[kitkat]

***(Would this have happened had he stayed home and stuck to his Kentucky
40 proof fruitcake? )***

Somehow, I doubt that Merton ever made fruitcakes in the monestary. I mean...I just can't see a Merton poem that says:

Sweet brother, if I cannot sleep
My eyes will be coins to buy some citron

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

"His Abbot exempted him from certain rules of the abbey... He was encouraged to continue his writings, for example. He may have made fruitcake. (Back on subject Fruitcake is pretty ok if the proof is high enough and it doesnt have too many nuts ....Plum Pudding with brandy hard sauce is better. Mincemeat pie (on occasional holidays) and homemade carrot cake are good. )