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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Coogan's Bluff <ft.tryon@park.invalid> Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Ping fruit cake lovers Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:55:51 -0700 Message-ID: <vh8906$7p3e$4@solani.org> References: <WY3ZO.24$uwL6.22@fx07.iad> <4nfi0l-ahl.ln1@anthive.com> <CDwZO.13956$giU1.13074@fx09.iad> <vh65rn$32s5p$1@dont-email.me> <48770474404aa937c9f76044162eff25@www.novabbs.org> <45b9589f-f4db-5271-45c1-dbb1012c4afa@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 19:55:50 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="255086"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/91.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.19 Cancel-Lock: sha1:EQcpztoc1Vr4zGmidrNb+aNGGz4= In-Reply-To: <45b9589f-f4db-5271-45c1-dbb1012c4afa@example.net> X-User-ID: eJwNyEkBwDAIBEBLnAuREwL4l9DOc1zBeGFwmK8v19x1po4Ujb7zJw4EILxq6LtkQp3B0mWo6MXoxOYclf0AUyQVnA== Bytes: 3086 Lines: 57 D wrote: > > > On Fri, 15 Nov 2024, gm wrote: > >> On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 0:49:52 +0000, Hank Rogers wrote: >> >>> Dave Smith wrote: >>>> On 2024-11-14 7:03 p.m., songbird wrote: >>>>> Dave Smith wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I don't want to start the great fruit cake love it or hate it >>>>>> debate all >>>>>> over again. I just want to say that I just put the first batch of my >>>>>> light fruit cake into the oven. It is a lot of work and lot of >>>>>> expense >>>>>> but I have several friends and relatives who look forward to it every >>>>>> year. It took me an hour to get the ingredients whipped up and >>>>>> ready to >>>>>> go into the pans. Stirring the dredged glazed fruits into that heavy >>>>>> batter is a decent workout. >>>>> >>>>> perhaps a desktop cement mixer would help? :) >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> LOL That might not be a bad idea if I were doing larger batches. I >>>> had >>>> not used the stand mixer before because I didn't think it would hold >>>> the >>>> entire batch. I gave it a try and added the dredged fruit in >>>> stages. It >>>> all fit and tool a small fraction of the time to get everything mixed, >>>> and with a lot less of my physical effort. The dough is so dense that I >>>> have to be careful which utensil I use. My biggest cooking spoon and >>>> slotted spoon would bend. I think the wooden spoons would snap. I used >>>> a wok stirring thingamajig because it has a sturdy spoon and shaft >>>> attached to a wooden handle. >>>> >>> >>> Hobart makes good equipment that has the power to do what you need and >>> works with large batches. >> >> >> 'Dingleberry Dave" prefers to do everything "by hand"... >> >> It's part of his " cardiac workout "... >> >> -- >> GM >> > > Oh, that's a new ingredient! Do you have any dingleberry recipes to > share? =) This can't 'end' well... ;-)