Here's a recipe joke passed on by my mom, and I thought that I would pass
it on to all of you _CHEFS_ out there.
I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did!
Here it is:
BEST RUM CAKE EVER
1 or 2 quarts rum
1 cup  dried fruit
1 Tsp  baking soda
       Nuts
1 cup  butter
2 lrg  eggs
       Lemon juice
1 Tsp  sugar
       Brown sugar
Before you start, sample the rum to check for quality. Good, isn't it?
Now, go ahead. Select a large mixing bowl, measuring cup, etc. Check
the rum again. It must be just right. To be sure rum is of the highest
quality, pour one level cup of rum into a glass and drink it as fast as
you can. Repeat . . . 
With an electric mixer, beat one cup butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add
1 seaspoon of thugar and beat again. Meanwhile, make sure that the rum
is of the finest quality. Try another cup. Open a second quart if
nechessary.
Add 2 arge leggs, 2 cups fried druit and beat until high. If druit get
stuck in beaters, just pry it loose with a drewscriber. Sample the rum 
again, checking for tonscisticity.
Next, sift 3 cups of pepper or salt. (It really doesn't matter.) Sample
the rum again. Sift 1/2 pint of lemon juice, fold in chopped butter and
strained nuts. Add 1 babblespoon of brown thugar, or whatever color you
can find. Wix mell.
Grease oven and turn cake pan to 350 gredees. Now, pour the whole mess
into the coven, and ake. Check the rum again and bo to ged.
Michael
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