They say that fruitcakes improve with age, but that may just be an excuse that non-fruitcake lovers have come
up with to avoid eating them. Lance Nesta, a man in Wisconsin, found a 44-year old fruitcake in his mother's
attic while cleaning out the house. The cake was shipped to him as a taste of home by his mother and aunt in 1962 while
he was in the military and stationed in Alaska. He didn't want the cake (and neither did his military buddies), so he
brought it home with him.
It seems like he just should have thrown it away, rather than carrying it all the way back home, if he wasn't going to eat it. Waste not, want not, I guess.... but if you don't want the cake when it's fresh, are you really going to want it after 44 years?
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4-24-2006 @ 1:53PM
John Kelly said...
He should have offered it to the company that made it if it is still around.
Years ago my aunt found a torte that had been in her deep chest freezer for 27 years. A friend of hers worked for the company that makes the torte and told management.
The company was very pleased to get the torte for q/a purposes and gave my aunt a wide variety of their current products as a thank you.
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4-24-2006 @ 2:41PM
eric said...
i found an old leather shoe half-filled with chicken soup once. the soup had been in the shoe for so long that it had seeped into the leather and tenderized it somewhat.
i ate the whole thing. it tasted pleasant.
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4-24-2006 @ 5:11PM
Craig Weems said...
Are you sure this story is for real? Look at they guy's right hand. A sure sign of an alien. They are all around, it's not often that you get a good picture.
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4-27-2006 @ 6:48PM
Rick said...
Hey idiot Craig Weems - those are plastic food service gloves on his hands. I gather from your comments that you should be very familar with them.
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4-27-2006 @ 6:48PM
Rick said...
Hey idiot Craig Weems - those are plastic food service gloves on his hands. I gather from your comments that you should be very familar with them.
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