Monday, February 2, 2015

The Great Fruitcake Toss


On Sat. January 31st, we attended the Great Fruitcake Toss in Memorial Park in Manitou Springs, Colorado.  The weather was foul hence the crowd was small.  His Lordship baked his fruitcake to enter the "to good to toss fruitcake bakeoff". Here are some pictures from the event.
This is his Lordships entry - number 3.  As you might be able to tell from this ratty picture, he frosted the fruitcake ( or rather I did - his Lordship does not deal with frosting).  This is a common practice in the UK.  I think, however it baffled the American judges.  The entry number forshadowed our placement - we got third behind, at least, one professional chef.  When they sold tickets to taste the fruitcake, however, ours was devoured.

The actual tossing was fun to watch.  It was easy to tell who had played football. 
 

 
This fellow below in the blue won with a long toss of about 205 ft. ( I think - don't quote me on that)
 

 
Colorado Ski chairs provided the winning throne however the victor refused to take a seat.
 
There was also a beer tent with brews provided by the Manitou Brew Company.  His Lordship and I sampled their wares on more than one occasion.  Plus, they had heat lamps!

My favorite part was learning the Coaltrain Liquor Store was having a promotion with Colorado Ski Chairs and giving away this amazing Ska Brewing Company chair.  As his Lordship and I are regular patrons of Coaltrain and very fond a Ska's Modus Hoperandi Beer, I feel we have a good shot at winning.

His Lordship takes a load off in the chair he is gonna drink his way to owning.
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5 comments:

  1. Debra She Who SeeksFebruary 2, 2015 at 11:19 AM

    My old aunties ALWAYS frosted their fruitcakes with almond paste icing. Those kind are still my fave. I didn't realize that was our family's old Brit heritage peeking through from generations back. I love fruitcake, no matter what bad things are said about it and no matter how far yahoos toss it, LOL!

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    1. Lady MFebruary 2, 2015 at 11:31 AM

      If you had been here, you could have rescued all the poor, abused fruitcakes. They were taking a beating :(

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  2. Justine’s HalloweenFebruary 2, 2015 at 12:51 PM

    What a fun event! You got some great action shots of the guys throwing the fruitcakes. I guess it doesn't seem all that wasteful, since some of those fruitcakes were probably left over from Christmas. They'd be hard as a rock! Although, you guys actually made one for the event. I guess probably everyone who entered the "too good to toss" contest baked one fairly recently. :) I don't know about frosted fruitcake, but that sounds pretty good!

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    1. Lady MFebruary 2, 2015 at 4:12 PM

      One guy actually fruitcakes in the shape of a ball but it was not a regulation fruitcake so it did not count. His went the furthest.

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  3. Insomniac's AtticFebruary 2, 2015 at 6:48 PM

    I can get on board with a contest where you have a better chance of winning the more you drink! Cool chair - I hope you guys win it! :)

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