No, I may have to search them out, though, if they're that good. The real problem is finding the good ones. References help!
eta: Oooh, they're part of the Willy St. Co-op. Next time I'm over at my dad's I'll swing by and check it out.
Mal: That's not what I saw. You like to tell me what really happened? Book: I surely would. And maybe someday I will.
'Safe'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
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.
SailAweigh - Jan 02, 2006 5:07:29 pm PST #6857 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Connie Neil - Jan 02, 2006 5:16:02 pm PST #6858 of 10002
brillig
The frozen top tier of my wedding cake was good the next year. 'Course, still being silly and going "Gosh, we're married! We're having an anniversary, just like grown-ups!" might have had something to do with it.
Anne W. - Jan 02, 2006 5:19:32 pm PST #6859 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I'm so glad that the fruitcakes were appreciated! I've only been making them for a few years, but they're already an important part of my Christmas.
ita will be glad to know that the rum in said fruitcake must be Goslings. None other will do.
Steph L. - Jan 02, 2006 5:21:36 pm PST #6860 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Jimmy Smits isn't goodlooking.
He is damned hot, though. I wonder how he does that.
It's the Malkovich factor.
bon bon - Jan 02, 2006 5:22:24 pm PST #6861 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I think I've mentioned before-- I'm baking my grandmother's recipe. Her tradition was to age it for a year, adding 1/4 cup of brandy to the cake every month.
Hil R. - Jan 02, 2006 5:22:54 pm PST #6862 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm not sure that I've ever had fruitcake. But typical Christmas food for me is popcorn and spring rolls, so I'm pretty much out of most Christmas food discussions.
Jesse - Jan 02, 2006 5:27:59 pm PST #6863 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Thinking it over, I don't know that I've ever had boozy fruitcake either. Weird.
Rick - Jan 02, 2006 5:29:15 pm PST #6864 of 10002
We've kept up some things. Not lutefisk, though.
I fear that my kinswoman Sarameg is losing her heritage. Christmas without lutefisk is like, um--ok it's just like Christmas with lutefisk but less stinky. Still, tradition!
Kat - Jan 02, 2006 5:54:57 pm PST #6865 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Paging bon bon!
Remember when we had that discussion about the "largest urban park"? I thought it was Griffin or Fairmount and you mentioned a park in Arizona.
What was the real deal?
I ask because the LATimes had an editorial about Griffin park and mentioned it was the largest and I'd love to be able to ding them with a correction.
eta I found a blog that has acreage on parks which is making me laugh.
Kat - Jan 02, 2006 6:00:15 pm PST #6866 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
About fruitcake: Have any of you had a Monastery Fruitcake from Holy Cross Abbey? They are supposed to be excellent.
I'm not a fruitcake partaker, but the truffles look good and I trust the Trappists as they make great beer.