fruitcake

Check the malls for the day after Christmas sales, ask people that very question as they are returning those cheese balls, cheap robot vacuums, and fruitcakes they didn’t want and get back to us.

The Roman fruitcake was a mash of barley, honey, wine and dried fruit, often pomegranate seeds.

Not a Scottish shortbread or jam tart or fruitcake slice.

We are not a fruitcake family and I am not a fruitcake fan.

As someone who recoils at the mere thought of candied peel or maraschino cherries, I too have reflexively avoided fruitcake for most of my life.