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100-Year-Old Fruitcake Found in Antarctica Is ‘Almost’ Edible
National Geographic ^ | 10 Aug 2017 | Christine Dell'Amore

Posted on 08/11/2017 9:00:56 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

Famously indestructible, a fruitcake has withstood a century in the coldest, windiest, and driest place on Earth.

"Fruitcake was a popular item in English society at the time, and it remains popular today,"

(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“‘Almost’ Edible?” Hey that means it’s just as good as new!


41 posted on 08/11/2017 10:38:30 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Augie

Yes, there is good fruit cake.
A woman where I once worked made the best
white fruit cake, real cherries and nuts
it was almost like pound cake.

yumm.


42 posted on 08/11/2017 10:42:21 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: cyclotic
Re-gifting

I think it was Johnny Carson who once speculated that there is only one fruitcake in existence. It has continually been passed from one person to another every Christmas.

43 posted on 08/11/2017 10:47:01 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: DUMBGRUNT


44 posted on 08/11/2017 10:48:50 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

What is Maxine doing in Antarctica?


45 posted on 08/11/2017 10:53:24 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Between figgy pudding and fruitcake I’m convinced the Victorians used Christmas as an opportunity to let their children know that they hated them and wanted them to die.


46 posted on 08/11/2017 11:00:17 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Wait, so 100 years ago they made fruit cakes that were almost edible?


47 posted on 08/11/2017 11:19:14 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: DUMBGRUNT

‘Almost Edible’?

What the h*ll is that?? Well, it is either edible or it’s not. That’s like saying it’s “almost poison”. More retardation from ‘journalists’.


48 posted on 08/11/2017 11:22:43 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: Billthedrill

“Between figgy pudding and fruitcake I’m convinced the Victorians used Christmas as an opportunity to let their children know that they hated them and wanted them to die.”

LOLOLOL


49 posted on 08/11/2017 11:25:55 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Fruitcake Found in Antarctica Is ‘Almost’ Edible

So, that's how you make them edible. Hardly seems worth it.

50 posted on 08/11/2017 11:29:03 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (It's gonna be bloody.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

If you want a truly memorable fruitcake this holiday season, you need to start with a quality fruitcake in a tin. Then once a day, you unseal the tin and dribble just a single tablespoon of dark rum like Myers, then reseal the tin.

Every day for an entire month. More than a tablespoon will make it mushy, but the right amount will dissolve some of the sugars in the cake, which will then recrystallize, giving it a slight crunch.

Importantly, while you can use a stronger rum, it won’t be quite as tasty. When it is ready for harvest, just a thin slice will do. It “packs some muzzle velocity”.

Going back to the days of Prohibition, by tradition a small plate with some whole cloves are left next to the fruitcake, to be chewed to cover the smell of the alcohol.


51 posted on 08/11/2017 11:32:43 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (HitlerÂ’s Mein Kampf, translated into Arabic, is "My Jihad")
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To: factoryrat
And then they burned the fruitcake like a yule log to keep warm.

The last Robert Scott expedition failed with the complete (compleat?) expiration of the explorers.

The staged supply points had kerosene stored in lead-soldered cans. The cans didn't hold up under the Antarctic climate, and all the fuel escaped, a situation that they didn't foresee.

If only they had the foresight to stock fruitcakes.

52 posted on 08/11/2017 11:56:10 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: dfwgator

You are almost correct. There were actually 100 fruitcakes made in the 1800s, and they have been passed around as “new” gifts at Christmas ever since. Records of these fruitcakes have been passed around the world by experts in the field and a clear chain of possession has been maintained except for one.

This one just found must be the fabled ‘missing fruitcake” that fanciers have been searching for during lo these many decades. If it is in the original tin and uneaten, it is worth a lot of money.


53 posted on 08/11/2017 12:56:32 PM PDT by wildbill (If you check behind the shower curtain for a slasher, and find one.... what's your plan?)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
One hundred years old, fruitcake? How about 130 years old, Civil War hardtack?

YouTube - 1863 American Civil War Hardtack Oldest Cracker Ever Eaten Military MRE Food Review Tasting Test

I am addicted to this channel. Particularly, his WWII C ration reviews.

YouTube - 1942 WW2 US Army Field Ration C B Unit MRE Taste Test Vintage Meal Ready to Eat Oldest Food Review
54 posted on 08/11/2017 4:37:44 PM PDT by wizkid
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To: wizkid
I am addicted to this channel.

You're not alone. And I can't explain the fascination except that I've personally consumed C-Rats of that vintage and lived to tell the tale. I'll pass on the hardtack, though. The ham and lima beans were bad enough.

55 posted on 08/11/2017 4:43:21 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I don’t think I’ve ever tasted one.


56 posted on 08/11/2017 5:24:08 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: alternatives?

Costco still keeps up it’s high quality ingredients in their fruit cakes, try one this year.
I know what you mean about Stouffers.


57 posted on 08/11/2017 7:07:39 PM PDT by sweetiepiezer (Winning is not getting old.)
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To: wizkid

That was fun.


58 posted on 08/11/2017 8:16:16 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (GO TRUMP!)
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To: sweetiepiezer

While I love lasagna, fruit cake isn’t my cup of tea. If I am going to have sweets, it has to be chocolate.

I will tell my wife about Costco fruit cake though.


59 posted on 08/12/2017 11:48:06 AM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: Billthedrill

Don’t forget mincemeat. That’s kinda weird — the authentic stuff actually made with meat.


60 posted on 08/12/2017 11:54:37 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Negative people make healthy people sick." - Roger Ailes)
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