# Holiday baking in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 12, 2016, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508 "2016-12-12T11:34:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508/41 "2016-12-13T00:03:45Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > I’m about to go look up what that actually is, but my brain is screaming _CHRISTMAS MOUTH_ so loud I can’t stop giggling. > > ETA: Ah. French spelling mishap. I get it now. But Christmas Mouth is probably going to be my favorite thing that happened today. > [@swampbear](#): > > **Drae** I was gigglin’ about Christmas Mouth as well, even though I knew **sunny** meant buche. 😃 This is what happens when you post with insufficient caffeine. :smack: I’m glad I was able to amuse y’all. My crazy cat (yes, some are crazier than others) just climbed up next to me on the bed - and peed. What the ever-loving heck? I _think_ she disapproved of the 2 dogs and other cats already present, but I am Not Amused. She’s never done it before. I don’t like it. No sir, I don’t like it at all. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508/42 "2016-12-13T00:08:43Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Takes one to [del]know[/del] eat one. I find your lack of faith disturbing. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508/43 "2016-12-13T00:30:03Z")
**DeDe** , I made fruitcake a couple of times for my dad and uncle. I like a good one, without the artificially colored fruits. Actually, I like more nuts than fruit. **ST** , I never got the love for red velvet. I can taste the shang from the food coloring and there’s not enough chocolate in it to make it interesting. **butters** , your mom’s cake sounds like a torte. And I agree, they are a delight. The floor is vaccuumed, laundry is in the dryer, supper’s over and I’m fixing to do dishes. Then it’s chill time until the dryer stops. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508/44 "2016-12-13T00:35:39Z")
Fart blossoms are Satan’s own veggie and fruitcake is Satan’s own dessert. So There! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508/45 "2016-12-13T00:56:59Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I find your lack of faith disturbing. > :dubious: That was a famous movie quote by **Darth Vader**. Did you just admit to being part of the **Dark Side**? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508/46 "2016-12-13T01:09:37Z")
Just finished building a beef stew for tomorrow’s supper. All the ingredients are in the crock pot and if all goes well, I’ll remember to put it in the base and turn it on before I leave for work. Since it’ll cook for 10 hours or so, I’ll put it on low - sure it’ll be hot enough to be done when we get home, right? Hope so… Worst case, I’ll dump it in a soup pot and finish it on top of the stove. Dishwasher is doing its thang and Taz is crowding between me and the right side armrest. \*\*Sunny \*\*- welcome to the peed upon club! Taz has done it to me twice, and that’s why I lock the bedroom door for the night. Stoopit cat. Thus endeth my Moanday. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508/47 "2016-12-13T01:33:27Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I am sorry, peedin, **There Can Be Only Two.** Fine, be that way. ::picks up fruitcake and flounces out:: ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508/48 "2016-12-13T01:54:38Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > That was a famous movie quote by **Darth Vader**. Did you just admit to being part of the **Dark Side**? :eek: Hisssssssss Come to the Dark Side. Hisssssssss We have\*\*\* Fruitcake!\*\*\* ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508/49 "2016-12-13T01:59:18Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > \*\*Sunny \*\*- welcome to the peed upon club! Does this have something to do with Peedin, the Sith wannabe? Google the cat pee thing. I vaguely remember that it has some specific cause. Perhaps they desire to urinate on Spiderman comics. Ronan the Accuser [beat the snot](http://comicskingdom.com/favorites?date=2016-12-11) out of him Sunday. I hope that the link works for Spidey and other Lesser Mortals. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508/50 "2016-12-13T02:14:03Z")
From the looks of the radar, rain is on the way. Come on I say! On that note, I shall now retire to the boudoir and join OYKW to watch teevee until sleepy time. Nitey Nite Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508/51 "2016-12-13T02:20:05Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Still, I wanna know - do you have any holiday baking (or other food) traditions? We did but we don’t do that or anything for the holidays anymore. I do cards but that is it. For some reason I just can’t drag the OW kicking or screaming into any recognition of anything from birthdays to holidays. Bugs me to no end but not enough to bother fighting for. I am assuming it is still Monday. It must be ----- I hear Monday Night Football. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508/52 "2016-12-13T02:30:32Z")
[Carrotblanca.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_jWh6ZjDUw) Bugs gets the goil! ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508/53 "2016-12-13T02:43:44Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Hisssssssss > Come to the Dark Side. > Hisssssssss > We have\*\*\* Fruitcake!\*\*\* Ooooh, now there’s an incentive; _nasty_ fruitcake. :rolleyes: Fruitcake is so nasty it makes me want to [Run to the Light](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGkfzaMNINc&t=2m24s)! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508/54 "2016-12-13T02:48:59Z")
Hisssssss More for me! Hisssssss ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508/55 "2016-12-13T03:18:47Z")
The fruitcake recipe in my family came from a newspaper article from a Buffalo, NY paper, in the 1940’s. My paternal grandmother, my father(a teen then) and two older sibs were living in Buffalo. The only change we ever made is to use pecans instead of almonds in the batter. It uses tons of fruits, and just barely enough batter to hold it all together. No alcohol in the mix. I’ve found I prefer fruitcake with no booze. If anyone wants a good recipe I can email it. We tend to make a BIG batch every other year, freezing some. My mom buys cookies now, at local holiday events. She used to make tons of cookies, but age and a hand tremor has caught up with her, and now she can’t. Speaking of my mom, if any of you pray can you send one up for her? She’s been to the doctor, after feeling poorly and finding a lump on the neck. Turns out it’s a blood clot on her jugular vein, she’ll be taking blood thinners to see if that works. I’m worried for her. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508/56 "2016-12-13T03:56:19Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Hisssssssss > Come to the Dark Side. > Hisssssssss > We have\*\*\* Fruitcake!\*\*\* > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Hisssssss > More for me! > Hisssssss Not only are you on the **Dark Side** , but, with all that hissing, you’re obviously a snake. > [@Baker](#): > > I’ve found I prefer fruitcake with no booze. I’m the opposite & I believe **Doggio** & **Ruble** share my preference for booze with no fruitcake. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508/57 "2016-12-13T04:12:21Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#): > > **Bumba** , I meant to ask you, where did you get the Tortilla soup recipe ? It was so good I am passing it along to some folks… hope you don’t mind. 🙂 I don’t rightly remember. It’s most likely a conglomeration of several recipes I read looking for one I liked. I have a vague idea that this started out as a crock pot recipe. Probably. **Baker** , I’d be interested in a boozeless fruitcake recipe. Can you PM me? Gotta go now. Wifey just turned on Chicago Fire and the dirge like background music on that show makes me want to slit my wrists. Or somebody’s wrists. Later. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508/58 "2016-12-13T04:51:41Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > The fruitcake recipe in my family came from a newspaper article from a Buffalo, NY paper, in the 1940’s. My paternal grandmother, my father(a teen then) and two older sibs were living in Buffalo. The only change we ever made is to use pecans instead of almonds in the batter. It uses tons of fruits, and just barely enough batter to hold it all together. No alcohol in the mix. I’ve found I prefer fruitcake with no booze. If anyone wants a good recipe I can email it. We tend to make a BIG batch every other year, freezing some. I’d like this recipe, please. Prayers headed up for your mom. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508/59 "2016-12-13T05:12:55Z")
I worked a double. But hockey tomorrow. > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Apparently we are the only two. You, I’m not surprised. **Spidey** , yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-in-the-mmp/774508/60 "2016-12-13T05:50:16Z")
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