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Monks hope consumer cutbacks don’t include fruitcake
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| December 3, 2008
| Adelle Banks
Posted on 12/03/2008 10:11:41 AM PST by NYer
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posted on
12/03/2008 10:11:41 AM PST
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NYer
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posted on
12/03/2008 10:12:14 AM PST
by
NYer
("Run from places of sin as from a plague." - St. John Climacus)
To: NYer
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posted on
12/03/2008 10:14:39 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
To: NYer
I *LOVE* fruitcake but can only have a small slice.
This is a bit odd — fruitcake ain’t that expensive and IMHO people want to have traditional things around when times are tough.
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posted on
12/03/2008 10:17:09 AM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Der neuen Fuhrer: AKA the Murdering Messiah: Keep your powder dry, folks)
To: freedumb2003
I am having a rough diverticulitis attack right now. Had to miss thanksgiving dinner, and am sipping fluids right now.
I LOVE fruitcake. People love to make jokes about it, but all that fruit and nuts and heavy sugar and liquor - What is not to like?
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posted on
12/03/2008 10:20:05 AM PST
by
I still care
(A Republic - if you can keep it. - Ben Franklin)
To: NYer
Sorry brothers, I have never ever bought a fruitcake ... and I never will.
Switch to rumcake and I’m in!
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posted on
12/03/2008 10:20:33 AM PST
by
Lorianne
To: I still care
I LOVE fruitcake. People love to make jokes about it, but all that fruit and nuts and heavy sugar and liquor - What is not to like? Your eloquence in support of the yuletide treat is music to my taste-buds.
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posted on
12/03/2008 10:23:10 AM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Der neuen Fuhrer: AKA the Murdering Messiah: Keep your powder dry, folks)
To: NYer
Are there obstacles preventing American Trappists from brewing the kinds of beers they are famous for in Europe?
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posted on
12/03/2008 10:23:34 AM PST
by
Oratam
To: Lorianne
You can soak your fruitcake in rum or bourbon. Leave it in the wrapper with the top open, pour a shot or two over it, and let it sit for an hour or so. Fantastic!
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posted on
12/03/2008 10:24:47 AM PST
by
snowrip
(Liberal? YOU ARE A SOCIALIST WITH NO RATIONAL ARGUMENT.)
To: NYer
You mean there really is more than one fruit cake?
To: Red Badger
Claxton fruitcake was a tradition in my house growing up.
It killed me when fruitcake started to become a joke to some people. It damaged the economy in Claxton GA and made Claxton fruitcakes hard to find.
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posted on
12/03/2008 10:27:50 AM PST
by
Brookhaven
(The Fair Tax is THE economic litmus test for conservatives)
To: NYer
We need a good Trappist brewery in this country.
To: Oratam
That’s what I was thinking. Where is the American Orval, Chimay or Achel? Not that the fruitcake isn’t good but beer is proof that God loves us.
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posted on
12/03/2008 10:29:17 AM PST
by
Varda
To: I still care
I don’t think I’ve ever even tasted a fruitcake.
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posted on
12/03/2008 10:30:15 AM PST
by
Patriotic1
(Dic mihi solum facta, domina - Just the facts, ma'am)
To: I still care
What is not to like?The nuts.
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posted on
12/03/2008 10:31:02 AM PST
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: NYer
I shall have to place a few orders. I actually like fruitcake.
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posted on
12/03/2008 10:33:40 AM PST
by
ccmay
(Too much Law; not enough Order.)
To: Varda
I love Belgian beer! You are absolutely right. We need a good Trappist brewery. On Wikipedia, it says there are only seven (out of 171) Trappist abbeys that are permitted to brew beer. Six are in Belgium and one in Holland.
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posted on
12/03/2008 10:39:20 AM PST
by
ccmay
(Too much Law; not enough Order.)
To: Oratam
Are there obstacles preventing American Trappists from brewing the kinds of beers they are famous for in Europe? That's a good question! I have heard about the famous brew from one european monastery that is in limited (hence, much desired) supply. But I am not aware of any US abbeys that brew beer. One of the above abbeys bottles wine (the NY abbey?).
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posted on
12/03/2008 10:40:28 AM PST
by
NYer
("Run from places of sin as from a plague." - St. John Climacus)
To: Brookhaven
...made Claxton fruitcakes hard to find. I've never found a fruitcake that wasn't hard.....
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posted on
12/03/2008 10:45:25 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
To: Red Badger
What are those green things in the fruit cake??
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posted on
12/03/2008 10:46:33 AM PST
by
bikerman
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