[senior citizen]

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]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

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]

Originally Posted by mrfixit

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]

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]

Originally Posted by Cantwaittoarrive

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]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

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]

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]

Originally Posted by Cantwaittoarrive

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]

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]

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

[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by ugotme

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]

Originally Posted by Cantwaittoarrive

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.

You can't make up this real life stuff.

[Cantwaittoarrive]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

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]

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

[BobnBev]

Originally Posted by Cantwaittoarrive

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.