# Barack's brack! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 13, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baracks-brack/581779 "2011-05-13T14:07:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baracks-brack/581779/1 "2011-05-13T14:07:36Z")
To commemorate the POTUS’ visit to these shores a local baker has concocted [this](http://www.patthebaker.com/news.php). ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baracks-brack/581779/2 "2011-05-13T16:22:47Z")
What the hell is a brack? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baracks-brack/581779/3 "2011-05-14T02:52:49Z")
It’s a fruitcake. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baracks-brack/581779/4 "2011-05-14T03:43:38Z")
So, they’re saying Obama is a fruitcake? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baracks-brack/581779/5 "2011-05-15T06:19:54Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > So, they’re saying Obama is a fruitcake? 😃 No! Obviously he’s Irish! (meant as a joke, but apparently his mother _is_ of Irish decent… huh.) ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baracks-brack/581779/6 "2011-05-15T06:22:46Z")
I’m not going to believe this until I see the original, long-form recipe. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baracks-brack/581779/7 "2011-05-15T06:32:03Z")
> [@TimeWinder](#): > > I’m not going to believe this until I see the original, long-form recipe. One of the ingredients is _Colour_. Racists. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baracks-brack/581779/8 "2011-05-15T06:39:33Z")
Crass opportunistic commercialism. Pat the Baker must really need the dough. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baracks-brack/581779/9 "2011-05-15T06:40:53Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > So, they’re saying Obama is a fruitcake? 😃 Hey, Kennedy was a donut… ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baracks-brack/581779/10 "2011-05-15T12:51:11Z")
I was actually expecting something like [this](http://www.milk.com/images/etc/brak-hope.png).