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| Fruitcake made in 1941 sells for $525 |
| 2011-12-28 |
| [Emirates 24/7] A 1941 fruitcake has sold for $525 to an Arizona man in an Ohio company's online auction, and the money will go to the homeless in southwest Ohio. Elite Estate Group sold the cake in an auction on its website. Company owner Larry Chaney says the man, who wanted to remain anonymous, probably bought the cake as an investment. Chaney says he doubts anyone would eat a 70-year-old fruitcake even though it was vacuum packed and contained rum that probably helped preserve it. The cake was made in 1941 by The Kroger Co. It was returned unopened to a Kroger store in 1971. The manager took it home and kept it until recently when his son was helping him get rid of some things and gave the cake to Chaney. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #19 So it survived Pearl Harbor, the Atoming Bombings of Japan, the Cold War, Dubya, 9-11 + GWCC, .....@etc. to come. There ya go - what more evidence of Fruitcake superiority does one need??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-12-28 19:02 |
| #18 "My wife eats them, she likes 'em. No accounting for taste. Then again she married me, so she has a track record of bad decisions." C'mon, Brer - you're not that bad. ;-p One thing I'll say about Claxton's - I have my grandmother's recipe for fruitcake but have seen no reason to make it since I discovered Claxton's. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-12-28 18:49 |
| #17 Word, Deacon. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-12-28 18:47 |
| #16 Home made fruitcakes are really very tasty. Political fruitcakes are a whole other aminal. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2011-12-28 18:43 |
| #15 By the 1910 Fruitcake Company, Brer Rabbit? I don't know. I tasted one back around 1960 and hated it. My wife eats them, she likes 'em. No accounting for taste. Then again she married me, so she has a track record of bad decisions. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2011-12-28 17:16 |
| #14 *sputter* |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-12-28 16:27 |
| #13 soaked in Lye it'll be as good foreever as it was the first day: Lutecake |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-12-28 15:14 |
| #12 Barbara, they are good. I used to get 'em in the car when driving south for summer vacation. The 20 year old one migrated to the back of the pantry somehow. You are also correct that it's a seasonal treat at best. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2011-12-28 14:58 |
| #11 M. Murcek, you should have eaten it! Claxton fruitcakes are good (they're mostly fruit, unlike some of the cheaper crap that's more dryish cake than fruit). I always get a 3-pack every November/December at Sam's. And they're always gone before Christmas. Yum. (And no, I wouldn't want to eat them all year 'round, any more than I'd want to eat Christmas cookies all year round. They're good, but very rich.) |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-12-28 14:48 |
| #10 Buy and hold |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2011-12-28 14:30 |
| #9 I have a Claxton fruitcake that's more than 20 years old. Never thought of it as part of my retirement portfolio until now... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2011-12-28 14:27 |
| #8 The cake was made in 1941 by The Kroger Co. It was returned unopened to a Kroger store in 1971. What was the hurry to return it? |
| Posted by: tipper 2011-12-28 10:52 |
| #7 I, for one, welcome our new Fruitcake overlords. (They got to be better then the overlords we have now don't they?) |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-12-28 09:05 |
| #6 The History Channel's Life After People had this quip - 130 years after people, Fruitcake is still edible. Fruitcake owes its longevity to a mix of alcohol, flour and sugar that creates an anaerobic environment that prevents the growth of micro-organisms inside the fruitcake. Of course there are many who would argue that even those fruitcakes among us now are not quite "edible". |
| Posted by: P2Kontheroad 2011-12-28 08:29 |
| #5 Fruitcake elected in 2008 sells for $0. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-12-28 08:27 |
| #4 By the 1910 Fruitcake Company, Brer Rabbit? |
| Posted by: Grunter 2011-12-28 08:19 |
| #3 Put that thing out of its misery |
| Posted by: John Frum 2011-12-28 07:40 |
| #2 I heard a story once that all fruitcakes were made in a single batch in 1910 and they have been selling them ever since. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2011-12-28 04:24 |
| #1 Vintage fruitcake? Blech. |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2011-12-28 01:37 |