[Vision2020] Mark, Chas and Dan, of Xtains

[Sunil Ramalingam]

I have to assume it was a Sri Lankan interpretation of the English 
fruitcake; since my parents don't drink, the highlight of the preparation 
was the moment my dad added brandy to the mix.

Sunil


>From: Andreas Schou <ophite at gmail.com>
>To: Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>
>CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Mark, Chas and Dan, of Xtains
>Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:57:53 -0800
>
> >
> > When we lived in Malaysia, my parents loved our Sri Lankan neighbor's
> > fruitcake recipe, and have made it for the last 35 years or so.  People
> > there loved it, and my folks sometimes shipped some of their fruitcake 
>to
> > family in India.  When they returned to the US in the late 80s, they 
>kept
> > making it, and are baffled by all the fruitcake jokes here.
>
>
>This fruitcake -- is it a Sri Lankan recipe? Or is it a colonial
>reinterpretation of the British recipe?
>
>-- Andreas "Probably Not A Big Fan Of Durian Fruitcake" Schou