Frazz by Jef Mallett for December 19, 2018

Some of us very much like and enjoy fruitcake. I bought 10 lbs last year and will most likely buy another 10 lbs this year.

Q: Why don’t politicians eat fruitcake?

A: They don’t want to be accused of cannibalism.

My family liked my fruitcake. And they’re definitely not just being polite so as to not hurt my feelings.

Frazz makes a point. but the tradition is richer. First the joke and then the actually-I-like-it chorus.

I like fruit cake but have never sampled a high end cake. I dislike low end fc cakes, fc bites, fc cookies etc. Yuck. I’d like to try a real good one some day but I don’t care enough to go out of my way, lol.

@ashburnstadium: That’s simply crass. Why would anyone bother.

Someone posted that the forever fruit cake brick actually was first noted in the manger scene. Supposedly there was a 4th magi who came from someplace in China and brought the first one with its ‘fluorescent fruit.’ He was never heard from again. That’s why the records list only 3 magi. Another claims it might also have been the basis for the black column found in ‘2001: a space odyssey.’ Don’t write it off. It could be-e-e.

The gospel never mentions the number of Magi, but most western Christian denominations have traditionally assumed them to have been three in number, based on the statement that they brought three gifts. But I’m good with fruitcake. Lol.

Jef, if you don’t like fruitcake jokes, why did you write one?

EVERYONE knows that there is only ONE fruitcake that has been passed around for DECADES…

Our little town just held it’s annual Fruitcake Festival! Fruitcake, eggnog, dancing, contests, fully decorated historic building – a fun Saturday night complete with a Fruitcake King and disco!

Mom & dad both liked fruitcake (me no way), mom was a great cook,but for some reason never liked making fruitcake. So living in North Texas (not far from Dallas,Ft Worth) i would every now and then drive too Corsicana too the Collins Street Bakery and buy them a 5 pounder for Christmas.

I thought it was going to that really annoying tradition that keeps popping up christmas day run

Claxton fc is really good

I do appreciate a good fruit cake joke but also enjoy eating them. A small one goes a long way. And fruitcake is like coffee (and most any food product): there are good ones and bad ones. Cheap ones are no good. A well made, nut and fruit laden cake is a culinary masterpiece!

My mom loves fc and for several years we would order a fc sampler pack (different flavors) for her from some company that had a good reputation for freshness. At least she loved it, so I guess they were pretty fresh. :o)

I have these little urn trees that are very tippy. A fruitcake would be just the thing for adding some weight to keep the wind from blowing them over. Eat them, never.

Legend has it that there is only one fruitcake, & it has been around the world over a thousand times!

forget the directions on all fruitcakes and try a slice warmed up a little

My mother actually bakes stollen, which is simply German fruitcake. She was visiting our family one Christmas and at the grocery store went looking for the maraschino cherries in red and green both and the whole peeled almonds and the candied pineapple and… And I finally had to gently say to her, Um, Mom, not a single member of my family is going to actually eat that if you do. Including me. Sorry!

of course nobody likes fruitcake! You don’t let it marinate in rum and brandy for three years before you slice it! My Mom’s fruitcake was great!

I’ve always wanted a fruitcake, for Christmas. Sadly, I haven’t even seen one actually received as a gift in over forty years. :-(