(Photo: TPC's holiday fruitcake. Yes, I made fruitcake on a dare last year, sue me.)
A submarine, the U.S. Nebraska has received a gift of fruit cake from the Beatrice Baking Company since 1996, to show its support:
The crew works an irregular schedule on the sub and sometimes getting a meal is difficult, Burroughs said. So having the fruitcake on board is helpful.On Thursday, the sailors gave the bakery a plaque to show the crew's appreciation. Burroughs said he doesn't know of another submarine that gets such treatment from its namesake state.
I'm sure they're grateful, and it's terrific that Beatrice Baking is so supportive, but I can just imagine a conversation on the "poop deck":
"Fruitcake? Sheesh. Why couldn't Omaha Steaks take a liking to us?"
No word on how much ballast the crew had to dump to remain buoyant.
Your fruitcake sorta looks more like a nutcake.
Fruitcake=Bad
Nutcake=Good
Yeah, you're right, Meg. A family member brought over his Mom's recipe and it was incomplete, I think. There wasn't nearly enough "goop" to it, especially at the top, but we thought we'd try it 'as is' the first time.
The ingredients were all really primo stuff, and it cost a fortune to make just 4 of them, but I need to revisit the liquid part of the recipe before I try it again. Maybe we won't get sloshed and watch football while we're making them, too, but I don't think that was it, really.