tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post5518057624471931520..comments2024-03-25T12:21:56.752-05:00Comments on Sweethearts Of The West: A Fruitcake TraditionCaroline Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-70872588701949067912017-12-07T22:39:23.531-06:002017-12-07T22:39:23.531-06:00YES!!! Ashley, that fruitcake. OMG! I thought it w...YES!!! Ashley, that fruitcake. OMG! I thought it was rum and something else. Do you still have her recipe?<br />LOVE that fruitcake. Okay, if it's fruitcake, I will eat it even that really cheap one in the grocery store. Fortunately Christmas only comes once a year.E. Ayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01434761738048963826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-22672989953826534712017-12-03T13:47:55.998-06:002017-12-03T13:47:55.998-06:00What a great memory for you. I think the bad reput...What a great memory for you. I think the bad reputation of fruitcakes may be robbing younger people from making those great memories.Paisley Kirkpatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06401039126457210324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-4515953634791592872017-12-03T13:46:53.347-06:002017-12-03T13:46:53.347-06:00I rarely give the recipe away because if it gets o...I rarely give the recipe away because if it gets out, I wouldn't have the great gifts anymore. It's the only fruitcake that I've ever liked. Thank you for visiting.Paisley Kirkpatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06401039126457210324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-66838365969652331422017-12-03T13:43:19.253-06:002017-12-03T13:43:19.253-06:00I always tell people when I give them their first ...I always tell people when I give them their first fruitcake that if they don't like it, just tell me and I won't give them anymore. It doesn't hurt my feelings because I know the reputation. Almost all of them bring compliments. :)<br />Paisley Kirkpatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06401039126457210324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-38380672862646286292017-12-03T13:41:11.153-06:002017-12-03T13:41:11.153-06:00Thank you, Sarah. The Big Dog I used as the protot...Thank you, Sarah. The Big Dog I used as the prototype of this character is in all the other stories in this series as well. He is a perfect person to carry this character. Paisley Kirkpatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06401039126457210324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-61904595984025907862017-12-03T13:15:41.748-06:002017-12-03T13:15:41.748-06:00Some fruitcakes I love, some not so much. Yours so...Some fruitcakes I love, some not so much. Yours sounds like a tasty one and I wish you had shared the recipe. I used to make Zucchini bread and banana nut bread to combine with cookies and fudge and give away to friends and neighbors. Since we moved fouor years ago, I haven't--but who knows about this year.Caroline Clemmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-19247443398513458172017-12-02T12:27:40.919-06:002017-12-02T12:27:40.919-06:00Paisley, your post brings back one of my favorite ...Paisley, your post brings back one of my favorite memories of Christmas. My mother had a ritual for her fruitcake that still makes me laugh. It was an old family recipes. A dark fruitcake from our Scots ancestry. She would bake it, pour whiskey over it, wrap it in cheesecloth, then waxed paper, then aluminum foil and put it in the china cabinet. Each Sunday during Advent, she would light an Advent candle then unwrap her fruitcake. She would drizzle more whiskey over it, then reapply the layers of wrapping. By the time Christmas Eve came, she sat us down and we watched as she gracefully unwrapped the fruitcake, layer by layer. The potent smell of that whiskey is branded in my memory. LOL Anyway, I DO like fruitcake!Ashley Kath-Bilskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14073164133698225798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-29951223400477991642017-12-02T11:49:25.078-06:002017-12-02T11:49:25.078-06:00(That's "four men"/(That's "four men"/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272417114895975742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-83178247838382201862017-12-02T11:48:42.580-06:002017-12-02T11:48:42.580-06:00I'm one of the few on earth who loves fruitcak...I'm one of the few on earth who loves fruitcake..even that cheap stuff in can from..oh, Wal-MART. But I really appreciate a good fruit cake.<br />Once, I had a U-Tube video labeled "can a fruitcake stop a speeding bullet?" Four mean with rifles shot into fruit cakes set along a fence. It was hilarious. But I can't find it anymore. Mother made a wonderful fruitcake that was so preserved, it might have stayed good for a year. But we ate all of it.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272417114895975742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-74924216913299149312017-12-02T07:52:28.749-06:002017-12-02T07:52:28.749-06:00Paisley, my mother loved fruitcake. Not many peopl...Paisley, my mother loved fruitcake. Not many people do, so it seems. My sister and I do, but we like our jam-packed with fruit and nuts, but I don't like raisins in mine. Once when the family finances were low because Pop was trying to help our older sister and her family, we didn't have the usual fruitcake. Mom, always inventive about dealing with what was available, made fruitcakes with gum drops instead of fruit and nuts. The truth is, I loved it way better than the usual way.<br />I love Big Dog's advice to Hank. PERMANENTLY YOURS looks like a fine and enjoyable story.<br />I wish you all the best, Paisley. Merry Christmas! Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.com