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    The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes 13 Aug 2017

    “There was a very, very slight rancid butter smell to it, but other than that, the cake looked and smelled edible"http://nyti.ms/2fCu06E 

    11:24 PM - 13 Aug 2017
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      1. Gazor‏ @gazor 13 Aug 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        So how do they know it's over 100 years old and not Aunt Edna's Rancid Butter Fruitcake?

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      2. Sarcastic Scribe 🌹‏ @Scholarly_Mind 13 Aug 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        Fruitcake has never been edible

        1 reply 0 retweets 18 likes
      3. Duneland 🇦🇺‏ @GlendaIkundi 13 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Scholarly_Mind @nytimes

        "It's all part of growing up and being British!" - Monty Python

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Sarcastic Scribe 🌹‏ @Scholarly_Mind 13 Aug 2017
        Replying to @GlendaIkundi @nytimes

        That must be why in hell the cooks are British

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Duneland 🇦🇺‏ @GlendaIkundi 14 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Scholarly_Mind

        Been there?

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      6. Sarcastic Scribe 🌹‏ @Scholarly_Mind 14 Aug 2017
        Replying to @GlendaIkundi

        Half my family lives in the UK, I tend to spend about one month out of the year in England.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Duneland 🇦🇺‏ @GlendaIkundi 14 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Scholarly_Mind

        I meant hell😁

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8. Sarcastic Scribe 🌹‏ @Scholarly_Mind 14 Aug 2017
        Replying to @GlendaIkundi

        Yeah, I've been to London on a windy day.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Jeff Krisko‏ @jmkrisko 13 Aug 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        "It was slightly rancid and barely edible... and indistinguishable from the one I had last Christmas."

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      1. Michael Varrati‏Verified account @MichaelVarrati 14 Aug 2017
        Replying to @nytimes @MatthewDevlen

        @topherpayne !!!

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      1. Dog the Dog‏ @FootrotDog 13 Aug 2017
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        So, inedible cake is inedible then.

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      1. Don Juan Cornelius‏ @That_Crazy_Honk 13 Aug 2017
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        Finally, something more sturdy than Ginger Bread to build homes with!

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      1. David Schenet‏ @DavidSchenet 13 Aug 2017
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        Is this a situation where Seinfeld's Elain Benes eats the ancient cake? Feel like we're building up to that.

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      1. Heather‏ @xgoogleplex2 13 Aug 2017
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        No fruit cake is edible.

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      1. Samantha Greene‏ @dptofinjustice 13 Aug 2017
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        That looks like my mom's kugel that I just found in the back of my freezer.

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      1. daljit kaur‏ @daljit025 13 Aug 2017
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        Omg ....is it true?

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      1. Seif Usher‏ @seifusher 13 Aug 2017
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        Fruitcake & bold exploration - is there anything more quintessentially British?

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      1. Hill...‏ @HCCSees 13 Aug 2017
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        Yep, they're indestructible monuments to baking.

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