Fruit Cake

One of things that the character Will did in the movie. Iron Will was survive on his mother's fruitcake.

This was kind of a wonder to my students because they did not know what fruitcake is. So tomorrow I have bought a couple of small loaves of fruitcake to share with the students that would like to try it.

Will used fruitcake so that he would not have to carry so much on his winter journey. He did not have to stop and make a fire and all of the stuff that goes with winter survival and cooking for yourself in the winter.

Just like the real thing sometimes sugar bound proteins "pooh out" and don't give you the endurance that you would like. So true with Will. Near the end he has nothing more to give and almost loses the race. Thank goodness for that leader dog, Gus.. to pull him through.

A small loaf of fruit cake is on sale at Raley's for 9.99. This loaf is about the size of your hand in length and about three inches tall. I guess the price of nuts has really gone up when I wasn't looking. Let alone candied fruit.

The Italian panitone is less expensive and have more bread with it. Every time I eat it I think of having lunch at the off ramp restaurant in Italy on the road to Orvieto. Francisco was driving and we had a scoop or two of lasagna and the restaurant was passing out free panatone to each customer. It was fresh and delightful. The lasagna was really good too.

Happy thoughts

Pat