I like fruitcake though I don't think I've had a really great homemade one.
What I really like though is rum cake. A great rumcake is bliss.
You walk in worlds the others can't begin to imagine.
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 39 and Holding
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Oct 28, 2005 8:04:57 am PDT #9584 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Steph L. - Oct 28, 2005 8:05:00 am PDT #9585 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
....Hec's List of His 5 Best Desserts.
I already did that one.
Recently?
brenda m - Oct 28, 2005 8:05:02 am PDT #9586 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
It did include dried raisins, currants, cranberries, blueberries, cherries and apricots (soaked overnight in booze). The only candied thing in it was ginger.
Ok, now that I would eat. Or might even try to make. It's just the candied stuff that skeeves me.
My neighbor makes a rum cake that will knock you on your ass. I suspect it's pretty much what a fruitless fruitcake would be.
tommyrot - Oct 28, 2005 8:05:40 am PDT #9587 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ahem....
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DavidS - Oct 28, 2005 8:06:15 am PDT #9588 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Recently?
No, but I haven't had a dessert to crack the top five in recent years. I may be quick to list in hierarchical order, but my standards are not fickle.
Susan W. - Oct 28, 2005 8:06:18 am PDT #9589 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
The One True Cookie in Susan's world is a classic homemade chocolate chip, buttery, crisp, and not too sweet, and with just the right amount of chocolate chips to accentuate but not overwhelm the buttery, vanilla-y flavor of the cookie.
Runner-up is an equally classic homemade sugar cookie, made into sandwiches with homemade chocolate fudge icing
t memo to self--GET MOM'S RECIPES
§ ita § - Oct 28, 2005 8:06:32 am PDT #9590 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
ita, have/can you say something to them about it?
She was gone by the time I realised what had happened. She'll probably get upset, but whatever. Another co-worker had late afternoon popcorn that automagically gave me a migraine every single time he ate it at his desk, and when I mentioned it, he was really nice about it.
I feel terrible, not just about the imposition, but about being so damned feeble and precariously balanced.
I'm also going to go have a lie down in my car.
Steph L. - Oct 28, 2005 8:07:23 am PDT #9591 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Recently?
No, but I haven't had a dessert to crack the top five in recent years. I may be quick to list in hierarchical order, but my standards are not fickle.
Er, I should clarify. I just meant, have you posted your dessert list recently, not have you updated it recently.
Susan W. - Oct 28, 2005 8:07:27 am PDT #9592 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Ooh, and peanut butter cookies are TEH YUM, especially if they're almost burnt so they're nice and crispy.
P.M. Marc - Oct 28, 2005 8:08:14 am PDT #9593 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
One of my wedding cakes was fruitcake, as is right and proper.
I like it best with dried and alcohol-soaked fruits, myself.