# Poll - Do you enjoy fruitcake? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 13, 2005, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403 "2005-12-13T13:45:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jill\_s\_Fruitcake\_Mine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Jill\_s\_Fruitcake\_Mine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jill_s_Fruitcake_Mine)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403/1 "2005-12-13T13:45:37Z")
I make them every year and get jokes but people ask for more. \*Note: This is a poll, not a discussion of food. For that, please post on this thread in Cafe Society [Do you enjoy fruitcake?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=349242) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403/2 "2005-12-13T13:58:13Z")
**NO!** That plain enough? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403/3 "2005-12-13T14:12:14Z")
No. Not a fan of candied fruit. ---
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403/4 "2005-12-13T14:15:30Z")
Yup, love it! ---
**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, 2005, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403/5 "2005-12-13T14:17:09Z")
I’ve had some fruit cake (made with the real stuff) that was really good. What scares and skeeves me out is that candied fruit stuff. Just exactly _what_ is that stuff? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403/6 "2005-12-13T14:22:03Z")
My Sister makes some every year. They are good. I have never had a store bought one that was worth eating. I would rather just have a good pumkin bread or Banana Nut Bread. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403/7 "2005-12-13T15:17:57Z")
**Jill’s Fruitcake Mine** , we discourage cross-posting here. I’m going to let this one go (as a poll), but don’t make it a habit. ---
**Author:** ![Jill\_s\_Fruitcake\_Mine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Jill\_s\_Fruitcake\_Mine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jill_s_Fruitcake_Mine)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403/8 "2005-12-13T19:03:05Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > **Jill’s Fruitcake Mine** , we discourage cross-posting here. I’m going to let this one go (as a poll), but don’t make it a habit. Why post this? If you wanted to close it you could have closed it. It’s not a cross post, though. Your predecessor moved my poll to the recipe forum, for reasons of his/her own. What did you want me to do to overcome that? I’m serious, just tell me and I’ll do it. You have my blessings if you want to just delete the other thread entirely. That would cure the “cross post” dilemma for you. Or move it back here and drop this one, or just cut them both and ban me forever. Honestly, you mods can suck the fun out of the simplest things. IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403/9 "2005-12-13T19:06:12Z")
> [@Jill's Fruitcake Mine](#): > > Honestly, you mods can suck the fun out of the simplest things. IMHO. Hon, take it easy. It’s a thread, not the end of the world. As per the poll: not really, though some recipes can have me _swooning_ if they’re done the right way. (Or that may just be from the eggnog. I’m not sure. _little Santa party hat is crooked_) ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403/10 "2005-12-13T19:11:53Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I’ve had some fruit cake (made with the real stuff) that was really good. What scares and skeeves me out is that candied fruit stuff. Just exactly _what_ is that stuff? :eek: Are they the [candied cherries?](http://www.vinetreeorchards.com/redcandicherries.htm) If so, I can take or leave them, myself. I prefer a fruit cake without 'em. Fruit cakes can be quite dry, though. Not my favourite kind of cake (which is banana). ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403/11 "2005-12-13T19:16:40Z")
> [@Jill's Fruitcake Mine](#): > > Why post this? If you wanted to close it you could have closed it. It’s not a cross post, though. Your predecessor moved my poll to the recipe forum, for reasons of his/her own. What did you want me to do to overcome that? I’m serious, just tell me and I’ll do it. You have my blessings if you want to just delete the other thread entirely. That would cure the “cross post” dilemma for you. Or move it back here and drop this one, or just cut them both and ban me forever. Honestly, you mods can suck the fun out of the simplest things. IMHO. So, had much fun sucked out of the simplest things since 3:06 yesterday afternoon? I moved the original thread because it had gone into discussion about food. Such threads _belong_ in Cafe Society. Read the forum descriptions, please. You would still have gotten answers to your question. Your decision to start another thread without contacting a moderator about it was not a good one, as it was a second post of basically the same OP. Any further criticism of my actions needs to go in the BBQ Pit. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingCowOfDoom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyingcowofdoom/32/21776_2.png) [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403/12 "2005-12-13T19:19:27Z")
If by enjoy you mean “drop kick across the room” then yes, I enjoy fruitcakes. –FCOD ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403/13 "2005-12-13T19:22:57Z")
Well, hell, as long as I’m here: No, I don’t like fruitcake. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403/14 "2005-12-13T19:23:24Z")
Fruitcake? Not a cake with fruit in it…like Pineapple Upside Down Cake, but actual comes-in-a-tin fruitcake? I wouldn’t eat that crap with _your_ mouth. ---
**Author:** ![j2browning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@j2browning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j2browning)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403/15 "2005-12-13T19:33:51Z")
Fruitcake makes no sense. It’s not fruit it’s not cake it’s not candy. Give me any of those instead if you want. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403/16 "2005-12-13T19:42:21Z")
A fruitcake is not meant to be enjoyed. It is meant to be passed from family to family every Christmas, spending the intervening time in hibernation on a pantry shelf. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403/17 "2005-12-13T20:51:17Z")
Another NO vote here. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403/18 "2005-12-13T21:32:02Z")
Yes, though I’ll still make the jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403/19 "2005-12-13T21:34:50Z")
Fruitcake is an abomination unto the World. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403/20 "2005-12-13T21:35:44Z")
Yep. I love it! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-enjoy-fruitcake/335403.md?page=2)