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To: nickcarraway

i love fruitcake. Claxton in GA or Collin Street Bakery in TX.


5 posted on 12/25/2017 11:38:53 AM PST by WeWaWes (When I look in the mirror I see an elephant--a bad ass elephant)
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To: WeWaWes

Me too. Can’t wait until all of the Claxton cakes get marked down after Christmas. I’ll freeze about ten pounds.


7 posted on 12/25/2017 11:47:59 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: WeWaWes
Me too. It wasn't really until I was in my 20s that I discovered it. When I was growing up the fruitcake was always reserved for the grownups and relatives who came calling.

When I was in my 20s, someone had given me a fruitcake. It languished in the cupboard because I really had never eaten one before, and frankly it looked a little scary.

Well a couple weeks after Christmas I was sitting alone in my apartment. I had made myself some coffee, and craved something sweet to accompany it. There was nothing in the house, save for the forlorn fruitcake in the cupboard.

My craving for something sweet got the better of me and I cut open the fruitcake—Dang, this ain't bad! And I've been enjoying fruitcake ever since.

My guess is that many of the people who claim not to like fruitcake, have never even actually tried it.
 

14 posted on 12/25/2017 12:02:54 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (CNN is fake news.)
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To: WeWaWes

Southern Supreme in NC is excellent.
http://www.southernsupreme.com/


22 posted on 12/25/2017 1:06:13 PM PST by kalee
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To: WeWaWes

I’m told that my fruitcakes are fabulous...I don’t actually eat the stuff, but my husband and all of his family eat it and love it...


24 posted on 12/25/2017 1:09:01 PM PST by cherry
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To: WeWaWes

Didn’t like fruitcake until my late mother in law served us Claxton dark fruitcake soaked in brandy, frozen, then thawed. Wonderful.


30 posted on 12/25/2017 2:40:47 PM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: WeWaWes

Great minds

My exact thought


36 posted on 12/25/2017 3:14:01 PM PST by wardaddy (As a southerner I've never trusted the Grand Old Party.....any questions?)
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