Fruitcake: Yay or nay?

[MoodyBlues]

I could actually use a few fruitcakes. The way the ground slopes at the front of my garage, if it rains really heavily some water seeps into the garage. If I line the floor just inside the door with fruitcakes, that should keep the garage dry for a few centuries (that stuff can probably absorb gallons of water per crumb of cake - assuming that anyone has tools actually capable of breaking crumbs off the cake) and save me the cost of regrading the concrete.

See, my concern would be how on earth to remove them once you're done with them. Bulldozer? :hmmmm:

I really have nothing against fruitcake (or panetone) - I like the cakes. I can't stand the candied fruit - it's like chewing sugared tires.

My feelings exactly. In the past, I picked little pieces of cake out and ate those, and they were actually pretty good, but that awful candied fruit. Ugh...

 

[lunatic59]

Yes, but what is a fruitcake without the candied fruit? Who wants just plain cake?

 

[MoodyBlues]

Yes, but what is a fruitcake without the candied fruit? Who wants just plain cake?

ME!!

 

[zuben el genub]

You can keep sweet cake. Make batter type corn bread with jalape

 

[Clementine_3]

Make batter type corn bread with jalape

 

[MoodyBlues]

I'll be over for a big ol' wedge! Love me some corn bread.

May I join the party? I LOVE cornbread with jalapenos. Yum!

 

[Clementine_3]

Sure. Party at zuben's house!

 

[zuben el genub]

From the local rag today:


End of a tradition: Manitou Springs fruitcake toss canceled
By Matt Steiner Published: December 26, 2013 | 5:35 pm • 0
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Photo - Spc Marwan Sweedan, a volunteer from Fort Carson, participates in the festivities as he launches off a 140 foot fruitcake toss at Manitou Springs High School for the annual Great Fruitcake Toss Saturday, January 12, 2013. Michael Ciaglo/The Gazette Photo by MICHAEL CIAGLO/THE GAZETTE
Spc Marwan Sweedan, a volunteer from Fort Carson, participates in the festivities as he launches off a 140 foot fruitcake toss at Manitou Springs High School for the annual Great Fruitcake Toss Saturday, January 12, 2013. Michael Ciaglo/The Gazette Photo by MICHAEL CIAGLO/THE GAZETTE

Fruitcake will not fly this January in Manitou Springs.

Organizers of the annual Great Fruitcake Toss announced Thursday that several factors led to the cancellation of the event that was scheduled for Jan. 11.

According to the event Facebook page, "The change in venue, lack of sponsors, and the unpredictability of the weather have decreased attendance."

Leslie Lewis, of the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Bureau, echoed that assessment, noting that attendance began to decline "three or four years ago" when the event was moved out of Memorial Park near downtown to the athletic fields at Manitou Springs High School.

"Moving it to the high school was great for the big (launch) devices, but it doesn't draw the crowds like the park," Lewis said. "When you hit businesses and houses, it's not a good thing,"

Lewis said there was about 200 people at the 2013 event, drastically down from the most attended fruitcake tosses. She said the first couple of years of the event and during years with the best weather, the toss would sometimes draw nearly 1,000 people.

The toss might be rejunenated in the future, Lewis said, if major sponsors can be found or another group takes it over.

The event began in 1996 after former Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce director Michele Carvell came up with the idea after noticing that friends never wanted to eat fruitcakes they'd received as Christmas gifts.

The Manitou Springs event also inspired a National Fruitcake Toss Day, designated for people to throw out unwanted fruitcakes. The 2014 national Toss Day is Jan. 3.
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