Life After People 120 year old fruitcake......

[hoosierarcher]

.....still edible. So I'm researching old real fruitcake recipes.

[nell67]

I've been kinda watching that off and on through the day,and the one food that they said would last millions of years and still be edible,is honey and still taste good.

[Durtyoleman]

.....still edible. So I'm researching old real fruitcake recipes.

As opposed to "real old fruitcake" recipies? Take fruitcake from last year and pass on to grandma this year...(I suspect it has been floatin' around our family for at least three generations.)


D.O.M.

[hoosierarcher]

Nell I ate(well tasted) 5000 year old honey when I was in the Marines in the Middle East. Honey is the only food that never spoils. Fruitcake made with real macerated and candied fruit, nuts and made densely and soaked in high alcohol percentage brandy or rum lasts reportedly at least 130 years.

[hunter63]

The reason they are still around is that nobody eats them, just past them along.
Sorry don't have any recipes.

I kinda been watching "Life After People" as well, kinda cool.
But the DW says, "Well what happend to the people?
"They didn't say."
"Well how come there is still animals?
"Don't know".
"Well you'd think that what ever happened the people, would happen to the animals, too, wouldn't you think?
I went out and shoveled snow.............
So she goes back to watching HGTV..........

[nell67]

HA,could you tell any difference in taste in the 5000 yo honey,versus todays honey??



About the fruitcake,yuk,yuk, yuk,I won't eat it fresh,let alone 120+ years old

[LowKey]

I have a most excellent recipe for bourbon fruitcake my grandma gave me. Technically it's a fruit cake but doesn't have the nasty citron crap in it. It uses bourbon soaked cherries and raisins. Plus some pecans. Plus some bourbon. Some Flour. Some more bourbon. And about 2 lbs of butter. And more bourbon. I don't know if it would keep 130 years though. Another major component is about a dozen whipped egg whites.
Making them is a Thanksgiving Weekend event. They usually don't even make it to Xmas around here. But I think there is one still up in the fridge. Might have to crack it open...gotta see if it's still good.

Carla Emery has a few recipes in her book. Haven't tried them though.

[Camp10]

Making them is a Thanksgiving Weekend event. They usually don't even make it to Xmas around here. But I think there is one still up in the fridge. Might have to crack it open...gotta see if it's still good.

Carla Emery has a few recipes in her book. Haven't tried them though.

Hey everyone....A place to send our fruitcakes!!! Just mail them to LowKey!!

[LowKey]

I'll use yours as bricks for the rootcellar. I'll stick to actually eating mine.

[Camp10]

I'll use yours as bricks for the rootcellar. I'll stick to actually eating mine.

It might make a better brick than a meal!! I would send it but shipping costs would kill me!

[rwc1969]

Slightly related;

I saw a show on the making of Twinkies and they said contrary to the old wives' tale, Twinkies actually don't last a hundred years.

[Winnie]

Slightly related;

I saw a show on the making of Twinkies and they said contrary to the old wives' tale, Twinkies actually don't last a hundred years.

Not around Rick, anyway

[hoosierarcher]

HA,could you tell any difference in taste in the 5000 yo honey,versus todays honey??



About the fruitcake,yuk,yuk, yuk,I won't eat it fresh,let alone 120+ years old

The flavor of honey is greatly influenced by the flowers the bees get the pollen and nectur from and where on the planet they live and the subspecies of the bees. The flavor of honey also intensifies slightly with age.
Regarding fruitcake being yuk worthy. I agree when you're referring to the mass produced quasi-cement made with cheap atrificially colored fruit and no nuts. BUT if you had ever had a real fruitcake made with all real spices, candied ginger, and real candied fruits and pecans, walnuts and/or philberts; and soaked in fine brandy or rum. Made with love and care and put up in the family larder against the wolf of deep Winter. Taking a slice, toasting it over a campfire's coals and a smear of marscapone cheese. YUM, YUM, YUM!

[nell67]

The flavor of honey is greatly influenced by the flowers the bees get the pollen and nectur from and where on the planet they live and the subspecies of the bees. The flavor of honey also intensifies slightly with age.
Regarding fruitcake being yuk worthy. I agree when you're referring to the mass produced quasi-cement made with cheap atrificially colored fruit and no nuts. BUT if you had ever had a real fruitcake made with all real spices, candied ginger, and real candied fruits and pecans, walnuts and/or philberts; and soaked in fine brandy or rum. Made with love and care and put up in the family larder against the wolf of deep Winter. Taking a slice, toasting it over a campfire's coals and a smear of marscapone cheese. YUM, YUM, YUM!

'Kay,you find an old T&T recipe,make it,and send me a slice,I promise to give it a fair trial,just know that the SMELL of those store bought "bricks" loses my interest right away,maybe because they don't have that secret ingredient.eh?

[hoosierarcher]

'Kay,you find an old T&T recipe,make it,and send me a slice,I promise to give it a fair trial,just know that the SMELL of those store bought "bricks" loses my interest right away,maybe because they don't have that secret ingredient.eh?

Does T&T mean "tried and true?"
I'll send you the whole fruitcake, if I send anything.

[hunter63]

nell67 careful, might just be trying to get rid of it.

[nell67]

Does T&T mean "tried and true?"
I'll send you the whole fruitcake, if I send anything.

Yup,tried and true!

Kind of afraid of the whole cake,because if I don't like it,I would consider it a waste,and a slice I would at least eat and know that you wouldn't waste the rest of the cake

[Justin Case]

The reason they are still around is that nobody eats them, just past them along.
Sorry don't have any recipes.

I kinda been watching "Life After People" as well, kinda cool.
But the DW says, "Well what happend to the people?
"They didn't say."
"Well how come there is still animals?
"Don't know".
"Well you'd think that what ever happened the people, would happen to the animals, too, wouldn't you think?
I went out and shoveled snow.............
So she goes back to watching HGTV..........

Ha ha , I was kinda wondering that myself,,

[LowKey]

Regarding fruitcake being yuk worthy. I agree when you're referring to the mass produced quasi-cement made with cheap atrificially colored fruit and no nuts. BUT if you had ever had a real fruitcake made with all real spices, candied ginger, and real candied fruits and pecans, walnuts and/or philberts; and soaked in fine brandy or rum. Made with love and care and put up in the family larder against the wolf of deep Winter. Taking a slice, toasting it over a campfire's coals and a smear of marscapone cheese. YUM, YUM, YUM!

Exactly my point. That store bought stuff is crap.
I'm not sure what that petrified candied stuff in there is supposed to be.
But a real one...Yum. Though I've never tried marscapone on it....Hmmm....

[Rick]

I like fruit cake. I don't want a lot of it but I do like it.

As for the Twinkies, I can confirm they will last long enough to ship from the plant to my house. Oh, if you happen to leave the cellophane out over night and you try to lick the dried Twinkie filling off of it the next morning for breakfast there is a good chance the hardened filling on the cellophane will give your tongue a paper cut. Another safety bulletin from your Minister of Science. aka Mumbles.