Today, the semi-annual fruitcakening happened again.

Everything went fairy well, until I got to the dates. Dates are hard to peel on a good day. For some reason, this bunch was almost impossible. The skins seemed to dissolve back into the meat the second I picked at them. I ended up getting frustrated after ~3/4 cup, and tossed the rest into the trash. Good riddance.

Beyond missing a few datebits, I made some other minor tweaks to the recipe, as well. We'll see how it turned out when random and Mr. Kitteh come home in a few hours.