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Fruitcake Isaac Send a noteboard - 04/12/2011 12:39:23 PM
About the only big pie/cake--->holiday things are pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving and Birthday Cake. Fruitcake is totally a Xmas thing its just had a bad rap in recent years so maybe it wouldn't count. The default Xmas pie is Pecan, but neither Fruitcake or pecan pie hold any really really major significance the way BBQ does to 4th of July or Turkey and Pumpkin Pie hold to Thanksgiving. The closest would probably be cookies, especially gingerbread, but shaped cookies covered in frosting and sprinkles plus eggnog or hot chocolate with a candy cane in it are generally what best qualify as things that would specifically tend to summon Christmas to mind. Everything else would tend to be family, ethnic, or region specific, especially the first one.
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I am confused. Do Americans not do cake at Christmas? Rebekah - 04/12/2011 10:59:04 AM 1747 Views
chrimbo cake is the BEST! Yunalesca - 04/12/2011 11:41:28 AM 937 Views
Re: chrimbo cake is the BEST! ranagrande - 04/12/2011 11:48:56 AM 971 Views
Chicken pot pies are pretty great. beetnemesis - 04/12/2011 07:18:47 PM 912 Views
Most do not. ranagrande - 04/12/2011 11:46:09 AM 1004 Views
Fruitcake Isaac - 04/12/2011 12:39:23 PM 1074 Views
This Danu - 05/12/2011 01:38:49 AM 952 Views
Christmas Cake is divine. Stephen - 04/12/2011 02:03:44 PM 999 Views
My family's Christmas is Second Thansgiving, but with bonus desserts. Mostly pie, cookies, and candy *NM* Burr - 04/12/2011 03:00:51 PM 586 Views
Or rather... Fifth Thanksgiving. Thanksgivings 2, 3, and 4 are all about Thanksgiving 1 leftovers. *NM* Burr - 04/12/2011 03:02:42 PM 427 Views
No, generally we do not make cake for Christmas. *NM* Tom - 04/12/2011 04:41:05 PM 447 Views
Cake? nossy - 04/12/2011 05:03:02 PM 977 Views
We don't have a sheet of icing? Palatine - 04/12/2011 05:08:00 PM 940 Views
We have different icing. It is not typically a very dense, flat sheet of solid icing. Like fondant. nossy - 04/12/2011 07:46:41 PM 1256 Views
That's just for Christmas cakes and wedding cakes, usually. Rebekah - 04/12/2011 07:58:55 PM 1067 Views
Ah nossy - 04/12/2011 08:33:29 PM 947 Views
No. (with other responses) Palatine - 04/12/2011 05:03:51 PM 1250 Views
its a fruit cake with a layer of marzipan and a layer of icing on top Yunalesca - 04/12/2011 08:32:55 PM 1064 Views
Plus with loads of brandy used to "feed" the cake over the month before you ice it. Rebekah - 04/12/2011 08:45:28 PM 945 Views
i put three teaspoons on each cake once a week Yunalesca - 04/12/2011 09:35:23 PM 952 Views
You make pretty cakes! *NM* Sareitha Sedai - 04/12/2011 11:53:16 PM 458 Views
thanks Yunalesca - 04/12/2011 11:58:40 PM 976 Views
Fruitcake is yummy Floffe - 05/12/2011 05:41:59 PM 873 Views
I dunno if they do cake, but Jason Biggs does pie. *NM* ironclad - 04/12/2011 05:18:22 PM 456 Views
Your boozecake intrigues me. Dannymac - 04/12/2011 06:01:14 PM 997 Views
Christmas cake? Jeez, how awkward ARE you people? Praziquantel - 04/12/2011 06:21:06 PM 977 Views
I hate Christmas cake Aviendha - 04/12/2011 06:35:49 PM 1114 Views
Nope. My family has no Christmas-themed desserts. beetnemesis - 04/12/2011 07:17:38 PM 945 Views
Christmas cake is horrid. Morgawse - 04/12/2011 07:25:59 PM 1183 Views
There are other birds which it's "acceptable" to eat at Christmas, other than turkey. Tim - 05/12/2011 10:02:20 AM 920 Views
Ah, maybe generally acceptable, but not to the outlaws. Morgawse - 05/12/2011 01:46:45 PM 1088 Views
We do ham a lot Christmas random thoughts - 05/12/2011 01:01:03 PM 887 Views
Re: We do ham a lot Christmas Morgawse - 05/12/2011 01:45:53 PM 1069 Views
me and my first wife did steaks for Christmas one year random thoughts - 05/12/2011 05:17:47 PM 913 Views
Fruitcake, I guess. But we don't coat it with disgusting icing. And it's not really cake. *NM* Ghavrel - 04/12/2011 10:12:21 PM 466 Views
Pie in November and December. Cake the rest of the year. TaskmasterJack - 04/12/2011 11:52:31 PM 994 Views
I assume your Christmas cake is our Fruit Cake. Danu - 05/12/2011 01:25:07 AM 957 Views
It is, as far as I can tell. Morgawse - 05/12/2011 01:55:40 PM 1305 Views
The icing looks so... thick. Avendesora - 05/12/2011 05:23:44 PM 968 Views
we do cake sometimes but not usually random thoughts - 05/12/2011 02:05:50 AM 934 Views
My family does... though Jacob - 05/12/2011 02:08:13 PM 1014 Views
We typically have flan....with some vanilla ice cream. Jeordam - 05/12/2011 03:57:50 PM 1004 Views
I adore flan... *NM* Larisa - 07/12/2011 10:50:00 PM 618 Views
No. We do cookie swaps and gingerbread houses. *edit* Avendesora - 05/12/2011 05:18:31 PM 995 Views
our family offerings are bread pudding and sugar cookies. The_Muted_Grimaud - 05/12/2011 05:25:01 PM 963 Views
I have no concept of a "Christmas" cake A Deathwatch Guard - 05/12/2011 08:15:30 PM 871 Views
Christmas Cake = yum yum ppig's bum. As are Fruit Mince Pies. And boiled pudding... and roast potato *NM* Two Wongs - 07/12/2011 01:50:28 AM 465 Views
Message from the Queen to Americains: 'Let Them Eat Cake!' *NM* Sports_Gambler - 07/12/2011 06:16:59 AM 414 Views
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