In Truman Capote's short story Buddy makes fruitcakes with his cousin and best friend. He likes the buying part best and lists the ingredients.
- Cherries
- and citron
- ginger
- and vanilla
- and canned Hawaiian pine-apple
- rinds
- and raisins
- and walnuts*
- and whiskey
- and oh, so much flour, butter, so many eggs, spices, flavourings: why, we'll need a pony to pull the buggy home.
*This looks like a slip as they spend time hunting for pecans earlier on.
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