That "eww" gift you might get..........

[Mrs Baggins]

Every year we get a box of food from Swiss Colony from friends for Christmas. Usually it's a collection of food that we look at and say "ewww" and try to get rid of. This year the box had some things in it we'd actually eat! Among them is a box of small sausages - the little sizes that would be perfect for us to carry on the trail. This stuff pretty much has a half-life and is not going to spoil between now and summer. There were also some hard candies, nuts, and chocolates that would last for months. So if you get one of these gift boxes put the food aside for furture hikes!

[4eyedbuzzard]

Speaking of Ewww...CHEESEBALLS!!! I hate those things...

I like sending(and receiving) some fruit like pears from Harry and David(with some chocolate moose munch too), or something special or different. We haven't had time to bake and send out homemade stuff the past few years, but that was always a favorite at either end as well. Most gift stuff that's sealed keeps well and makes good gorp or snacks--they start making the stuff in July for Holiday delivery!

[sheepdog]

What about fruit cake? Even the hungriest hikers won't try to yogi it from you.

[Mrs Baggins]

What about fruit cake? Even the hungriest hikers won't try to yogi it from you.

Yeah, there was a small biscotti sized fruit cake in the box - that will go away and we'll just pretend we never saw that...........

[Mrs Baggins]

Speaking of Ewww...CHEESEBALLS!!! I hate those things...

I like sending(and receiving) some fruit like pears from Harry and David(with some chocolate moose munch too), or something special or different. We haven't had time to bake and send out homemade stuff the past few years, but that was always a favorite at either end as well.

I make world class fudge that I give away.........some with walnuts, some without.

[sheepdog]

I make world class fudge that I give away.........some with walnuts, some without.

I'd like one of each please.

[4eyedbuzzard]

Mmmmm. Fudge

In the middle of the kitchen table sits gift foods for this year we've just received over the past week: Apples, pears, apple pie, chocolate chip pecan cookies, 3 different flavors of moose munch(popcornwith choc or toffee coating), fudge, some Godiva, Balis, and Ghirardelli chocolates, mostly truffles...

Mmmm truffles...and fudge.

I'm gonna be fat by Christmas.

[Tinker]

What about fruit cake? Even the hungriest hikers won't try to yogi it from you.

http://www.claxtonfruitcake.com/prod...category_id=13

Recommended to many hikers my age by the late Ed Garvey (The one they named the shelter after).
I bought some on a road trip to Florida to visit my sister a few years ago. They are actually quite good.

[Cuffs]

I make world class fudge that I give away.........some with walnuts, some without.

What makes it world class? And if its that good, why arent you marketing it?

[fiddlehead]

I'm gettin hungry reading this thread. Especially after being up all night watching football. (back in Thailand as of yesterday)
I certainly won't complain about the Kai Tum my wife is making me for breakfast.

[Mrs Baggins]

What makes it world class? And if its that good, why arent you marketing it?

' Cause I have no idea how to market anything. I also make the worlds best spaghetti sauce and the worlds best potato salad. My fudge is made with marshmallow cream but I don't follow the recipe on the jar exactly........I have my own way to do things............

[Skidsteer]

' Cause I have no idea how to market anything. I also make the worlds best spaghetti sauce and the worlds best potato salad. My fudge is made with marshmallow cream but I don't follow the recipe on the jar exactly........I have my own way to do things............

I think you should send some fudge to the WB mod team. You know-for testing purposes.

[Mrs Baggins]

I think you should send some fudge to the WB mod team. You know-for testing purposes.

Gimme the address sweetheart................

[Frau]

One of the few recipes I neglected to get from my mom before she passed was her fudge recipe. It used Hippolyte (marshmallow cream) and was NEVER gritty or grainy. Any fudge I have made has had that graininess I don't like.

Other missing recipes: her Harvard Beets and Stewed Tomatoes.

Happy Christmahannukwaanzaka to all!

Frau

[sarbar]

I make fudge for winter trips - I have a number of recipes I choose from. All are tast-y!

[Cuffs]

I also make the worlds best spaghetti sauce and the worlds best potato salad.

Thats subjective...

[Deadeye]

I love fruitcake! Send me yours!

[squirrel bait]

I make the world's best potato salad, warm or cold, in the area of twenty pounds a week. Depending on how much of a purist you are in the area of fudge, a non grainy, smooth as silk fudge can be made with (please don't yell at me) Velvetta. Two pounds Velvetta, pound of butter, pound of powdered sugar, cup of coccoa, two tablespoons vanilla. Something like that. The food gift that I hate getting, any kind of nuts, I'm not supposed to eat them anymore. And I love peanuts, cashews, almonds, walnuts, you get the idea. Merry Christmas WB people.

[warraghiyagey]

Every year we get a box of food from Swiss Colony from friends for Christmas. Usually it's a collection of food that we look at and say "ewww" and try to get rid of. This year the box had some things in it we'd actually eat! Among them is a box of small sausages - the little sizes that would be perfect for us to carry on the trail. This stuff pretty much has a half-life and is not going to spoil between now and summer. There were also some hard candies, nuts, and chocolates that would last for months. So if you get one of these gift boxes put the food aside for furture hikes!

i hope you meant to say "shelf-life" and in no way are implying this stuff is radioactive - hope you enjoy the small sausages.

[Blissful]

I got a snowman full of these sweet treats and a Omaha steak order from my sister and my parents. Nothing for the trail this year....