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Date: October 16, 2023 11:41PM
Today I was reminiscing with a cousin about one of my great aunts.
We realized if she was alive, we'd be at her house "turning" homemade fruitcake.
These were not the dry commercial grade cakes of today. Hers were moist, filled with apricots, peaches, apples, currants, walnuts and cherries all from her farm and orchards.
The dark molasses cake was loving bathed in homemade brandy.
They were wrapped in cheesecloth and made well in advance of thanksgiving.
Every so often she'd turn them and baste them in brandy.
The last time I helped her was a sad event as we used the last of the brandy my grandfather had made before his passing.
At the end we had just enough brand to share and reminisce about those that went before us.
She passed a year later.
About a year after she passed I found myself eating my first C Ration. Canned military food.
To my surprise I really enjoyed the canned fruit cake. I readily traded for it and eventually accumulated several spare cans.
Fast forward a few months, a few of us mormons had gathered for sacrament meeting in a corner of a field.
We then realized no one had saved any crackers (we didn't have bread available) so after a few minutes of deliberation it was decided to use one of my cans of fruit cake. After all, D&C states it matters not what you use as long as you do it with an eye single to the Lord's glory.
No we didn't say bless this fruit cake, we just said bless this cake.
A few years later we did use Kool Aid, but said bless this drink.
Anyway, anybody else use odd or unusual food/drink for the sacrament?
Anyone else have a favorite ration?