Posted on 08/12/2017 7:32:21 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The Antarctic dessert was found wrapped in paper in a decrepit tin. But despite its rotting container, the cake was said to be in "excellent condition."
"There was a very, very slight rancid butter smell to it, but other than that, the cake looked and smelled edible," trust program manager Lizzie Meeks said.
Conservators believe British explorer Capt. Robert Falcon Scott probably brought the cake, made by the British biscuit company Huntley & Palmers, to Antarctica during their ill-fated 1910-1913 Terra Nova expedition.
The expedition's Northern Party took shelter in the Cape Adare hut, which had been built by Norwegian Carsten Borchgrevink's team in 1899, and left the fruitcake behind.
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Yeti, he may be mean and even a savage. But he always looks “FABULOUS”!
Haha!!!
I just can’t get past the “rancid butter” part... good lord, I’d be worshiping the porcelain goddess for a week...
“Do you know what happens to a butter-based frosting after six decades in a poorly-ventilated English basement?”
Preach it, brother (or sister)!
You know I am old when I think I recall that the late great Johnny Carson had a recurring schtick about how there was just one fruitcake in the world and it just keeps on being ‘re-gifted’!
My imagination says yes but my stomach says, "H@$$ NO!!!"
This is actually big news, in that it disproves Johnny Carson’s claim that there is only ONE fruitcake in the world that everyone passes around.
Now we know there were originally 2.
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