Hi Millie. I am enjoying your fruit cake stories. When I was a young lad my Mother and Grandmother always had the no booze fruit cake and I loved it. Since you sared a story while the family was in the service I would like to share one I observed while I was serving aboard ship. We arrived in San Francisco just before Christmas. A shipmate was restricted to the ship because of his poor drinking habits. One day at Mail Call he received a package frome. He disappeared below Deck to get his knife to open the package Moments later he appeared and grabbed a glass, then proceeded to open the tin and cut a piece of Fruit Cake. He picked up the piece of cake and instead of taking a bite he put it over the glass and squeezed enough booze to have a shot ready to drink. Thanks to his mother, his restriction to ship was extended for adfdfitional time.
Richard H, On Thursday, December 26, 2013 1 0:52:41 PM UTC-6, millie wrote: > > Hi Jeanie...I'd love to send you come cookies but my son and husband > won't let them leave the house :>). > I think my Mother made the cookies that tasted like fruit cake, but don't > have the recipe. As a kid, I didn't like them. I do, however, make the > world greatest fruit cake. I use very little citron in my cakes, and > mostly dried fruits, apple cider, and various other things. I sent one > into work with my son, and to be nice, the guys ate some and I had phone > calls for weeks afterwards wanting the recipe. It isn't cheap to make, but > it is very good. When I was in Morocco I couldn't get the regular fruit > cake stuff, so used the dried and also couldn't find the nuts I needed, so > I ended up using mixed nuts without the peanuts. I remember I could buy > them in a huge can at the commissary store and so that's what I had and > used. I made a bunch of cakes and wrapped them in cheese cloth that I > soaked in Apricot Brandy. I then wrapped them in foil and put them in the > fridge. During that time my husband had an accident, so we were back and > forth to the hospital in Germany. At any rate, those cakes set in the > fridge soaking up the booze for weeks. When we got back, the Chaplin > stopped by to see us and I offered him a piece of the cake. He ended up > taking one home saying it was the best fruit cake he'd ever had. I think > he had a buzz on by then, but I didn't tell him how long they'd been > soaking in the brandy. I haven't made them in a few years, but perhaps > next year I'll do it. My son just loves them, and he doesn't drink at > all. I don't soak them forever either...only that one time. If I make > them, I'll see that you get one. I was going to make them this year, but > didn't get to the store where I buy all of the fruit for them. > > I'm heading to bed, so am going to shut down. I do hope that your mini > vacation goes well. I hope that you're up to it. You go and have a > wonderful time and I'll talk to you when you return. I hope to sleep > tonight...at least some. Write when you get home. > > Hugs and 18's, > Millie > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Sent:* Thursday, December 26, 2013 5:45 PM > *Subject:* Re: [CMLHope] Happy Holidays > > Hi Millie and send me some cookies. My sister use to bake a German cookie > that was hard and tasted a lot like fruitcake. They were delicious but no > one has the recipe. Have you ever heard of them. It seems she made them > early and let them harden. > I have eaten too much hehe. > Had a wonderful Christmas and my daughter has planned a mini vacation in > Key West with a 7-day cruise included. I hope I get to feeling better so > I can enjoy it. > We did have snow one year in FL, not much but enough to see it on the > orange trees, and my daughter made some snowballs. I think it was in the > 70s. > I'm a FL Cracker, but we do get cold days here. > Stay warm and keep cooking. > Blessings, > Jeanie<3 > > In a message dated 12/17/2013 5:03:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] <javascript:> writes: > > Hi...If you and Shelly lived closer, I'd run some of these over to you. I > have another bunch in the oven and more to go, and then tonight plan on > making more dough up and I'll keep going until I can't any more. I love > doing it, but this body doesn't always want to cooperate, so I do what I > can. > > We had a little more of that fluffy white stuff today, but nothing much. > We're on the edge of where they get the white stuff or ice. I hate the > ice. It's the worst as far as I'm concerned. I never was in the "White > Stuff" until I moved to the east coast. In the area of Calif I came from > and the south pacific where I spent years.....it never did any of that. > > You and your family have a wonderful Holiday Season.... > > Hugs to all, > Millie > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Marty Gartenberg <javascript:> > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 17, 2013 11:52 AM > *Subject:* Re: [CMLHope] Happy Holidays > > Hi Millie, > > Those cookies sound yummy. Sure wish I were there to share some with you. > > I'm sorry to hear about all of that "white stuff" your getting there. I am > glad that you didn't mention that nasty four letter "S" word. Since living > down in south Florida I haven't seen any of that anymore, and frankly I > don't miss it at all. > > When I lived in PA my driveway was over 100 feet long all downhill. I had > an atv with a "S" plow on it and would use it to clear off all of that "S". > Sometimes we would get 5 or 6 feet of it. Our home up there is in a skii > connunity and the elevation of the mountain is over 1,200 feet. There was a > time that the "S" was over the stop signs in the streets up there. > > I wish you and everyone else a Merry Christmas and a healthy and happy New > Year. > > 18's > > Marty > > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 8:37 PM, C.M. Houtz <[email protected] > <javascript:>>wrote: > >> I also want to wish every one a very Happy Holiday Season. I have 4 >> batches of cookies to bake tomorrow. I made the dough today, so I'll get >> to that when I get up. I am taking it easy and only doing as much as I >> can. I wish you were all here to enjoy them with me. >> Marty, we're getting some of that white stuff starting tonight and into >> tomorrow with a couple more inches to shovel. We got at least 6 inches of >> it the other day, with ice, so it wasn't fun to get rid of. My Chris went >> out and pushed the snow blower through it. Thank God we have a big one, as >> anything smaller wouldn't have gone through the icy mess. It took him 3 >> hours to clear the driveway and the private road that goes past our house. >> He only does a small section of that. Enough to get us in and out of our >> driveway. As long as I stay inside, I can appreciate it. I don't want to >> get out in it. >> I must have some lazar surgery on both eyes this month. It's from scar >> tissue from the cataract surgery. They'll do one on the 23rd, and the >> other on the 30th, and hopefully, it will clear my vision up. It's really >> been messed up lately. I have to take my glasses off to work on here. >> Everyone have a wonderful holiday season, and I'll pray that they will >> find a cure for this thing soon. >> Hugs to all, >> Millie >> >> -- >> -- >> [CMLHope] >> A support group of http://cmlhope.com >> ------------------------------------------------- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CMLHope" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CMLHope" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <javascript:> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <javascript:> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <javascript:> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. 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