Q: Is fruitcake really all that bad?
Mark: I know they say there's only one fruitcake
in the world and it keeps getting passed from one person to another. I
probably had fruitcake at some time in my childhood; I don't really remember.
But I definitely wouldn't buy one.
Christine: I love fruitcake. When I was
growing up in Germany my mother used to make fruitcake. She'd put fresh
strawberries from our garden on top.
Q: Wait a minute. I think we're talking about a different fruitcakes.
Have you eaten the kind that's very dense and has different candied fruits
in it?
Christine: In Germany where I grew up, that
kind of fruitcake is called "stollen". Yes, we had it every year at Christmas
time. It's much better in Germany than what you call fruitcake in the
States. There it's a delicacy. Here it's a joke.
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