Reality Check by Dave Whamond for November 01, 2021

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    C  about 3 years ago

    No contest. Candy corn is an abomination.

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    Zykoic  about 3 years ago

    You should listen to fruitcakes. They are generally very old and have lots of history to talk about.

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    pschearer Premium Member about 3 years ago

    The fruitcake jokes are starting early this year. I blame global warming.

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    painthacker Premium Member about 3 years ago

    What’s the thing on the left supposed to be? Fruitcake? But no one hands out fruitcake on Halloween.

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    Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 3 years ago

    I used to like candy corn as a kid, for no other reason than that it came pre-marked with its own portion sizes. Now it’s atrocious.

    Fruitcake, on the other hand. The only edible examples I have had were host-made for the occasion. Anything in a box was best left for the rats.

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    Doug K  about 3 years ago

    I personally don’t get the love-of-fruitcake thing, but …

    I really think there are people who really really like each of them. Some even like both.

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    theincrediblebulk  about 3 years ago

    I love fruitcake. The hate of it comes from people buying the cheap ones in the grocery stores that are dry, and have very little fruit in them. A quality fruit cake, whether home made or store bought is absolutely delicious, but it is going to be pricey. I bought one of the nicest ones I’ve ever had last night. it weighs under a pound and cost almost $20 but it is delicious, moist and full of fruit, and not just raisins like the cheap ones. It was soaked in 12 year old whiskey. Note the best fruit cakes are always soaked in some type of alcohol, ideally for a couple months or longer.

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    waknoch  about 3 years ago

    I love them both. What is funnier than this comic strip is the tendency of humans to group-think and change their opinion to match that of a celebrity or stand-up comedian.

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    bbbmorrell  about 3 years ago

    My brother and I used to fight over candy corn. Maybe it was better in the 60’s

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    LOLBeth  about 3 years ago

    I love you both! And I rarely have to share!

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    davanden  about 3 years ago

    You should go over to “Drabble.”

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    Zen-of-Zinfandel  about 3 years ago

    “Candy Corn, Halloween’s most polarizing treat, was originally called Chicken Feed.”

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    nul bit Premium Member about 3 years ago

    I found Alton Brown’s Free Range Fruitcake from his Good Eats series to be excellent. https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/free-range-fruitcake-recipe-1926833 The recipe is very forgiving so you can make changes to suit your personal taste. I add chopped figs and dates, and changed rum to brandy and apple juice to cider or hard cider.

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    John9  about 3 years ago

    My recently deceased wife “liked” one type of fruitcake but it was very hard for us to find. I used to like the candy corn made from honey not “sugar” because you could taste the difference. But that was the things that made us a good couple we didn’t always like the same things but we didn’t criticize the other because they liked or didn’t like something. I guess that would be why we were married for 34 years and headed for many more.

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    NELS BALWIT Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Fruit cake is my all time favorite Holiday food. Reminds me of a very happy moments in my childhood.

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    paulscon  about 3 years ago

    I don’t get why anyone would like candy corn. I remember a high school teacher who munched on them all year long. I guess some people like them or they would stop making them.

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    Larry Miller Premium Member about 3 years ago

    What about a fruitcake with candy corn in it too?

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    zeexenon  about 3 years ago

    Mold, true. M&Ms, I’ll take 10 loves. Nothing will ever help Candy Corn, except maybe a coal replacement to generate electricity.

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    schaefer jim  about 3 years ago

    Still not bad with salted peanuts

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    martinman8  about 3 years ago

    come on over to my house. i love ya both ( druil )

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    cuzinron47  about 3 years ago

    A very distant cousin, Ralph.

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    EMGULS79  about 3 years ago

    There, there. You are both very much beloved and very much welcome to come home with me….and be DEVOURED RAVENOUSLY.

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    namelocdet  about 3 years ago

    Candy Corn is the Fruit Cake of candy.

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    Sailor46 USN 65-95  about 3 years ago

    I like fruit cake and candy corn, although not together.

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    Boomer Premium Member about 3 years ago

    No one with “taste” loves them. Heehee.

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    jrbaskind Premium Member about 3 years ago

    I like them both.

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    Laurie Stoker Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Sorry. And sorry.

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