125-year-old fruitcake is 'family heirloom'

[matcom]

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TECUMSEH, Mich. (AP) -- A fruitcake that is an estimated 125 years old -- an artifact of holiday cheer -- is expected to make a tasty debut of sorts when it's introduced on national TV.

Morgan Ford, 83, of Tecumseh, is taking his great-grandmother Fidelia Bates' fruitcake to Burbank, Calif., to share a piece with Jay Leno on Tuesday's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."

The cake rests in a glass bowl, covered by a glass top. A large raisin and what might be a clove are visible among the brown mass -- Ford says it's fossilized -- that emits a pleasant odor of spices.

Its baker died in Berkey, Ohio, in 1879 and the cake remained untouched for 85 years.

Not much is known about the origin of the cake; even the recipe is lost.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2003/12/22/125_year_old_fruitcake_is_family_heirloom/

[arwalden]

1. Dunk It In Hot Coffee And You'll Never Know How Stale It Was...

Right?

[Nihil]

2. Oh, I thought this was another "Reagan" thread ...

:-)

[underpants]

3. Hahahahaha

Very funny

[arwalden]

4. "Very Good Anelle... Spoken Like A True Smart-Ass"

-- Clairee Belcher

[YNGW]

5. Johnny Carson....

... used to say he only believed there was really only one fruitcake in the world and people kept passing it back and forth to each other.

[scarlet_owl]

6. Why is fruitcake so funny? What is it about it?

I like fruitcake, but I guess I'm the only one.

[histohoney]

7. Friend

Fruitcake is funny:
1. Because no one is real sure what the heck that green "cherry fruit" thing is,(My awful older cousin used to swear it was a boogie)
2. Fruitcake made with lots of Rum or other liquer is funny only because the more you eat the funnier YOU become.
Just my humble take:9

[WoodrowFan]

8. but enough about Strom Thurmond! (NT)