On 11/11/2022 at 11:37 AM, SLB said:It turns out that fruitcake can be one of the most wondrously wonderful things on earth.
But that first slice I had, when I was something like 8? I think one of my aunties had sent it.
People. It was an abomination on the LORD. And the revulsion stuck with me for DECADES.
I once determined I would make Eudora Welty’s White Fruitcake, from the Jackson Junior League’s cookbook, for Christmas.
iIt was awful. Gummy. Pasty.
I froze the loaves, sliced them thin, and baked them again.
Made damned fine biscotti.