Comments on: You’re heard of head cheese and toe cheese? https://thenewneo.com/2013/12/07/youre-heard-of-head-cheese-and-toe-cheese/ A blog about political change, among other things Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:16:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Ymarsakar https://thenewneo.com/2013/12/07/youre-heard-of-head-cheese-and-toe-cheese/#comment-711819 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:16:44 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=34308#comment-711819 http://benotdefeatedbytherain.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-human-microbiome.html

On the topic of bacteria, this was very useful to know when it came to bio feedback and “healing oneself” using various meditations and exercises.

]]> By: Beverly https://thenewneo.com/2013/12/07/youre-heard-of-head-cheese-and-toe-cheese/#comment-711432 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 08:22:20 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=34308#comment-711432 Okay, folks, here you go: Grandma’s Fruitcake Receipt. Pass it on!

This is from our own grandmother, who made this for every Christmas. She was born in 1907 in Nashville, Tennessee. And a damn fine cook.

“Very Best Fruitcake”

3-ounce package lemon peel
3-ounce package orange peel
1/2 lb. candied cherries
1/4 lb. walnuts
1/4 lb. pecans
1/2 lb. pitted dates
1/4 lb. candied pineapple
1/4 lb. preserved citron
1/2 cup seeded raisins
1/4 cup flour
1 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup honey
5 well beaten eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 tsp allspice
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/4 cup orange or grape juice (or wine if desired)

Shred fruit peels; halve cherries, nuts, and dates; cut pineapple and citron the size of an Almond.

Dredge fruit in the 1/4 cup flour. Cream shortening and sugar, add honey, then eggs, and beat well.

Add flour sifted with dry ingredients alternately with fruit juice, beat thoroughly.

Pour batter over floured fruits and mix well. Pour batter into well-greased pans. Do not flatten.

Bake in slow oven (250 degrees) for 3 to 4 hours. Place pan containing 2 cups of water on bottom shelf of oven while baking (cakes baked with water have greater volume and are more moist).

If desired, decorate with almonds and cherries at the end of 2 hours.

Wrap cakes in wine-soaked cloth before storing if desired. Makes about 5 pounds.

You can use any combination of fruits desired, just keep same amount of fruit.”

–Mickey Heins Givens, our Grandma

]]> By: Socratease https://thenewneo.com/2013/12/07/youre-heard-of-head-cheese-and-toe-cheese/#comment-711203 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 01:31:12 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=34308#comment-711203 The last 5 years or so I’ve been buying a few fruitcakes every year from Butterfield Farms for gifts for less familiar family members, plus one or two for myself. Very good stuff, I’d have it all year except I have a hard time justifying the price just for myself.

]]> By: chuck https://thenewneo.com/2013/12/07/youre-heard-of-head-cheese-and-toe-cheese/#comment-710901 Sun, 08 Dec 2013 16:54:45 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=34308#comment-710901 I like fruit cake in combination, say 70/30 fruitcake to butter. Yum. The link looks like worth a try 😉

]]> By: fiona https://thenewneo.com/2013/12/07/youre-heard-of-head-cheese-and-toe-cheese/#comment-710840 Sun, 08 Dec 2013 15:04:44 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=34308#comment-710840 Irish Fruitcake, made in October and every two weeks poke a hole someplace and pour in some Irish whiskey. About two weeks before Christmas or gift giving, anoint with final whiskey round and enrobe in Marzipan. Cover with glacee sugar icing and decorate.
Makes my teeth hurt just to talk about it.

]]> By: Ymarsakar https://thenewneo.com/2013/12/07/youre-heard-of-head-cheese-and-toe-cheese/#comment-710837 Sun, 08 Dec 2013 15:03:13 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=34308#comment-710837 Another form of “cannibalism” story ala Katrina cannibals? Human eating human instead of man biting dog?

]]> By: Lurch https://thenewneo.com/2013/12/07/youre-heard-of-head-cheese-and-toe-cheese/#comment-710811 Sun, 08 Dec 2013 14:28:12 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=34308#comment-710811 Love, love, love good fruitcake! Even the bad ones are greatly improved with an additional soak in good bourbon. Fruitcake has become a cultural joke and a lazy one at that. Kind of like New Jersey, where I live. Except for the taxes, it’s a great place with more to offer than most. And not so stinking hot, as the “desirable” states seem to be, where they can’t even make a decent pizza.

]]> By: tillurdizzy https://thenewneo.com/2013/12/07/youre-heard-of-head-cheese-and-toe-cheese/#comment-710809 Sun, 08 Dec 2013 14:23:29 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=34308#comment-710809 Here in Texas everyone knows the best fruitcake is from Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana.

https://www.collinstreet.com/pages/online_bakery_gift/deluxe_fruitcake?t=s_go_kw_texas_fruitcake&gclid=CJLR2djpoLsCFTJo7AodIDQAHw

]]> By: Ymarsakar https://thenewneo.com/2013/12/07/youre-heard-of-head-cheese-and-toe-cheese/#comment-710740 Sun, 08 Dec 2013 12:14:50 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=34308#comment-710740 I’ve heard the Japanese don’t eat cheese. The concept of preserving milk from cows seems to be a foreign food concept.

]]> By: John Dough https://thenewneo.com/2013/12/07/youre-heard-of-head-cheese-and-toe-cheese/#comment-710616 Sun, 08 Dec 2013 07:21:04 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=34308#comment-710616 Recent research has found that only 7 fruitcakes have ever been made. They are just passed around from year to year.

They are also known to have a half life of Uranium 238

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