Book Board Chat

Oh yes it is rather amazing how good those little boxes of mince are. I do use those sometimes.
I used to make fruit cakes every year and always send one to Miz Shu. I baked it in a heart shaped pan and she said they were the best in the whole world. Prolly had something to do with the brandy I poured over the top when they came right out of the oven. She said she was going to let Claxtons know that there was a better fruit cake out there than theirs.
It is sad that some people judge fruitcakes by those horrors that they sell in discount stores and such.
I did learn to use the dried pineapple in the bags from the fruit area of the grocery instead of those horrible candied pineapple things. Plus way less expensive.