, door stops, paper weights, lifting for exercise, etc.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ????

Door Stop.

2BNTV 12-20-2012 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Cantwaittoarrive (Post 597151)
Not a fruitcake but, we re-gifted a bowl we received for our wedding 33 years ago to my sister when she got married to her second husband last year. We had never opened the box the bowl came in so imagine our suprise when my sister said they LOVED the chocolate candy that came with the bowl we gave them

Funny stuff. :1rotfl:

You can't make up this real life stuff. :smiley:

Cantwaittoarrive 12-20-2012 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by senior citizen (Post 597155)
Now, that takes the cake.....or "candy".....that is a really good story and very, very funny.

I'm glad I'm not your sister. Did you ever tell her? Better not.

Not so far we haven't said a word to her. That's one of those things you tell her sometime in the future. We get a good chuckle thinking about it from time to time

rubicon 12-20-2012 01:32 PM

A fruitcake by any other name is------------------

BobnBev 12-20-2012 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Cantwaittoarrive (Post 597151)
Not a fruitcake but, we re-gifted a bowl we received for our wedding 33 years ago to my sister when she got married to her second husband last year. We had never opened the box the bowl came in so imagine our suprise when my sister said they LOVED the chocolate candy that came with the bowl we gave them

OMG-----What if it was a gag gift to you, and the "chocolate" was really ex-lax.:a040::faint::eek:


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