I was Navy but only served 3 years. I saw most of the major navy bases in the far East being on a supply. San Francisco is my favorite, spent time riding the cable car visiting Golden Gate Park.
On Friday, December 27, 2013 11:21:13 PM UTC-6, millie wrote: > > Hi Richard....So you were in the Navy. My husband spent 20 years in the > Navy, and I'm originally from San Francisco. I loved your story though, > but I don't think I had that much booze in my fruit cakes. I still soak a > piece of cheesecloth in the stuff, and wrap my fruit cakes, checking them > from time to time to make sure they don't dry out. I make them in October, > as that's when my Mother made them. I doubt it was ever enough to get > someone drunk unless they ate the whole thing, and then there might be a > problem. I loved your story though. > Happy New Year > Millie > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Richard H <javascript:> > *To:* cml...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > *Sent:* Saturday, December 28, 2013 12:08 AM > *Subject:* Re: [CMLHope] Happy Holidays > > Hi Millie. I am enjoying your fruit cake stories. When I was a young lad > my Mother and Grandmother always had the no booze fruit cake and I loved > it. Since you sared a story while the family was in the service I would > like to share one I observed while I was serving aboard ship. We arrived > in San Francisco just before Christmas. A shipmate was restricted to the > ship because of his poor drinking habits. One day at Mail Call he received > a package frome. He disappeared below Deck to get his knife to open the > package Moments later he appeared and grabbed a glass, then proceeded to > open the tin and cut a piece of Fruit Cake. He picked up the piece of cake > and instead of taking a bite he put it over the glass and squeezed enough > booze to have a shot ready to drink. Thanks to his mother, his restriction > to ship was extended for adfdfitional time. > > Richard H, > > On Thursday, December 26, 2013 1 > 0:52:41 PM UTC-6, millie wrote: >> >> Hi Jeanie...I'd love to send you come cookies but my son and husband >> won't let them leave the house :>). >> I think my Mother made the cookies that tasted like fruit cake, but don't >> have the recipe. As a kid, I didn't like them. I do, however, make the >> world greatest fruit cake. I use very little citron in my cakes, and >> mostly dried fruits, apple cider, and various other things. I sent one >> into work with my son, and to be nice, the guys ate some and I had phone >> calls for weeks afterwards wanting the recipe. It isn't cheap to make, but >> it is very good. When I was in Morocco I couldn't get the regular fruit >> cake stuff, so used the dried and also couldn't find the nuts I needed, so >> I ended up using mixed nuts without the peanuts. I remember I could buy >> them in a huge can at the commissary store and so that's what I had and >> used. I made a bunch of cakes and wrapped them in cheese cloth that I >> soaked in Apricot Brandy. I then wrapped them in foil and put them in the >> fridge. During that time my husband had an accident, so we were back and >> forth to the hospital in Germany. At any rate, those cakes set in the >> fridge soaking up the booze for weeks. When we got back, the Chaplin >> stopped by to see us and I offered him a piece of the cake. He ended up >> taking one home saying it was the best fruit cake he'd ever had. I think >> he had a buzz on by then, but I didn't tell him how long they'd been >> soaking in the brandy. I haven't made them in a few years, but perhaps >> next year I'll do it. My son just loves them, and he doesn't drink at >> all. I don't soak them forever either...only that one time. If I make >> them, I'll see that you get one. I was going to make them this year, but >> didn't get to the store where I buy all of the fruit for them. >> >> I'm heading to bed, so am going to shut down. I do hope that your mini >> vacation goes well. I hope that you're up to it. You go and have a >> wonderful time and I'll talk to you when you return. I hope to sleep >> tonight...at least some. Write when you get home. >> >> Hugs and 18's, >> Millie >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* icando...@aol.com >> *To:* cml...@googlegroups.com >> *Sent:* Thursday, December 26, 2013 5:45 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [CMLHope] Happy Holidays >> >> Hi Millie and send me some cookies. My sister use to bake a German >> cookie that was hard and tasted a lot like fruitcake. They were delicious >> but no one has the recipe. Have you ever heard of them. It seems she made >> them early and let them harden. >> I have eaten too much hehe. >> Had a wonderful Christmas and my daughter has planned a mini vacation in >> Key West with a 7-day cruise included. I hope I get to feeling better so >> I can enjoy it. >> We did have snow one year in FL, not much but enough to see it on the >> orange trees, and my daughter made some snowballs. I think it was in the >> 70s. >> I'm a FL Cracker, but we do get cold days here. >> Stay warm and keep cooking. >> Blessings, >> Jeanie<3 >> >> In a message dated 12/17/2013 5:03:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, >> ho...@ptd.net writes: >> >> Hi...If you and Shelly lived closer, I'd run some of these over to you. >> I have another bunch in the oven and more to go, and then tonight plan on >> making more dough up and I'll keep going until I can't any more. I love >> doing it, but this body doesn't always want to cooperate, so I do what I >> can. >> >> We had a little more of that fluffy white stuff today, but nothing much. >> We're on the edge of where they get the white stuff or ice. I hate the >> ice. It's the worst as far as I'm concerned. I never was in the "White >> Stuff" until I moved to the east coast. In the area of Calif I came from >> and the south pacific where I spent years.....it never did any of that. >> >> You and your family have a wonderful Holiday Season.... >> >> Hugs to all, >> Millie >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Marty Gartenberg >> *To:* cml...@googlegroups.com >> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 17, 2013 11:52 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [CMLHope] Happy Holidays >> >> Hi Millie, >> >> Those cookies sound yummy. Sure wish I were there to share some with you. >> >> I'm sorry to hear about all of that "white stuff" your getting there. I >> am glad that you didn't mention that nasty four letter "S" word. Since >> living down in south Florida I haven't seen any of that anymore, and >> frankly I don't miss it at all. >> >> When I lived in PA my driveway was over 100 feet long all downhill. I had >> an atv with a "S" plow on it and would use it to clear off all of that "S". >> Sometimes we would get 5 or 6 feet of it. Our home up there is in a skii >> connunity and the elevation of the mountain is over 1,200 feet. There was a >> time that the "S" was over the stop signs in the streets up there. >> >> I wish you and everyone else a Merry Christmas and a healthy and happy >> New Year. >> >> 18's >> >> Marty >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 8:37 PM, C.M. Houtz <ho...@ptd.net> wrote: >> >>> I also want to wish every one a very Happy Holiday Season. I have 4 >>> batches of cookies to bake tomorrow. I made the dough today, so I'll get >>> to that when I get up. I am taking it easy and only doing as much as I >>> can. I wish you were all here to enjoy them with me. >>> Marty, we're getting some of that white stuff starting tonight and into >>> tomorrow with a couple more inches to shovel. We got at least 6 inches of >>> it the other day, with ice, so it wasn't fun to get rid of. My Chris went >>> out and pushed the snow blower through it. Thank God we have a big one, as >>> anything smaller wouldn't have gone through the icy mess. It took him 3 >>> hours to clear the driveway and the private road that goes past our house. >>> He only does a small section of that. Enough to get us in and out of our >>> driveway. As long as I stay inside, I can appreciate it. I don't want to >>> get out in it. >>> I must have some lazar surgery on both eyes this month. It's from scar >>> tissue from the cataract surgery. They'll do one on the 23rd, and the >>> other on the 30th, and hopefully, it will clear my vision up. It's really >>> been messed up lately. I have to take my glasses off to work on here. >>> Everyone have a wonderful holiday season, and I'll pray that they will >>> find a cure for this thing soon. >>> Hugs to all, >>> Millie >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> [CMLHope] >>> A support group of http://cmlhope.com >>> ------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "CMLHope" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to cml...@googlegroups.com >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> cmlhope-u...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "CMLHope" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to cmlhope+u...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> -- >> [CMLHope] >> A support group of http://cmlhope.com >> ------------------------------------------------- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CMLHope" group. >> To post to this group, send email to cml...@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> cmlhope-u...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CMLHope" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to cmlhope+u...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> -- >> [CMLHope] >> A support group of http://cmlhope.com >> ------------------------------------------------- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CMLHope" group. >> To post to this group, send email to cml...@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> cmlhope-u...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CMLHope" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to cmlhope+u...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> -- >> [CMLHope] >> A support group of http://cmlhope.com >> ------------------------------------------------- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CMLHope" group. >> To post to this group, send email to cml...@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> cmlhope-u...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CMLHope" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to cmlhope+u...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to cml...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cmlhope-u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cmlhope+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. 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