Things to Do with That Fruitcake Somebody Gave Us...

Lavern08

Sit Down, and Shut Up!
Kind Benefactor
Super Member
Registered
Joined
May 14, 2009
Messages
21,790
Reaction score
7,436
Location
7th Heaven
Yep, we got one (again) this year, and it has been sitting on my kitchen counter since December 22nd.

Mr. Honey (my hubby) took a a slice out of it and washed it down with a glass of eggnog a few days ago, but he probably won't touch it again.

Me?

I hate it with a passion - Every time I look at it, I *gag*

So tell me, Peeps, what should I do with it now? :Shrug:
 

Kylabelle

unaccounted for
Kind Benefactor
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Jan 3, 2013
Messages
26,200
Reaction score
4,015
Do you have garbage pick up in your area?

:D

I'm all for throwing away stuff that I don't like and can't think of a blinkin' thing to do with.

Will the birds eat it?
 

Fruitbat

.
Kind Benefactor
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Oct 15, 2010
Messages
11,833
Reaction score
1,310
Put it in the blender with some water, then heat it up to make fruitcake soup. Serve it to whoever had the nerve to give it to you in the first place.
 

Chris P

Likes metaphors mixed, not stirred
Kind Benefactor
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Nov 4, 2009
Messages
22,619
Reaction score
7,300
Location
Wash., D.C. area
use it to chock the tires of the car next time you change the oil.
 

CobaltRose96

I'm why we can't have nice things.
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Jan 1, 2014
Messages
159
Reaction score
13
Location
England
Use it to hammer in a nail? Prop up that table with the missing leg? Cut it into slices and shingle the roof with it? :D
 

mirandashell

Banned
Joined
Feb 7, 2010
Messages
16,197
Reaction score
1,889
Location
England
To be serious for a second....

If you can break it into small enough lumps, the birds will like it. Well, the birds we have in England would. Don't know about where you are.
 

Kylabelle

unaccounted for
Kind Benefactor
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Jan 3, 2013
Messages
26,200
Reaction score
4,015
Paperweight for royalty checks?

:D
 

Maggie Maxwell

Making Einstein cry since 1994
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Jun 21, 2013
Messages
11,682
Reaction score
10,344
Location
In my head
Website
thewanderingquille.blogspot.com
Paperweight for royalty checks?

:D

Why would you do that to your royalty checks? They deserve better than fruitcake. Rejections deserve fruitcake. (I didn't mean "you must have rejections that need holding down", Lavern. :( Just what I would do with a fruitcake. Not that I have anything finished to get rejections for. :tongue )
 

Kylabelle

unaccounted for
Kind Benefactor
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Jan 3, 2013
Messages
26,200
Reaction score
4,015
You would do that because so many come in that you have to keep them from being scattered by the cat before you get a chance to get to the bank?
 

Maggie Maxwell

Making Einstein cry since 1994
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Jun 21, 2013
Messages
11,682
Reaction score
10,344
Location
In my head
Website
thewanderingquille.blogspot.com
You would do that because so many come in that you have to keep them from being scattered by the cat before you get a chance to get to the bank?

Ah, good point. Cats are tricksy little beasts, always sitting on or playing with the one single thing in the house you don't want them messing with.
 

Kylabelle

unaccounted for
Kind Benefactor
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Jan 3, 2013
Messages
26,200
Reaction score
4,015
Yes. They should play with that darn fruitcake instead.

:D
 

Kylabelle

unaccounted for
Kind Benefactor
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Jan 3, 2013
Messages
26,200
Reaction score
4,015
That's an idea. Break it into pieces and roll them up in little balls and throw them for the cat to chase!
 

Alpha Echo

I should be writing.
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Jul 11, 2008
Messages
9,615
Reaction score
1,852
Location
East Coast
I can't believe people actually make fruitcake. I don't know what it is, but I don't like it.

Can you throw it in the compost pile?
 

KellyAssauer

The Anti-Magdalene
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Mar 3, 2006
Messages
44,975
Reaction score
14,604
Location
inbetween
Send it over to the Asylum Ms.8!


that's where all the other fruitcakes are...

:D
 

cornflake

practical experience, FTW
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Jul 11, 2012
Messages
16,171
Reaction score
3,734
I too like proper fruitcake - send it here.

Or feed it to the birds like the box said. Or stage a tiny, traditional wedding and serve it? Perhaps there are some squirrels about who've wanted to marry but didn't have the means for the traditional ceremony they want.
 

CobaltRose96

I'm why we can't have nice things.
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Jan 1, 2014
Messages
159
Reaction score
13
Location
England
Perhaps there are some squirrels about who've wanted to marry but didn't have the means for the traditional ceremony they want.

Tragic. Just tragic. Poor squirrels.... :cry: